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R.I.P. Chris Cornell. I am so proud to have known you.

25/05/2017

This is an anecdote I did not share in my Classic Rock piece I just wrote on Soundgarden. I felt it was a little too off-target, too personal. Read the rest of this entry »

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the troubled diary of a David Bowie fan, day 485

01/05/2017

Woke up this morning. David Bowie is dead. Read the rest of this entry »

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Father John Misty vs Ed Sheeran. Who is the more shit?

10/04/2017

The jury is IN. Read the rest of this entry »

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1026 words on the epic new @fatherjohnmisty album.

05/04/2017

You ready for this? Read the rest of this entry »

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Everything that is wrong about music journalism, on one handy web page

02/04/2017

I was browsing online for material to give my music journalism students at Solent in tomorrow’s lecture, when I changed across this (top result on Google for the term How To Become A Music Critic). It struck me as a good indication of what is so fucked about music journalism in 2017 – online, certainly. The original article is here. Read the rest of this entry »

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