tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57008543815338041742024-03-05T19:59:30.701+00:00You can't make a soufflé rise twiceNick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-11981433337667792102016-12-14T18:26:00.000+00:002016-12-14T18:33:27.968+00:002016Blah, blah, blah, annus horribilis, blah, blah, blah, Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, blah, blah, blah, if you're interested in my humble opinion, blah blah, blah, will do better with my blog next year. Happy Christmas and a better 2017.<br />
NB Tracks are in no particular order<br />
<br /><iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Auser%3Ahandsome.p.wonderful%3Aplaylist%3A1iROQG9rotpPA1gSm5uCAJ" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-61048890302135802112016-08-13T14:42:00.000+01:002016-08-13T14:42:11.804+01:00LeaveLike many of my Facebook chums I was stunned and saddened by the
results of the EU vote when they were announced on Friday. My first
reaction on hearing the results was that, apart from the fact that the
older generation are buggering up the future for younger people in this
country, we are now in a dangerous political vacuum. We're in a
situation where the next Prime Minister could well be Boris Johnson
supported by his new BFF, Nigel Farage. We have no credible opposition f<span class="text_exposed_show">rom
either Labour or the Liberal Democrats, and the far right are rubbing
their hands with glee that, at last, we're going to deal with the
'immigrants' and 'muslims'. And we could be in a situation by the end of
the year where PM Boris Johnson is congratulating Donald Trump on
becoming the next president of the US. For me, Friday was a bad day, we
had just stepped through the looking glass.</span><br />
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One of life's valuable lessons is to stay off social media when
emotions are high or when you've had a drink. So I thought I'd step back
for a couple of days. Having seen the reaction from a lot of friends
and family that supported staying in the EU I am encouraged that there
are many who feel as angry as me. I also feel much more positive. This
was a great democratic turnout for the UK and, whilst I feel strongly
that people should have to take an IQ test before they can register to
vote ('insert winking face emoji here'), the British people have spoken.
So, let's see what happens over the coming months and years.<br />
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I am
positive about the future, but I'm also positive that I'm going to do
what I can to make sure this country doesn't turn into the
little-England that Nigel Farage, the bigots and the small-minded want
it to be. And I feel positive, because know that there are a lot of good
people who feel the same way.</div>
Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-48420648100869948092016-06-20T16:58:00.001+01:002016-06-20T16:59:28.847+01:00RemainI am voting to stay in the European Union. At the start of the
campaign I couldn’t articulate why I felt so strongly that we should stay in
the EU. I’ve read a lot of good stuff on both sides of the debate and kept a
few interesting cuttings from the internet. I've surprised myself by agreeing
with speeches by Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron (he's the leader of the Liberal
Democrats, apparently). As the campaign has progressed, though, I’ve recognised
that I’m voting Remain because I think it reflects what kind of nation we are.<br />
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I cannot vote on the same side as Farage, Galloway, Gove,
Duncan Smith and Hoey, the politicians I hate most in this country. If I was
being kind I would say that they are a bit weird. Even the most hardened
anti-EU campaigner must admit that the Vote Leave leaders are a bit weird. I
know the pro-EU team have Corbyn and Osborne, but they are the equivalent of
Grimsby Town FC compared to the Barcelona of weirdness that is the Vote Leave
leadership. But if they were just weird, it wouldn't be a problem. Farage and
Galloway are dangerous bigots who each have a diametrically different vision of
the world and what Britain should look like, and I'm not sure either of these
Britains are ones where I want to live. The journalist Marina Hyde wrote an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/17/united-kingdom-ukip-nigel-farage-leavers" target="_blank">article on Nigel Farage last week for the Guardian</a>, shortly after he had
launched that odious poster and shortly after Jo Cox had been shot dead. One paragraph
hit the nail on the head:</div>
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<i>"There are many people I respect and admire voting leave –
there are people in my family voting leave. I understand their reasons. But
they must stomach the reality that a vote for leave will be taken by Farage and
countless others as a vote for him, a vote for his posters, a vote for his
ideas, a vote for his quiet malice, a vote for his smallness in the face of
vast horrors. Is it worth it?"</i></div>
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Then there's Boris. Everyone loves Boris, don't they?
