Before this year I had never been to a live gig. Seems odd now, but I’d never had cause to go. With Download that all changed and I was hungry to hear more. So in the past 4 weeks I’ve been to 3 different gigs and heard 4 artists play. Continue reading »

Following on from a blog post by Steve Heyes, I decided to take a moment to think about what I would consider to be my favourite song, the one that defined who I am and that I’d love to hear forever. Luckily for me my Last.fm account has nearly 60,000 scrobbles, representing over five years of musical taste and history. Unfortunately, what I’d consider to be my number one song actually comes in at number three.

Hurt, by Johnny Cash. Continue reading »

This year I finally did something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: attend the Download festival at Donington Park. Download is probably the only music festival in the UK I’d bother attending, so this year I bought a ticket for the Saturday and set off to meet Robbo, Rice and others who had been camping there since the Wednesday. Continue reading »