Category: Music

  • Tunes of the Week: 23 March 2025

    Well, that went well, didn’t it?

    Let’s try again.

    Style with abundance:

    There’s something about the spoken word with a funky back-beat, and this one hooked my earholes while bashing away at Excel this week:

    And, while we’re here, it is the 30th anniversary of this gem from The Orb:

  • Tunes: Lunar New Year 2025

    Four out of the last seven years actively administering EPC contracts with Chinese contractors, plus four trips to China last year for meetings with one of those contractors, all the while assisted by colleagues from our China office.

    It’s been a heck of a ride.

    ๐ŸŒš๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‡๐Ÿ etc.

    I was lucky enough to see Underworld live at the 1996 Reading Festival during the Born Slippy era – a tent full of madness (some of the YouTube tracks show the main stage).

  • Tunes of the Week: 26 Jan 2025

    Quick post tonight, and only one tune right now as it’s past bedtime.

    Absolute belter video mash-up of probably my favourite band Yello and scenes from Silent Hill – YouTube rolled it out on a mix.

    Suggest waiting for daylight if you are of fragile sensibilities.

  • Tunes of the Week: 19 Jan 2025

    This one slipped into my headphones on Sunday and saw me through another Excel session (nobody else in the office, no incoming emails, no disturbances).

    And in the middle of all that, at around the 1:19 mark, a brilliant inclusion for all the spiritual pirates out there:

    I just re-listened to that with a couple shots of grog*.

    Yo-ho-ho! ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿป๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

    * Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, in the absence of rum.