music

Exclamation perfume, focus points and Sun-In hair bleach

Recognise any of these from your 1990s bedroom?

Nov 5, 2023 •

Do you have a favourite song to run to?

One that ALWAYS gives you a second wind no matter how knackered you are? Mine changes a lot, but, currently, it’s People by The 1975. Never. Fai…

Sep 21, 2023 •

Screeching through a midlife crisis

I’m opening this post with Faith No More’s 90’s hit on a loop around my head…which is kind of apt considering my mid life crisis is undeniably music…

Jul 11, 2023 •

10 songs that capture every shade of 90s teenage angst

I actually wrote this part-fictional journey through music in 2017 (my God, I’ve been talking shite online for a loooooong time now) but not sure I’ve…

Apr 11, 2023 •

Fancy a night out in 1994…?

GEN ❌ - remember what a glorious night out involved in the mid 90s..? 📵 No mobile phones - you arranged everything in advance… and stuck to it…

Feb 17, 2023 •

In celebration of loud women

A teenage love affair with Hole and Babes in Toyland

Feb 7, 2023 •

A nostalgia ride through 1990s Hull

5 Hull venues as featured in my books

Jun 17, 2022 •

Review: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Is Dave Grohl the nicest man in music? Is he on *everybody’s* fantasy dinner party guest list? I’ve just finished his memoir, The Storyteller, and fell…

Feb 19, 2022 •

Fandom imposter syndrome

We all talk about imposter syndrome in the work context, but what about in other parts of our lives? Music fandom is one area that I often get a pang of…

Feb 14, 2022 •

5 reasons vinyl’s lost its buzz

I was shopping in HMV the other week looking for a new album and was overjoyed to walk upstairs and find the vinyl collection to be less the expected…

Feb 11, 2022 •

A fun and nostalgic little read for a Sunday evening. Can you tell where we are, music fans? It’s like supermarket sweep…but the stakes are way higher…

Oct 24, 2021 •

1 mix tape, 8 albums and 10 book recommendations…(and a podcast to boot)

Hi all (and an extra-enthusiastic *wave* to my new subscribers! Welcome!) This is a bit of a cheat newsletter. I say it’s a bit ‘cheaty’ because it…

Jul 20, 2021 •

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