Archive for January, 2008

January Song

18Jan08

I’ve given up waiting for it to be cool to like Lindisfarne again. I’ve also given up caring about being cool. And for some reason, Lindisfarne’s January Song came to mind today. Right now, I’m feeling unseasonably positive (whether that will last beyond Quadragesima Sunday is anybody’s guess). When I’m not feeling so positive, I [...]


Whilst looking for something else entirely, I found this video of John Entwistle playing Won’t Get Fooled Again. What’s special about this is that the camera stays with Entwistle throughout the song, and you’re hearing just the bass part (almost, there’s a bit of spill from the rest of the band). In all the recordings [...]


Yesterday we went on a trip to the seaside at Hornsea. On the way back we stopped off at various points along the Holderness coast, which is eroding at quite a pace. We saw several places where roads near the cliff edge have been closed. Looking at an old map, it seems that this road [...]