The Story of Carol of the Bells/Shchedryk
On Christmas Eve, I did a special radio broadcast on FOTW Radio, mainly for a group of Japanese listeners who…
Category: Music
Heavy Metal Fears of the 1980s
“As Barry had listened to the music, he had become mesmerized by it as a whole new world opened up…
Altin Gün: One of the best things about 2021
The world might be a bit shit at the moment – and that’s maybe an understatement! But you can’t go…
RIP Roky Erickson, an absolute Halloween legend
In Australia, when a friend or colleague does something good, we say something like, “hey, you’re an absolute legend!” But…
That Time Tangerine Dream almost moved to Australia
I was listening to an interview with Tangerine Dream recorded during their 1982 tour — and I was shocked to…
The Baroque Rhythm of Life
This is a post for my friend Eleanor Gray of the Cassettes and Chocolate Milk blog, who gave me the…
The turn of a friendly card (fate falls in my favour, maybe)
It’s been a long while since I’ve written a music post. When I started this blog many moons ago, it…
The frenetic madness of Hyboid!
It’s not often you get a chance to find out the origin of many classic synthesizer sounds; usually it’s a…
Confessions of a language fascist – and an ass-kicker from way-back!
Lately, I have been slagging off phrases that annoy me, simply because everyone repeats them, from car ads to technology…
Vangelis, a lion of electronic music
I watched Blade Runner in my early twenties when I was feeling depressed; and rather than it being something inspirational,…