Xmas Spirit - 6 more sleeps

Moving on from the 'woe is me' of yesterday. Starting a new little side exploration to try and get into the spirit of Christmas. Counting down the sleeps. Let's kick off with one from the "kings of rock'n'roll". The next…

One of those days

Late post. Awake at 3am feeling 'dread' but didn't know why. Woken at 6am by a distraught partner. Next 3 hours troubleshooting a 'business impacting' technology issue for her Boss caused by a recent MS365 update that is impacting delivery of 'deadline material&…

Statistically relevant

I hated statistics at Uni. Systems Engineering was largely a good mix of mathematics, physics, electronics, computer programming and network protocols. Statistics however was the red headed stepchild compared to those other 'much cooler' areas of study. By the way, no offense is intended to any red heads,…

Metal's Gen-Z years

Rando thought for the day: Nu-Metal and early Generation-Z'ers occupy the same period in time. I was originally exposed to this Nu-Metal banger in 1st year Uni (1998 for those interested) and their sophomore release 'Tip'. This is their latest single which I'm hoping…

Unmistakable

Jerry Cantrell has an unmistakable 'sound'. A 'constant' that provides a binding thread through his exploratory solo work, and the two major eras of Alice in Chains. The lead track from 2021's solo release 'Brighten', 'Atone' merges the best of…