Playlist: Winter 2
It's that time of year again. The weather in the northern hemisphere has grown colder, the nights are longer than the days, and I try and...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 12
Playlist: Geography 9 - Not my State Capital
Most people have trouble naming the capital cities of more than a handful of countries - but what about US State capitals? Well, most...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 29
Playlist: Autumn
Well, right here in the heart of the Northern Hemisphere, as October heads warily towards November, it is clear that we are entering...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 10
Geography 9: Greater Manchester (Noasis)
There have been two waves of musical greatness from the city at the western end of the M62 motorway (Liverpool, obvs), first in the early...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 23
Playlist: Great Opening Tracks
A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 11
Playlist: Geography 8 - Africa
It is time for another of our geographically themed playlists - and this time we focus on the large, mysterious continent of Africa....
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 1
Playlist: Teenagers
It was a random song on a playlist I had on in the car yesterday that I hadn't heard in a while, coupled with the fact that there were...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 11
Playlist: The Olympics
As another wonderful summer Olympiad draws to a close, it seems only fitting that we mark it with a playlist - and I think that this...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 3
Playlist: Covers 5
It used to be assumed that decent cover versions were few and far between - but the fact that we are now on to our fifth set of covers,...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 7
Playlist: University + 30
It is hard to believe, but somewhere around this day thirty years ago (yes, really), I attended my university graduation ceremony! I...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 17
Playlist: Going to College
There are many times when I really feel my age - but this last weekend, I really felt it on account of taking my daughter to look at her...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 1
Playlist: Geography 7 - Europe
Yes, it's time for another playlist, and this time we are off to mainland Europe. Here we have ten more interesting (well, eleven...
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jamesgeraghty
May 18
Playlist: Something Fruity
Most songs written have fallen into one theme or another - there have been songs about love, day and night, good and bad, life and...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 30
Playlist: A to Z of the 1980s
It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 14
Playlist: Covers 4
For this playlist it's time to delve back into the cupboard of cover versions. We all know there are plenty of terrible and mediocre...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 27
Playlist: Married to the Band
Is being a married couple in a band a good idea? Does it help with creativity, or lead to creative tension? Here are ten bands that...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 17
Playlist: st PATRICK
Well, we've done all Irish playlists before, so for this March 17th we needed a new twist.... I know - we'll pick bands that have a...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 9
The I.R.S. Playlist
Don't fret if you are an American reading this - we are not doing ten songs about the US taxman! This is I.R.S. Records, founded in 1979...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 24
Playlist: Dragons and Lanterns
We're a bit late in celebrating Chinese New Year, which fell on 10 February this year. But fret not - in addition to this year being the...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 3
Playlist: Geography 6 - Glasgow
Scotland has always provided a rich source of musical pleasure over the decades, but Glasgow alone has produced myriad great bands,...
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