Departure lounge ramblings on music, places, climate change and stuff outdoors

Archive for ‘January, 2015’

Do It For Your Mum

‘Do It For Your Mum‘ is the biography of Britain’s most exciting and endlessly creative band, British Sea Power. Passionately and cheerily told by their amateur…

Album of the Week

Thanks to my wonderful cousin, Lis (of ejengland-art.com), I have a picture frame that snugly fits and LP and, even better, levers open to allow regular…

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is not really my kind of town – I like cities made for people, not cars. But after two visits I will concede that…

Hops and Glory

“It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at”, advised Ian Brown of the Stone Roses. But, according to another Brown – Pete Brown, author of…

Broadstairs

I had no particular expectations of Broadstairs, visiting only to be with friends for the New Year, but it turns out to be a rather nice…