Blogging at the speed of life

Where’s the Fairytale of New York?

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Me me me me me, Music, radio | 1 Comment »

Update: Heard it on 6 December. Hurrah. Christmas can now officially start! Despite having spent the last three days trotting around all the shopping centres that Manchester and Cheshire have to offer - in the hunt for a new pair of ...

Can’t we just cancel Christmas?

Friday, December 9th, 2005 Posted in Music, Zeitgeist | 3 Comments »

Sorry to go on about this, but I really think it'd be better all round if we all postponed Christmas. Just by a week or so, just to give me a little more time. The washing-up has been piling up alongside ...

First signs of Christmas

Sunday, October 31st, 2004 Posted in Life | No Comments »

Joining in on blog cliche no.173, the first ugly sign of Christmas reared itself into my ordinary life today when, having a coffee at a train station waiting with someone, the music playing was a cover version of Silent Night. For ...

Ronan Keating ruined my Christmas mood

Sunday, December 7th, 2003 Posted in Me me me me me, Music, radio | No Comments »

There I was, getting ready for a day of being Birthday'ed/Christmas'ed/whatever. I'd had a good night's sleep, had a vague list in my head - although I didn't check it twice. I got my haircut. I even bought some tinsel ...