by Paul Stephenson | Jan 2, 2022 | Books, Movies, Music
Hello there, it is I, your humble bard. Please spare me a moment to wax somewhat lyrical about some of the things I’ve loved this year, as is my want. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Much like 2020, it seems that the pandemic is no inhibitor of great music. My shortlist of...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 22, 2020 | Music
2020 seems to have been one of those years where the whole world seemed absolutely terrible, but we got almost unfathomable amounts of good new music. Way back at the start of March I put out a call on Twitter saying I hadn’t heard a single new album from the year,...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 24, 2019 | Music, Stupid Challenges
Part One Part two Part Three Part Four Here we are at the end of my countdown of the 50 greatest albums of the last decade, spread out as they are over five days in the lead up to Christmas like I’m some kind of a demented cross between an advent calendar and...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 23, 2019 | Music, Stupid Challenges
Part One Part two Part Three Hey’ it’s nearly Christmas. And what says the birth of baby Yoda better than listening to a bloke the wrong side of forty waxing lyrical about a half-forgotten Sweet Cobra album like it is itself the second coming?Let’s crack on, shall...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Stupid Challenges
Part One Part Two Every day between now and Xmas I’m running down my top 50 albums of the decade, for nobody’s amusement but my own. However, please enjoy watching me pleasure myself.No, wait! Not like that!DISCLAIMER: These choices are presented as exactly that. I am...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 21, 2019 | Music, Stupid Challenges
Do you know what’s a really good way of procrastinating? Turns out, making a list of your top 50 albums of the last decade. Yesterday we had 50-41, so let’s crack on, shall we?DISCLAIMER: These choices are presented as exactly that. I am not claiming this to be the...
