Just a quick one today! When it comes to songs, I love finding hidden gems from around the world. I’ve written a few blog posts on my favourite world music that I have found so far, and I have another one coming. But, in the meantime, I thought it might be cool to tell you how you can find songs from different countries. I have … Continue reading How to Find More World Music
Deep into the search for self, the spinning fractals of Madchester and its descendant indie scene light the way for the troubled teenager. Thirty years after its release, The Stone Roses’ eponymous LP remains the headlamp of choice, faint rumblings of revolutionary thought and grounding in the grounded classes guiding the only-slightly edgy into an individuality. An individuality shared with a million other individuals: the … Continue reading A Guide To Happy Music: The Stone Roses’ ‘The Stone Roses’
In April 2022, I travelled to Rome for the month. That’s Easter month, for those not pumped with spiritual propaganda in primary school or lucky enough to escape the commercialism that’s latched itself to Christianity, the West’s mothering religion. One morning I woke up to find the population of Rome, who at that point were still clad in thick duffel coats and jackets to stave … Continue reading The Lord’s Best Supplicant.
Listening to music on a flight is an odd experience. It’s obviously the best choice for entertainment, especially if you don’t have a screen or a tray-table big enough for your laptop. But, the claustrophobic din of the engines and passengers doesn’t really disappear even when the music is playing. Noise-cancelling headphones are alright, but sometimes they make my head feel like it’s going to … Continue reading The Airplane Playlist
On the last day of the month, the full moon shone high above the bleak black. Scurrying through the town’s smallest streets, Pi hastened his step, little legs now moving in a frenzy. Bloodfar unnerved him in the small hours. The pirate port possessed an eery habit of jumping out at you when you least expected it. Vollis’s manor was not far, up the dirt … Continue reading FICTION: The Dragon and The Diamond
AN: This was a piece I wrote in my nature writing class. Enjoy! It’s a hard life being a cabbage. They can’t talk like fungi, they can’t grow tall like trees. Cabbages, like humans, spend their whole lives clutched around their own heart. Layers and layers of thick blanket, withstanding frost and drought, only to be ripped callously from their beds at the prime of … Continue reading The Head of the Pack
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