I use some software called Burn on a Mac, which seems to work pretty well (although I only use for burning video and not tried audio). It should do all the necessary conversions for you from whatever source file […]

Most excited about the new Mono album “Snowdrop” that is out tomorrow…….! The 2026 release album I have probably played most is the new Joe Jackson “Hope & Fury”.

My mum was a pharmacist and her cure for every single ailment was “take a paracetamol and you’ll be fine, off to school you go….”

I don’t recall ever having a tin of curried baked beans, but I do recall during my student days was sautéing an onion in either curry powder or paprika and then adding a tin of baked beans. Not had for many ma […]

We will be over in the UK at the end of June for our eldests graduation at St Andrew’s. As the town itself has been fully booked / stupid prices since the end of last year for that period, we are staying at A […]

I know that Steven Wilson was involved in this and so wondered whether he had done anything more than the linking sections – i.e. had he done any Atmos mixing on The Wall tracks etc, etc.. My presumption is […]

It was the opening night of the new tour yesterday and reports seem to be very positive. The new drummer, Anika, seems to have won over the crowd – certainly looks impressive in this clip…

Add to that Springbank 15 – if you can get hold of a bottle !

I’m not a big football fan -just keep an eye on the Sheff Utd results and watch in the background if the kids are watching – so I maybe looking at this far too simplistically…. Isn’t the best way forward to us […]

At this very moment it would be…. 1. Kate Bush 2. Steven Wilson (as its whole recorded work it would include all the Porcupine Tree stuff as well – that’s at lot of music to keep me going) 3. XTC If I […]

So not one of your favourite artists then.

I find biting my toenails keeps them nice and trim, with the added benefit of maintaining flexibility in my old age…… I could quite possibly be talking bollocks

Agree – Avalon is one of my favourite surround discs – no whizz bang effects, just a sumptuous atmospheric soundscape

I have quite a few BR discs and they are my preferred medium for buying albums if available – not only do they generally have higher resolution stereo and surround, they often pick in lots of extra tracks (see […]

Whilst I have a few of the 80’s albums, I was never a massive fan of this period, but really love their later period stuff (maybe as they became more “proggy”?) – Book Of Souls is a superb album. I would go with […]