To be honest, and despite the fact that there have been some pretty good albums in 2015, my year in music was shaped mostly by playlists from Mixcloud (I even made my own selection, you can hear it here), old stuff, and soundtracks. Besides the time I spend reading books, I like to watch films (a …
Albums of the Year 2015 – A Compendium
It's entirely possible that you've read my posts Albums of the Year Part One and Two and not found anything that resonates. If that's the case, I recommend you read Leon's post immediately. If, after that, you're still looking for acoustic inspiration then here's some fast and furious top fives from …
Albums of the Year 2015 – Leon Carter
Whilst writing my Albums of the Year Parts One and Two I sent out plaintiff messages to my friends to help me out and do the same. They, being the awesome people that they are, responded in the positive... forcing me to then spend weeks chasing them to come through with the goods. But come through …
2015: A year in books
It's been a busy ol' year—what with my return to the learning factory and such—but I have managed to maintain a modicum of momentum in my reading. Listed below are the best books I read, in the order in which I read them (more or less) in 2015. I'm also aware of how time-poor everyone is, and how …
Albums of the Year 2015 – Part Deux
Folk are always going on about how music isn't as good anymore, or how there wasn't anything to get excited about this year. Horseshit. There was loads. Loads, I tell ya! You just weren't looking–or rather, listening–carefully enough... Anyway, following on from Part One, and in no particular …