My latest blog post features my thoughts on what would improve things in the modern world and it's not what you might think! 7 posts this week so a lot to catch up on! 😉😉

#My2025Almanac August 26 is Repentance Day in Papua New Guinea. Well, that must mean it's time for Neil Tennant to say 'Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa' on the magnificent Number 1 hit for the Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin.

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#My2025Almanac August 25 is the anniversary of the birth of the great American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. I was lucky enough to go to On the Town on Broadway. Here's my favourite song from the night, New York New York with the Broadway cast

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#My2025Almanac August 24 I totally support the Uruguayan Nostalgia Night which takes place tonight. Why don't we have something like that here? We would be so good at it! Here's the voice of Karen Carpenter reflecting on nostalgia in Yesterday Once More.

#My2025Almanac August 23 Today's birthday is that of Bobby G of Bucks Fizz. They shot to fame courtesy of winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with the brilliantly catchy Making Your Mind Up. It was the start of a run of success for them

#My2025Almanac A very happy birthday to Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears. They made some outstanding music and their album Songs from the Big Chair was one of the standouts of the decade. Here, from that album is my favourite song of theirs, Shout.

#My2025Almanac August 21. Going back 30 years, I was a month into a three year stay in Japan In pre internet days I had no idea what was in the UK charts. I only caught up with Britpop about a decade later. It was about then I first heard this from Blur

Very happy to support such a good artist. It's a great way of helping to boost creativity that lies outside of the charts. Here's my review to whet your appetite

#My2025Almanac August 20 and it's a very happy birthday to Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. I know it's obvious, and I know fans often put this way down their list, but the song I love is Stairway to Heaven. It's one of the best constructed songs ever.

My latest blog post. It's a Top 10 films list for trying to ignore what's happening in the world!.

#My2025Almanac August 19 is the birthday of Roger Cook. who with his song writing partner Roger Greenaway was responsible for many hits including I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing. He was also lead singer of Blue Mink so here's a 70s favourite Banner Man

The best response to all the knuckle draggers who tried to ruin her big moment. Really pleased to see this. A young woman with real talent answering those with none!.

#My2025Almanac August 18 1987 saw the release of the era defining album Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi which included Livin' on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name and Wanted Dead or Alive. Here's Raise Your Hands the anthemic Side 2 opener which is great.

#My2025Almanac August 17. A few musically related births today with Kevin Rowland, Maria McKee and Donnie Wahlberg all celebrating birthdays, but today's choice is a song from Belinda Carlisle, a day younger than Madonna, with Heaven is a place on Earth

#My2025Almanac August 16 A very happy birthday to the iconic singer Madonna. She dominated the charts in the 80s with hit after hit. The quality, particularly in the first 5 years of her career was astonishingly high. Here's my favourite, True Blue

And we're in!! 4 nosebleed seats for @MCRofficial at Wembley Stadium next July!!

#My2025Almanac August 15. In 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Corsica. He became one of the most famous figures in French history. I had already chosen ABBA's Eurovision winner so here's one of the most famous classical tunes ever written.

RT @suzey_breckon: I’m back and quite enjoying X again - seems like my feed is finally pulling through my favourite book people again too!….

Don't know what the crossover is in the music loving public at large, but I have to say that as a huge fan of @taylorswift13 and @MCRofficial I have loved the news from the respective camps this week. New album ordered on CD and both daughters on ticket duty tomorrow! 🤞🤞.