The best times are behind us. The best times are right now. The best times are ahead of us. Which of these three statements is truest for you right now? It’s likely that each one will appeal to us in different ways at different times. Earlier this month, the print edition of the NME (the […]
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The infinity of your youth
Do you seize the moment, or does the moment seize you? Youth is both an infinity and finite. The moment is always right now. Pressure is a choice. It’s scarcely believable to me, but a quarter of a century ago today (Saturday 1 October 2016) was the day I first went away to university. A […]
#7songs: What seven songs define your life?
If you had to pick seven songs over seven days, what would they be? Music is a language all its own. One I can’t speak, one I can’t describe. But one I can listen to endlessly. Music is a world all its own. One we can step into whenever we want, and go wherever we […]
The flash in the Beatles biographer’s eye
The game is afoot. A new piece of the puzzle is discovered. It was my good fortune to attend the ‘premiere’ screening of the 50th anniversary souped-up, “very clean” re-release of the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night at the BFI in London on Thursday (3 July 2014). I also got to see one truly […]