Usually this blog focuses on music, but my sister-in-law, who’s a full time writer, just self-published her first novel. Deborah Makarios grew up in Papua New Guinea. After completing University, she gave up her burgeoning career in imports and exports…
Over the last fortnight, while on holiday, I’ve been reading an oral history of Rough Trade Records, who boasted acts like The Smiths, The Fall, The Strokes, and The Libertines. While on holiday, I also heard of the passing of…
Congratulations to Rich and Aaron who both scored full marks last week (and apologies to any late entries – I posted this in advance, as I’m on holiday). This week’s quiz requires you to guess the debut album by the…
As an eager young music fan, I was perhaps an archetypal rockist. I wasn’t necessarily sexist, but 19 year old me dismissed Madonna as too pop, not playing an instrument, and in the case of this song, not writing her…
Congratulations to Geoff and Tony who both scored 28/30 in last week’s tough anagram’s quiz. Geoff is going to have a slight advantage this week, as this week’s quiz is focused on Canada. Link the Canadian acts to their well…
One of my favourite books is The Rolling Stone Rock ‘n’ Roll Reader, a collection of Rolling Stone articles and interviews from the late 1960s and early 1970s. It captures a point when the magazine, and rock music as a…
Congratulations to the 20/20 scorers last week – 2loud2oldmusic and keepsmealive both scored full marks. I found this week’s challenge more taxing than usual – there are 30 anagrams to unscramble, ranging from piano parts to country stars. It…
It sucks to be me, but I’ve just spent most of the last week at a work conference at a Thailand beach resort. This week’s selection is from Neil Young’s 1974 album On The Beach, while it’s also a commentary…
Congratulations to Tony and KamerTunesBlog who both scored a perfect 20/20 last week. This week’s challenge is to identify the caps associated with different musical artists. I scored 15/20 – how many can you identify?
Between 1967 and 1972, Birmingham’s The Moody Blues released seven studio albums, commonly referred to as the core seven. They stayed in step with the times, transitioning from richly orchestrated psychedelic pop to more stripped-down albums in the 1970s. At…
