The process of digitising my CDs has certainly been an eye-opener in terms of how many awful albums I bought, mostly in the mid 90s to mid noughties. These include a number of bog standard rap albums. And I don’t […]

Similar to @dai, I have upwards of 5,000 CDs all sitting in my unattached garage and I hardly ever bother going out there to pick out a CD to play, preferring to stream it or play a digital rip via Roon. I think […]

We have friends who are big tribute band fans, mainly Beatles and Eagles and other soft rock acts, so we’ve been to our fair share of gigs with them. We decided, however, that we had enough of them ( the bands not […]

I’m happy to report that my year has been relatively unaffected by major difficulties. Getting older continues to be a bit of a bastard of course and my mobility has deteriorated a bit since last year, although […]

We recently got a fancy new kettle from Sage. This has settings for White Tea (85%) and Coffee (95%) as well as a conventional 100% boil. I knew that you shouldn’t use boiling water for coffee but wasn’t aware of […]

Apart from anything else I find the word “banter” really annoying.

At primary school I wanted to be an archaeologist, partly because I was taken to see the Mithras temple in London as my Dad’s firm were involved somehow when it was discovered in 1954. And partly because of the […]

There is nothing wrong with left-leaning and right-leaning people working productively in the same organisation, even in a news/entertainment organisation. The problem only arises when the pursuit of right or left […]

A few on YouTube : Glyn Johns – Recording The Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin etc. Mike Oldfield Story The Wrecking Crew Piano Blues – Clint Eastwood documentary The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson The Charlie Parker Story

All my best wishes to you and your wife. I know how important it is to have something to cling on to, whether it’s music or even daytime TV. I found an old Spotify playlist titled Late Night Songs which might […]

I am a master of disguise!

Done!

Incredibly intense and fascinating man. We have two connections with him. My wife’s cousin had a brief speaking role in The War Game, apparently filmed in and around Tunbridge Wells of all places. Then, in the […]

For me, it’s Miles Davis without question. His career was characterised by invention and reinvention and he bought numerous musicians to public attention from all his bands. I’m sure there are those that feel he […]

Amazing drummer. I saw him with Charles Lloyd at the Royal Festival Hall in 1967. The other members of the quartet were Keith Jarrett and Cecil McBee! Attending the concert was a deal with my Dad. I would take him […]

I bought this book when it came out and it is truly a thing of beauty. I read somewhere that copies were going on eBay at upwards of £200 so this kickstarter campaign is very welcome. I am an avid British jazz […]

I bought two Rohan belts about 6 years ago (black and brown) and so far have had to replace one. The other one is still going strong. The only point of wear and tear is the ratchet system and as long as you don’t […]

I have a couple of wonderful belts by Rohan. They have a kind of ratcheted arrangement which means they will never let you down.

It’s worth checking any app updates but I believe the lossless quality option just appeared on my Spotify app yesterday. Check under Settings / Media Quality.

Thanks. I’ve just tried Spotify Lossless for the first time on my Bluesound setup and it sounded great. I then tried the same track (‘Babylon Sisters’) using Tidal Connect which was Max quality (24-bit/192 kHz) […]