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Yes, you read me correctly. Seems that Volkswagen Austria have produced TWO Falco branded Golfs. Standard are LED matrix lights, 18-inch light alloy wheels and a Harmon Kardon sound system. Falco’s signature and Falco lettering adorn the B- and C-pillars. Inside a badge bears his name and makes the special status of the car quite […]
Yesterday I somehow managed to breathe life back into my 14-year old MacBook Pro. I’d left it sitting in a cupboard for a couple of years because the last time I looked at it, it was showing nothing but a grey screen. Two years in isolation must have given it time to settle down, because […]
Many, many moons ago I made my own website with Dreamweaver. It was quite dreadful, even though it was over 25 years ago, which we’ll all admit is a lot better than things are now. Having just found a CD wallet full of DVDs that I’d burned over those formative years, there are some real […]
Yesterday I gave up social media. Totally. Facebook, BlueSky, Instagram … all gone. I deleted my news apps, and aside from WordPress I’m totally cutting myself off from the outside world. My mind is occasionally in a bad place – it hasn’t been right for over 40 years, if I’m honest – and if this […]
I’ve been listening to Aphex Twin since about 1992. In the early days I collected a fair amount of vinyl, CDs and memorabilia, but these days everything’s digital, and my digital collection (obtained by fair means or foul) has grown ever since. I needed somewhere to list it all, so rather than a Word document […]
WordPress just informed me I made my first post 15 years ago today. Thanks to all of you who still follow along. Really do appreciate it.
It was my birthday yesterday. I am 58. I act like I’m 28 and feel like I’m 88. My wife took the day off and we went to the local record store so I could buy some clear sleeves for my albums, then to a charity shop where I walked away from a nice Olivetti […]
Not much of a reflection this time. I know I haven’t posted for months and months, but I saw something just now which I thought I’d mercilessly steal and use here (cheating is always about some kind of originality, remember). I thought I’d have a dig through some records, tapes and CDs of mine and […]
For your convenience, all my previous posts re: Pet Shop Boys in this blog (from over the last 14 years or so) have now moved to their permanent new home at psbvisually.wordpress.com
Well, it’s been a good six months since my last Reflection. Here we are towards the end of September and let’s just say it’s been quite eventful. It started in March when I failed my A2 German exam. Miserably. I then took two language courses to help my spoken and written German which must have […]