I think it's fair to say that 2016 has, on the whole, been pretty rough. Even putting divisive politics aside, we've lost a lot of good people this year. We lose a lot of people every year, but 2016 seems somehow... more. Perhaps it's the calibre of those we've lost. That's not to say the people who died in a… Read more »
I was late to the world of David Bowie. I was born at a time where most of what were, arguably, his best eras had already happened. By the time I was old enough to appreciate music in my own right, in the early- to mid-nineties, Bowie wasn't an active presence making waves in the industry as he once was. Whil… Read more »
I keep thinking it was a late April fool's joke. It'd be just like my dad to get the dates wrong. He'd be sitting there trying not to laugh while all the time goading us further and further into his little set-up. Sometimes I used to toy with him in return. His jokes were rarely that well masked. It was often… Read more »