Delicious Hot Disgusting Cold

May 16

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 50

I’m a bit of a #jazz grump this week. So many grumbles, which one to start with?

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 3.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Ooh, pretty - 1

Oh, pretty poor - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 2.

May 09

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 49

The Album Of The Week harks back almost 100 years. Just sayin’…

Album reviews submitted – 1.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 2.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0.

Red Hot - 1

Red flag - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

May 07

Led Bib Goes Kickstarting

Crowdfunding seems to be quite the new thing these days. Led Bib is the latest combo to use Kickstarter to attract album funding and the band seems worthy of support. The guys are offering some quite intriguing rewards too. Check out the band’s Kickstarter page.

May 02

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 48

The human voice is dead good at singing words. So why waste time going all flutey or soprano saxy? Seriously, why? Just buy an instrument people.

Album reviews submitted – 3.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 10.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0. There’s always next week…

Groovy Baby - 7 

Burpy baby - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 2.

Apr 25

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 47

360gms of celebration…

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 5.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 1 -and it’s a DOUBLE ALBUM!!!

Positively charged - 2

Negatively charged - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 3.

Apr 18

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 46

Not the finest  #jazz week of the year so far. Hey ho.

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 10   .

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Hey Yeh! - 3

Hey No! - 4

Floating around in the middle ground - 3.

Apr 11

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 45

The Middle Ground is a lonely place for #jazz these days.

Album reviews submitted – 0. Inertia, that’s why.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 2.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Rather groovy - 1

Rather not - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

Apr 04

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 44

“You must believe in Spring” or so the song says. It won’t make it any warmer though. Thermal undergarments remain key to personal comfort.

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 4.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

Chilled - 3

Bloody freezin’ - 1

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.

Mar 31

It’s Not How It Sounds #22 - Nat Birchall and the slightly spooky Rachael Gladwin

It’s Not How It Sounds #22 - Nat Birchall and the slightly spooky Rachael Gladwin

Mar 28

A Reviewer’s Life - Week 43

Dear #jazz lawyer. If I get on up when I should have been getting down and jiggy, resulting in a minor back injury, can I make a claim?

Album reviews submitted – 2.

Stacked Up In A Pile:

CDs through the letter box – 3.

Electronically downloaded thingies – 0.

Albums on Vinyl – 0

I Feel Good - 3

My sex machne has failed - 0

Floating around in the middle ground - 0.