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My January 1981 Personal Charts of the time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/my-…

My July 1974 Retro Charts and charts of the time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/my-…

@DavidMeadows11 Best concert ever I see 🥳👍last few weeks its been for me James, Turin Brakes, Tom Speight, Suzi Quatro, Haircut 100 and Gary Delany. Granted Gary not so much singing but as fun as ever

Review of Odin Dragonfly last night: dmeadows.co.uk/music/odin-dra…

My June 1974 Retro Charts and charts of the time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/my-…

My Retro And May 1974 Charts Of The Time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/my-…

@monstroso I tend to prefer cover versions of her songs - judy collins or glen campbell Both Sides Now, Nazereth This Flight Tonight for example. She peaked around 1974 for me. Then again i also liked The Higsons' not-Joni-song cover of Music To Watch Girls By..!

I’ve really tried with Joni Mitchell. She’s incredibly talented and I can see why people love her so much. But she just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe it’s because I never pay attention to lyrics.

My April 2026 Charts popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/my-…

@TheMickyDolenz1 The Monkees best album since 67/68👍

The Monkees’ ‘Good Times!’ Set for 10th Anniversary Reissue May 29; Micky Dolenz ’60 Years of the Monkees’ Tour On Now rockcellarmagazine.com/the-monkees-go…

My March 2026 Charts popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/my-…

Scenes of Singapore February 2026 part 2 popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/sce…

Scenes of Singapore February 2026 popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/sce…

The top 50 Fave Films Of a 14-year-old (in 1972) part 5 (Top 10) popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/the…

My February 2026 charts popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/my-…

My Retro And April 1974 Charts Of The Time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/my-…

@AlisonMoyet @Twickets I refuse to buy secondary tickets and always will. In Spain you used to have to claim your tickets on site by showing credit card and ID. That stopped it dead. Now tickets are emailed its a lot easier to get round that sort of thing sadly...

It’s distressing to see innumerable touting sites and chancers buy up face value gig tickets to sell to fans for exorbitant profit. Dont get fleeced. Let ‘em keep ‘em. I’d rather play to empty rooms than have you shafted. Legislation is paramount. @Twickets is your friend.

@Mike_Batt Pet Sounds is 36 mins and Sgt Pepper 40ish so it falls quite nicely between those. Beethovens 5th symphony is around the same so if it was good enough for him...?😇

Who thinks a new 37/38 minute symphony recorded by the LSO is enough on a CD? Who doesn't? (Old-school classical pal says it's not enough value), but my point is that, if perhaps a 60 minute string quartet or electronic minimalist piece is deemed sufficient, - those things cost relatively little to produce. "75 piece orchestra plays new 37 min piece at top studio" (if it's any good) is surely at least equivalent in value to a longer CD by 4/5 players? The alternative is to include other (previously released) "classical" pieces from my past with it to deflect "length-as-value" criticism, but to me that defocusses from the main piece. Opinions welcome. Remember CD is still a valid classical format.

My Retro and March 1974 Charts of the time popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/my-…

The top 50 Fave Films Of a 14-year-old (in 1972) part 3 (30 to 21) popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/the…

2 Weeks In Gran Canaria For Christmas 2026 - a photoblog popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/2-w…

My Retro and Original Personal Charts of February 1974 popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/my-…