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30 songs: Writing’s on the wall

Posted on 13/05/2011 by richy
This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series 30 songs

When I started this blog a few months back, I wasn’t all that sure what it would contain, if anything. Music, family anecdotes and the occasional rant were all things I thought would feature though. Four months on, the picture … Continue reading →

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30 songs: You gotta spread the word

Posted on 17/05/2011 by richy
This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series 30 songs

If picking my favourite song was a challenge, picking my least favourite song might just be even harder. I mean, how many millions of songs have ever been recorded? And even if I like thousands of them, that still leaves… … Continue reading →

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30 songs: I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars

Posted on 20/05/2011 by richy
This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series 30 songs

Way back in time, before MP3s, CDs,. and yes, even before racing airport trucks (although I think we did have Cadbury ads), there were things called tapes. We used them to play music, and they were so small we were … Continue reading →

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30 songs: Days are all too long

Posted on 27/05/2011 by richy
This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series 30 songs

It might have taken 2 weeks, but here we are on day 4, a song that makes you sad. I had to think really hard about this one, because songs, books, films, TV don’t tend to affect me like that … Continue reading →

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30 songs: I jumped across for you

Posted on 01/06/2011 by richy
This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series 30 songs

Many years ago, before there was Facebook, Twitter, Bebo or even MySpace, I was a regular visitor to a website called The Spark. And what brought me back time and time again was the quizzes they posted – stupid quizzes … Continue reading →

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