2022 – Liz Truss acts as UK Prime Minister for just forty-five days. 158 die in a crowd crush in South Korea. Russia wages war in Ukraine. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, passes away at the age of ninety-six. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed. Roe vContinue reading “2022: The Year In Music”
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I Fear “Steel Ball Run” May Be Peak
Today is March 19th 2026. The first episode of “Steel Ball Run”, Part 7 of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”, has just released on Netflix. I’ve been anticipating the next JoJo Part for a few years … And now, after watching this first episode, I can officially say it’s living up to the hype. I’m a casualContinue reading “I Fear “Steel Ball Run” May Be Peak”
2021: The Year In Music
2021 – COVID-19 vaccines are given out, and lockdown restrictions are eased. Hundreds of rioters storm the US Capitol building. A cargo ship blocks the Suez Canal for six days. The “Friends” cast reunite for a special episode. Italy beat England on penalties in the Euros final. Messi leaves Barcelona for PSG and Ronaldo re-joinsContinue reading “2021: The Year In Music”
“…Like Clockwork” (Queens of the Stone Age) – Every Song Ranked
I’ve always been aware of Queens of the Stone Age and liked their work, but it was only when listening to “…Like Clockwork” in full for my 2013 Music Retrospective that I became a true fan. This is such an excellent album, front to back, and there are individual songs here that have become recentContinue reading ““…Like Clockwork” (Queens of the Stone Age) – Every Song Ranked”
2020: The Year In Music
2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown. Joe Biden is elected US President. Boris Johnson secures a Brexit deal for the UK. George Floyd’s death at the hands of a US police officer sparks the “Black Lives Matter” protests. The Beirut port explosion kills 200 and injures thousands. And, in (hopefully) someContinue reading “2020: The Year In Music”
2019: The Year In Music
2019 – Hong Kong protests China’s undemocratic rulings, Algerians protest their president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudanese protest their president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Chileans protest inequality, Iraq protests its government, Iran protests fuel subsidies, and elsewhere Bolivia, India, Nicaragua and Russia all partake in “The Year of Protests”. The first picture of a black hole is taken.Continue reading “2019: The Year In Music”
2018: The Year In Music
2018 – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a royal wedding. The “Beast from the East” hits the UK, causing huge disruptions to business and travel (I, for example, was stuck at home and couldn’t make it to school). Sergei Skripal and his daugher Yulia are poisoned in Salisbury by novichok. Stephen Hawking, one ofContinue reading “2018: The Year In Music”
2017: The Year In Music
2017 – Britain triggers Article 50, finalizing Brexit. Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. Macron is elected President of France. The Manchester Arena bombing kills twenty-two. The Grenfell Tower fire kills seventy-two. The Las Vegas shooting kills fifty-eight. An overwhelmingly despairing year for news … so can the music make usContinue reading “2017: The Year In Music”
2016: The Year In Music
2016 – Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. A terror attack in Brussels kills 32 and injures more than 300. Leicester City win the Premier League. The UK votes to leave the European Union. South America hosts its first ever Olympic Games in Rio. David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder andContinue reading “2016: The Year In Music”
Every “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Game Award Ranked By How Deserved They Were
For the first time in my life, I stayed up until 4 a.m. to watch The Game Awards – mostly in support of my favourite game this year “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”. You can imagine how happy I am that it won the most trophies in Game Awards history! This game won nine (!!!) awardsContinue reading “Every “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Game Award Ranked By How Deserved They Were”
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