Category Archives: Consumed

That time of year again

Rather scarily, it is nearly the end of the year. It really doesn’t seem like a year since I was in Brazil, 9 months since I moved house, or 6 months since I met K, but the calendar doesn’t lie. And the end of the year can mean only one thing – lists of good

V Festival – queuing for a square pie

Highlights of yesterday – Foo fighters, the coral, martha wainwright, happy mondays and the ting tings. Highlights so far today – lena rez (pj harveyesque, shades of elysian fields) and passenger. Nearly at front of queue.

Warmer Than Hell

Spinal Tap are reforming for Live Earth, which makes it slightly more likely that I’ll increase my carbon foorprint by switching on my TV to catch their performance.

Doo-doo-ron-ron-ron, doo-doo Ronson

Just been listening to the Mark Ronson album ‘Version’, which is basically a bunch of covers done in Ronson’s own funk/hip-hop style. If you’ve heard his excellent reworking of Radiohead’s ‘Just’, then you’ll have an inkling what you’re in for. Unfortunately, most of what’s here it isn’t as good as that track. It starts strongly, with