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I’m a British ex-pat living in the Monterey Bay Area of California. I’m a musician, writer, educator and sometime technologist. Opinions expressed on this site are my own.

Category: Music

  • 20 Albums that made an Impact – Part 4

    Here’s the final part of a series of 20 albums I picked for a Facebook challenge a few years ago. The challenge was to choose 20 albums that had made an impact on me. For each album I mention, I’m including a YouTube link to a track from that album so you can get a…

  • 20 Albums that made an Impact – Part 3

    Here’s part three of a series of 20 albums I picked for a Facebook challenge a few years ago. The challenge was to choose 20 albums that had made an impact on me. For each album I mention, I’m including a YouTube link to a track from that album so you can get a taste…

  • 20 Albums that made an Impact – Part 2

    Here’s part two of a series of 20 albums I picked for a Facebook challenge a few years ago. The challenge was to choose 20 albums that had made an impact on me. For each album I mention, I’m including a YouTube link to a track from that album so you can get a taste…

  • 20 Albums that made an Impact – Part 1

    I’m starting off 2026 with a re-post of a series of albums I picked for a Facebook challenge a few years ago. The challenge was to choose 20 albums that had made an impact on me. The original challenge was to post an album a day for 20 days; here I am going to present…

  • The Dragoni Brothers

    When I was a youngster in the 1970s, I remember people of my mother’s generation and older being very keen on a local band called the Dragoni Brothers. They played widely around the North East at the time, mostly at clubs and smaller venues, though they did perform at both Newcastle City Hall and the…

  • Goodbye Ace

    Yesterday I read the news that founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley had died aged 74. Since then, I have been reading tributes from people in the world of rock music as well as discussing it with friends on Facebook and wanted to gather a few of my thoughts here. First, the music. I remember a…

  • 20 Influential Singles – Part 4

    Here is the fourth and final part of my list of influential singles from a 2023 Facebook challenge. The idea of the challenge was to post each day for 20 days a single that had been influential in my life. I expanded this to include singles which, when I listen to them, vividly conjure up…

  • 20 Influential Singles – Part 3

    Here is the third part of my list of influential singles from a 2023 Facebook challenge. The idea of the challenge was to post each day for 20 days a single that had been influential in my life. I expanded this to include singles which, when I listen to them, vividly conjure up a particular…

  • 20 Influential Singles – Part 2

    Here is the second part of my list of influential singles from a 2023 Facebook challenge. The idea of the challenge was to post each day for 20 days a single that had been influential in my life. I expanded this to include singles which, when I listen to them, vividly conjure up a particular…

  • 20 Influential Singles – Part 1

    Early in 2023 I took part in a Facebook challenge to post each day for 20 days a single that had been influential in my life. I expanded this to include singles which, when I listen to them, vividly conjure up a particular time in my life. In addition, I wanted to concentrate on singles…

  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    I first published this post on April 24, 2016 on squashy.net I have to confess to having something of an obsession with the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. Whenever I hear it on the radio, I find it rather mesmerizing, and always think the same thing: “What would inspire someone to write a song like…