Aug 31, 2022TenAt just about half-six in the morning on 1st September 2012, 4 of us landed at Heathrow. Back then, half-six would’ve required calculation on my part (to be honest, the coins are still sometimes slow to account). For one, it was a homecoming, for three an emigration. …4 min read4 min read
Feb 26, 2021What These Eyes Have Seen -WandaVision Episode 8***CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM EPISODE 8, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*** Delighted to be so wrong about the adverts, but I think that’s maybe kind of the point. I won’t go overboard this time, as after next week all will be revealed so that would seem the appropriate opportunity to go back…Wandavision4 min readWandavision4 min read
Feb 20, 2021Don’t Touch That Dial! WandaVision AdsBefore you read any further — SPOILER ALERT There, I’ve exercised my responsibility to warn you that if you have not yet watched through Episode 7 of WandaVision, you should not read any more, lest something be ruined for you. Nothing too deep here, just some quick observations about the…Wandavision13 min readWandavision13 min read
Jul 13, 2020Old FartAs a child, when my parents turned 40, one of them must have decided to tell me that the other one was an “old fart.” In the spirit of conspiratorial cruelty, it stuck, and for the duration of time in which I viewed myself as a child, it was a…5 min read5 min read
May 4, 2020LuckdownToday, for the first time in 47 days, I went to the office where I normally worked when things such as normal worked. It broke up the day, in a chain of unbroken days that never were because they were all the same. For that, I suppose, I’m grateful. …2 min read2 min read
Apr 8, 2020On the Death of John Prine and Other People I Never Knew in a PandemicMy mother died on 21st August 2016. Her father died a few months after. My best friend had died 11 months before. John Prine died yesterday. Life killed my mother. Dementia her father. Cancer my friend. COVID one-nine John Prine. I never knew John Prine. The only song of his…4 min read4 min read
Mar 11, 2020On the Subject of SubjectivityOur band’s first single comes out in two days. It wasn’t meant to be our first single, but people seemed very positive about the video for the song. So, we’re in this uncanny valley of taste and uncertainty now. Will new people find us and enjoy the music? Will anyone listen at all, or will it just fall onto the pile of songs taking up digital space? Full disclosure: I think we’re really good, and I think our music is really good.1 min read1 min read
Feb 24, 2020DisintegrationIt’s windy now. Not, like, at this very moment, but rather in the sense of this is an ongoing condition. Ser, not estar. At some point, people will recognise that the climate has already changed, so these facile debates about it are pointless. Yet, I digress, as is my wont. …2 min read2 min read
Feb 6, 2020GroundIgnorance is bliss, they say. Maybe it makes more sense to me if I think of it instead as unmoderated enjoyment. We released our first song weekend before last, just as a video for now. People have been very kind about it so far, which is nice. On Saturday, while…2 min read2 min read
Jan 31, 2020Occasional MusicThis is a song I wrote and play sometimes. Sharing for no particular reason today. Bring Out Your Dead You say you want a revolution You say you want someone to pay You say you want a grand solution You say you’ve got a lot to say I’ve seen you…2 min read2 min read
