Category Archives: nostalgia

Church Halls

Posted on May 17, 2008 by blogmywiki

I love church halls and village halls. I can still recall the mural in the village hall where I grew up in North Somerset, painted in the 1960s with villagers of the time dancing round a may pole. Today my … Continue reading →

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From the locker tapes

Posted on April 11, 2008 by blogmywiki

GarageBand and a bottle of red wine have a lot to answer for…

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World of Wist

Posted on March 30, 2008 by blogmywiki

One of the things I really miss about Gideon Coe’s daytime BBC 6Music show is his ‘Wednesday Wist Wagon’. So, in homage to it I invite you all to climb aboard my Sunday Sadness Stagecoach. Here are four songs to … Continue reading →

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Farewell, then, Anthony H Wilson

Posted on August 10, 2007 by blogmywiki

Farewell, then, Tony Wilson. Yes, you should have signed The Smiths. But you were right about Mick Hucknell, his music’s rubbish and he’s a ginger. Have a look here and remember, and smile.

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Vinyl solution

Posted on July 24, 2007 by blogmywiki

I dug the old turntable out of the loft months ago and never had the time to dub off any of that precious vinyl… and when I did get round to it I discovered the stylus was missing. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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