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About Me

Originally a Shropshire girl but I have been lured to to the bright lights of Cardiff like a fly to an electric light bulb. Now I'm buzzing around in circles wondering what I'm doing here.

My Blog

A GLOing review

I went to the launch of the very appropriately named "we like to party" night in the new Glo bar on Sat, which featured Ninja tune's DJ Treva Whatever. Upstairs, Glo is the perfect place to relax and ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:02:00 GMT

The Now Show

Just a quick tip - if comedy of the satricial variety is your thing then listen to "Now Show" on radio 4. Find out more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml You can download it a...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:01:00 GMT

Skin

You know what? I really like Skin's (Skin from Skunk Anansie) album "Fake Chemical State". I've had it for ages but only just really listened to it. It's much better than her first solo album. Lots of...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:27:00 GMT

Pipettes - BannanaRamma for the new millenium?

Are the Pipettes cool or just Bannanaramma for the millennium? Or maybe both? I bought the album after hearing them live but I think I must have had a few more beers than I realised because it i...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:15:00 GMT

Swingers

Ok, so now I've got your attention, I want to  tell you about a band called the Swings who are rather good. I'm fairly shite at describing music but those of you who like a bit of jingle jangle o...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:36:00 GMT

Signs of a great song

You know those songs that make you feel amazing inside? Yeah you know. Well here are a few ways to differentiate a great song from your average "good" song.1. It's the first song you play when you get...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:36:00 GMT

What a load of Bo***cks

I have just got back from Chapter Arts Centre. Whilst there I thought I'd take the time to look around the gallery. The "Exhibition" is decribed as below:"Simon Pope invites you to recall, from memory...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:59:00 GMT

Disturbing

Is it just me or does anybody else find the IAMS cat food ad disturbing? You know the one that says "From the moment I saw Frankie I knew we would be together forever" (or something like that) and "I ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:59:00 GMT

Dylan

I have just listened to Bob Dylan's new album "Modern Times" for the first time. I must say although it's good, I'm not blown away. There are a couple of stand out tracks, namely, Nettie Moore and Ai...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:49:00 GMT

Tom Ravenscroft's Show

Hello, Did anybody else know that Tom Ravenscroft  (John Peel's son) now has a podcast callled "Slashmusic" It's on 4radio (channel4radio.com)  and can be found on itunes by typing in his ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:21:00 GMT