music

My top five gigs

December 18, 2017 By Ellen

Do you go to gigs? Once upon a time, I went quite often. My first gig The summer of 1983 and I went to see David Essex at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. I went because he was on and I could get there, rather than out of devoted fandom. I stood on a chair […]

What’s your soundtrack for summer?

June 21, 2013 By Ellen

We’re all going on a summer holiday, summer holiday…. We’ll not quite yet, Cliff. But it’s close enough to get excited about it. Close enough to have a huuuge list of stuff to do first. Oh, we do like to be beside the sea side, beside the sea side, beside the sea. Let’s face it, […]

8/365 Nagging makes me fretful

January 8, 2013 By Ellen

But it’s such a struggle to get him to practice as often as he should… Suggestions please.I tried telling him that without practice the likes of David Bowie wouldn’t be who they are. He just said: “Who’s David Bowie?” Clearly I have work to do.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyDTy9DtHQ]

FFS, this is not a matter for LMFAO

July 5, 2012 By Ellen

Cursing Stone, Carlisle Ten-year-old son has just proudly announced he has downloaded a new album. Oh yes? It’s by LMFAO. LMFAO? He flatly denied any understanding of what it might stand for. The band claim it is Loving My Friends And Others. Yeah right. And that song was about John Lennon’s son’s nursery friend. I […]

Review: Emeli Sande’s Our Version of Events

May 11, 2012 By Ellen

Music, yeah. It’s nice, innit? Generally that’s the extent of my commentary on contemporary choonz. These days, the music is what happens to make it past fairly constant Radio 4 and whatever the kids/Panther of News is playing. I’m just as likely to be jigging around to One Direction singing What Makes You Beautiful on iCarly […]