Category Archives: Music

My First Album

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Scot Hacker posed the question: “What was your first album?”


As Scot’s comment system seems to be fubar, I thought I’d post here instead.


Paul Simon: Graceland album cover

Due to older-sibling-influence, the first album I bought (on cassette) was Graceland by Paul Simon. Quite a mature choice for a ten-year-old, followed, due to other-older-sibling-influence, by So by Peter Gabriel a few months later. Quite a mature choice for an eleven-year-old…


Debbie Gibson: Electric Youth album cover

It all went downhill later, when I joined Britannia Music Club, and I purchased Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson. We all make mistakes ;)

Christian CD Sale

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Rachel Cunliffe and her husband Regan have a few excess CDs to get rid of, so get yourselves to The Sale “if you like City on a Hill, Song for Worship, Michael W. Smith, Third Day, Jars of Clay or the Paul Colman Trio.”

Oh, they’re in New Zealand, but are quite willing and able to ship to the UK, US, wherever. Plus the exchange rate means that they’re cheap!

Apple Goodies

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So Apple have been busy little bunnies. Not content with ramping up the iBook to 800/900 MHz, they have launched a slimmer, sexier(?) iPod and launched the iTunes Music Store, which is browsable from anywhere, but only open for business in the US, so far.

Many good things have been written” about the service so far, so much so that Windows users seem to be either (a) jealous and sarky, or (b) salivating at the prospect of the launch of the service for Windows, due later in the year.

Must save up for an iBook (repeat ad infinitum)

Downtrodden Christ

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Downtrodden Christ, to you we pray
who at the third hour of the day
were led away and nailed up high
in naked shame beneath the sky:
Show through the pain that scars your face
the love of God, and man’s disgrace.

Uplifted Christ, to you we pray
who at the sixth hour of the day
took all our guilt upon that tree
in darkness, blood, and agony:
Look on our pride and unbelief,
grant us repentance and relief.

Outstretching Christ, to you we pray
who at the ninth hour of the day
alone dismissed your final breath
and opened heaven by your death:
Come to our dying world and reign,
that we with you may live again.

© Christopher Idle (b. 1938)

Hard Leaders

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One of the first and best online dance music and DJ gear stores: Hard To Find Records. I’ve bought from them before, but their web site possibly promises more than it can actually deliver, because it lists so many records that are currently out of stock.

Unsign Of The Times

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Another unsigned artist MP3 site: iuma.com. I haven’t checked it out yet, but will do in time. I can’t wait to get broadband at home. It will make downloading this stuff so much faster and easier.

Weebl and Bob

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Music-related: go see Weebl and Bob, cos the anims use some funky fresh tunes from the likes of Mr. Scruff and Dmitri from Paris. The music adds so much to the overall vibe of the cartoons, it’s unreal. You heard it here first. Possibly. It’s gonna be huge, no doubt, but will probably blow over as soon as five-year-olds start going around singing "I love donkey, donkey don’t lie," "when come back, bring pie!" and other things that aren’t quite so fit to print ;) . Will it turn into another South Park? Tune in next week, er, sometime, to find out…

I Want My MP3 – Part Deux

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My current fave mp3 site is Epitonic. It doesn’t have the wide choice that illicit sites do, but some really nice gems amongst the manure. Or something. Case in point: Antibalas, makers of rather sublime afro-tinged samba, er, stuff. I’d never heard of them until I discovered them on Epitonic, but I’m more inclined to buy their music now. Small problem – there’s diddly squat in the music purchasing budget ;(