May 27th, 2013
Whilst working in my studio last week I rediscovered The Waterboys and have been playing their songs over and over ever since. There’s something very homely about their music and it really give me a sense of place if you know what I mean.
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March 11th, 2013
It’s hard for me to pin point my favourite David Bowie track as they’re all so amazing, but if I was on Desert Island Discs, this would be the one I would chose to be one of my 8 tracks. To me, it’s so uplifting and I love it when it comes on the radio when I driving in my car – the volume always gets turned up full and I sing along at the top of my voice…
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March 4th, 2013
I first heard this song on an advert for some sort of credit card or payment process (can’t remember) on the TV years ago – I think it had some guy leaving work and getting into some massively long tube slide that took him all the way home. It’s such a happy jolly song that you can’t help but bob along with it and keep humming it all day long as you do the washing up and other mindlessly boring tasks.
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February 25th, 2013
This song is a blast from the past for me. I used to work for a design firm in Edinburgh and do the whole 9-5 and get paid a pittance as I was a junior. I hated it but I also loved it. What got me through each day? The people I worked with and the music. Without these each day would’ve been miserable.
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October 25th, 2011
I recently discovered this great tutorial by Amanda Wood on how to make lovely stickers from recycled paper. The best thing about it is that the tutorial uses one of my favourite things – envelopes with funky security patterns. How could I resist!
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