Category Archives: blogs and the internet

Green Monkey Food & Drink mix

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Andy

I managed to muscle myself into I, Splotchy's latest Green Monkey Music Project mix – which has a theme of food & drink – you can download the whole massive 54 song mix from the blog – and you can … Continue reading →

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My Top 6…cover versions

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Andy

Here are my submissions to Cover Me, Volume 17 of Splotchy’s Green Monkey Music Project (visit the link to download the two 36 track compilations the first one has the selected cover versions, while the second has the original versions … Continue reading →

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I love living in the future – #1 – covers on YouTube

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Andy

My favourite thing about YouTube (and its ilk) is folk sitting in their living room, or bedroom playing cover versions of songs I love. Not always great covers but the very fact that they chose to cover a song I … Continue reading →

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You will passion to watch this “want to savvy” movie

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Andy

I have a Google blog search set up to track down bloggers posting about Luna, unfortunately most of what it catches are splogs – which should piss me off but they make me smile so I can’t really hate them … Continue reading →

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Wordle-ing away my Friday afternoon

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Andy

I’ve been having a scary amount of fun with the lovely Wordle -here’s the last month of A Head Full of Wishes as a beautiful tag cloud… More of my idlings.

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My Top 6…music fan sites

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Andy

As the proprietor of a fan site I’ve always had an interest in what fans are doing on the web, a year or so ago I posted ruminating on the fan site and whether it had a place in the … Continue reading →

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I’m just leaving work…I hope it isn’t too windy…

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Andy

I’ve resisted Twitter for so long…I joined up a few months ago after succumbing to the barrage of online pressure but never got beyond the registration phase. There are so many problems I have with it…the prime one being “who … Continue reading →

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I’ve had it with Facebook

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Andy

I’ve just “deactivated” my Facebook account – after months of tinkering around the edges of it I just can’t see what the point of it is and I think I need my social networks to have a point – Facebook … Continue reading →

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Coming back into the fold

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Andy

Six months ago my last.fm subscription ran out just after they had stopped being a feisty London-based indie start-up and jumped into the pocket of media giant CBS. My concerns then had a lot to do with the rather depressing … Continue reading →

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I make up less than a quarter

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Andy

I make up less than a quarter(originally uploaded by grange85) So Everything’s Swirling gets a long overdue overhaul – and a new URL (feel free to update your bookmarks, blogrolls and RSS feeds – although the old ones will probably … Continue reading →

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