I’ve recently been going through every year in music for my thorough retrospectives, and as such I’ve been exposed to some fantastic albums. I wanted to talk about some of my favourites – this time looking at the 1970’s. I reviewed fifty albums as part of that decade’s retrospectives (five per year), all of whichContinue reading “Top 10 Albums of the 1970’s”
Tag Archives: Top
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”
Top 10 Albums of the 1960’s
I’ve recently been going through every year in music for my thorough retrospectives, and as such I’ve been exposed to some fantastic albums. I wanted to talk about some of my favourites – for this first edition, I’ll be looking at the 1960’s. I reviewed fifty albums as part of that decade’s retrospectives (five perContinue reading “Top 10 Albums of the 1960’s”
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”
Best Ace Attorney One-Hit Wonder Characters
I’ve ranked the main characters, I’ve ranked the defendants, I’ve ranked the culprits … but, as I realised during my recent Ace Attorney Deep Dives, that doesn’t highlight all of the wonderful characters this series has to offer. There are some side characters who appeared in one case and one case only, and yet madeContinue reading “Best Ace Attorney One-Hit Wonder Characters”
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”
My Top 20 Favourite Games Of 2025
Another year has been and gone, and it’s been yet another fantastic year for gaming. Not only did I play some phenomenal new releases, but I also caught up on some old classics too. I’ll be ranking the twenty best games I played this year – not just the games that released in 2025, butContinue reading “My Top 20 Favourite Games Of 2025”
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”
Matt Has An Opinion 