Haven’t done yet. I will probably use my phone for those to be honest, they’re mostly not things I’d need with me all the time.

Yeah I think it might be.Can’t really to shell out right now to find out. But thanks to Mr fentonsteve up there I’m converted to MP3tag. Renaming files retagging so that i can organise will mean that i wont need […]

I’m using a 20 quid pair of Sony on ears, the ones that fold. I’ve been using them for over a year and love them. They’re just right for my uses, light on my head not too hot and sound great. I’ve a nice pair of […]

I spend a lot of time commuting – 200 miles a day – stopping using in ears to on ears was to stop my ears feeling so tired.Made a huge difference. But it meant I could hear the music better. And that led to me […]

Yup, first thing I checked out of the box. Fiji’s own forums are filled with 2 types of people, those that have the same problems and those that don’t. And there’s no consistency to it. Fiio themselves reckon […]

Music that has made me go ‘wow’ upon listening by the way:

ABBA – Knowing Me Knowing You
Goldfrapp – Train
Miranda Lambert – Vice
the remaster of the Star Wars soundtrack
Miles Davis – So What
The Jam – […]

A bit of a search suggests Fiio don’t support MTP. Shame. Meanwhile, MP3tag – how does it work? Is it some sort of automated process so that I can just hit ‘go’ and leave it to it? If so how long does that […]

The next gen X1 has bluetooth. Do you have the first version, the one that was 79 quid?

Oh soundwise it is great – through headphones and connected up to a decent music system. I’ve a 25 year old system that I used to use as a playback machine when I had a spare room recording studio in my younger […]

Me too, use it in loads of stuff, curries, stir fry, burgers, Bolognese, lasagne, even sprinkled on a fried egg, gravy for sausage and mash and every dish defrosted when I get in late from work. Good with cheese too!

Not the latest Clash one, the one before that. It was good enough for me that I didn’t need any others.

I have a few.

The Specials remasters from a couple of years ago, especially the first one. The Beat remasters are brilliant, but I’ve always loved The Beat – one of the most underrated bands of that […]

Miranda Lambert’s new album The Weight Of These Wings is my favourite new thing this year. Here’s Smoking Jacket from it, which is a lovely very sexy little thing. I want to marry this song. Just don’t tell my wife.

I got Don’t Stand Me Down from Our Price on Oxford Street in March 1986 for a quid. Hundreds of copies of the thing. Still one of my all time favourite albums.

1985 for me was The Jesus And Mary Chain and Dexys.

And it was chart pop like Tears For Fears.

It was the high point of the Mid 80s Mod scene, people like The Prisoners, The Moment, The Direct Hits, […]

Following a minor operation that dragged on through complications I’ve been at home for most of the past month. And yet I’ve very little to report on.

The only album I’ve listened to has been the new Miranda […]

Sounds interesting. The 12 yr old me is reminded of Susan Cooper’s Dark Is Rising series.

Have you read Tim Power’s Last Call? A big sprawling fantasy with the idea of archetypes at its centre, specifically […]

I loved it all. Mid 90s, guitar bands, all sorts of electronic music bleeping away, hip hop and rnb were entering another great era, lots and lots of bass everywhere. The mass of influences rising up all across […]

Some 80s Mods might have known this. A nice bit of Jam meets Teardrops from about 1985.