I was breathless and eighteen, twenty-two years ago, when I first heard the Holy Bible by the Manic Street Preachers. I was three years late to the party that would become the single most significant artistic influence on my life. Hearing the searing chorus of Faster for the first, with the lines “I am, strongerContinueContinue reading “Stronger Than Mensa- 25 Years of The Manic Street Preachers’ ‘The Holy Bible’”
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The Albums Etched In To My Soul
There are albums that I know better than my own mind. That’s probably not that bold a statement, because anyone who knows me well could probably tell you more about my mind than me… I am sure we all have these amazing collections of music which we know word-for-word and beat-for-beat. We know every riseContinueContinue reading “The Albums Etched In To My Soul”
The Songs That Made Us #1- Faster- Manic Street Preachers
‘I know I believe in nothing, but it is my nothing’
Now That’s What I Call Politics! A 2019 Election Mixtape
For those suffering from the electoral blues and those who want to eradicate a different kind of blue from the houses of parliament, here is the definitive UK election playlist to warm the hearts of those who are bored to tears by the whole millennia-spanning saga.