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It is coming to a time of year (Christmas) that I have become more and more conflicted about as the years have gone by. I don’t think it is a time of year that I have ever really enjoyed. I find it challenging for so many reasons and after what we have all been throughContinue reading “Into the Void”

A fairly depressing song – from a fairly depressing band – and certainly a lead singer with somewhat questionable attitudes and beliefs. Relax. I am not going down that path. It is the thoughtfulness that this song brings out that I relate to. There is also some empathy with the background to the song andContinue reading “How Soon Is Now”

One of the reasons I listen to music is to escape. It is something that takes me away from the now and transports me to different moments in time. It can transport me back to a particular place, evoke a memory from another point of my life or on a journey of discovery whereby IContinue reading “White Rabbit”

Do you ever feel alone? Like really alone? Even with good people around you and people in your corner – do you ever feel the coldness of feeling completely alone? It is something I have felt often before, but the last few weeks I have felt myself descending into that dark chasm even more. ItContinue reading “One Tree Hill”

If you ever feel like you operate on auto pilot a lot of the time or live your life in some sort of fog – then I am with you – and this piece might hit home a little too. I think, for a good many years now, (around 10) that 95% of the timeContinue reading “Pure Morning”

Creep by Radiohead is a song that sits close with me – on so many levels. Clearly, I think it is a good song to listen to full stop, plus the background story to it is intriguing to say the least – but it is the lyrics that resonate with me. They have also beenContinue reading “Creep”