Certainly the Vote Leave campaign love Boris, because the weirdos have been
told to keep their heads down during large parts of this campaign for fear of
frightening the horses. I liked Boris, he was always good value and, at the
start of the EU campaign, I could easily see him leading the Tories into the
next election. However, it became clear from the early stages of the campaign
that this referendum was as much about buffing up Boris's CV as it was about
getting out of the EU. His media-orchestrated 'will he, won't he' decision gave
a pointer to what was to come. Subsequently, his contradictory views on EU (two
articles in the Telegraph; one 'we should stay in', another 'we should leave';
pro-Europe quotes in his Churchill book) together with a borderline racist
comment on <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-suggests-part-kenyan-obama-may-have-an-ancestral-dislike-of-britain-a6995826.html" target="_blank">why President Obama wants the UK to stay in the EU</a> have undermined
any political credibility he had in my eyes. This referendum seems to have developed
into a referendum on the future of the Conservative party, and, unfortunately,
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It saddens me that when the Vote Leave campaign focuses on
immigration their poll ratings go up. It saddens me, because it reminds me that
there is a xenophobia in certain parts of this country, where the word
'immigrant' is spat out like a bad taste. In my view, immigration into the UK
over the past 60 years has been a good thing. We are a better country for the
cultural diversity that immigration has brought us. We are also a more tolerant
country, prepared to look outward beyond the White Cliffs of Dover rather than
focus inwards on our own problems. Prepared to welcome people who make a
valuable contribution to our society. Prepared to accept people who are in dire
need of help, often as the result of what our country has done to theirs. And it
is my view that we should be an outward-looking rather than an insular nation that
is at the heart of why I’m voting Remain.</div>
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I will be very disappointed if we vote to leave the EU, but
I suspect that, if we do, then there is a long way to go before it actually
happens. More than anything, however, I will be disappointed because it will
signpost that we are becoming a nation more focused on ourselves rather than
others. One of the internet clippings I saved was a shared post from one of my
Facebook chums and it sums up nicely how I feel:</div>
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<i>"If the leave campaign was about how Britain could
contribute more to the world if it left the EU then I'd be interested. But it's
not. It's about how Britain can give less and take more from the world - and
how it can keep the rest of the world out. Come on Britain, we're better than
that.”</i></div>
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<![endif]-->Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-74438432175455479242015-12-24T17:23:00.002+00:002015-12-24T17:23:28.639+00:002015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So another year is almost over. And to celebrate a frenetic year on the "You can't make a <span class="st">soufflé</span>..." blog (next year I promise), I've pulled together the music that has given me the greatest pleasure in 2015.<br />
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The list is in no particular order. There's something old (Andrew WK, The Saints), something new (New Order, Django Django), something borrowed (Seinabo Sey, from the always-excellent <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/daddyorchipsblog/playlist/6XEo5LWrsvhHCCT6pzqdTD" target="_blank">Daddy or Chips' 2015 selection</a>) and something blue (Tom Waits, Randy Newman).<br />
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The whole list could have been made up from Sufjan Stevens' <i>Carrie and Lowell</i>, which is a really lovely album, but I've limited myself to just two tracks, as well as two from Father John Misty and Public Sevice Broadcasting, another two highlights. And there's David Bowie, doing what only David Bowie does.<br />
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The list is <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/handsome.p.wonderful/playlist/28HAvBaZPAPb5Rrngm26vG" target="_blank">on Spotify</a>. Alternatively, you can click on each track to see or hear it through YouTube.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/WccfbPQNMbg" target="_blank">Party Hard - Andrew WK</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/q0B95FjppEs" target="_blank">This Perfect Day - The Saints</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/UxxajLWwzqY" target="_blank">I Love It (featuring Charli XCX) - Icona Pop</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/ieqGJgqiXFk" target="_blank">Tutti Frutti - New Order</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/NfRu901Xnmc" target="_blank">Bored In The USA - Father John Misty</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/GI5E5ewwN1s" target="_blank">Younger - Seinabo Sey</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/ZBRU902bZOw" target="_blank">Feeling Good Is Good Enough - Matthew E. White</a><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/y9Mse62NFl4" target="_blank">Martha - Tom Waits</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/mMKP2Vcc6wA" target="_blank">Eugene - Sufjan Stevens</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/P8LlUrT7MFo" target="_blank">The Other Side - Public Service Broadcasting</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Qh5WBegTy7M" target="_blank">Shut 'Em Up - The Prodigy (featuring Public Enemy)</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/yLWitmmt0JA" target="_blank">Who Are You? - Spring King</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/oACQyGiM9Lg" target="_blank">First Light - Django Django</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Gb6ewRtjZzk" target="_blank">Curse Curse - James</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/b45JidDg5i8" target="_blank">Queen and Wonder - Federico Albanese</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/b45JidDg5i8" target="_blank">For - C. Duncan</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/lJJT00wqlOo" target="_blank">Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/qzXODq41j6A" target="_blank">Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father - Randy Newman</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/BHIo6qwJarI" target="_blank">Go! - Public Service Broadcasting</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/A6NuYJ0RzRg" target="_blank">Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins) - Father John Misty</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/23GdGEzZPvE" target="_blank">An Ocean In Between The Waves - The War On Drugs</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw" target="_blank">Blackstar - David Bowie </a><br />
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<br />Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-43605921955042674442015-01-01T19:45:00.001+00:002015-01-01T19:45:09.756+00:00ChangeI always find the New Year a time for reassessment of my priorities. This year I have only two New Year's resolutions. Firstly, I'm going to update this blog more frequently. Secondly, this year will be a year of change in my life. I know I could be happier, so a few things have to change.<div><br></div><div>Happy New Year.</div>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-67676704043632416202014-12-30T18:28:00.001+00:002014-12-30T18:40:24.192+00:002014<span style="font-size: small;">I've been a bit quiet on the old blog this year, but I move into 2015 with a renewed enthusiasm for sharing my deepest, darkest thoughts with the few friends I have left.<br /><br />To get me started, I thought you might be interested in the music that has been floating my boat in 2014. For me, this year has not been a great one for new music (mind you, I think I've been saying that every year since Elton John was heterosexual), but there are three clear themes in my list below. There's plenty of Röyksopp, because they released two of my favourite albums of the year, plenty of tracks from Erased Tapes, because they're a fantastic label, and plenty of piano music because I've started to learn to play the piano in 2014. I'm also conscious that there's a definite quiet and reflective feel to many tracks, but, hey, that's the kind of guy I am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I couldn't decide on 10 or 20, so this is my Top 14 for 2014. There's a mix of new and old and they're not in any particular order (the Naughty Boy track is probably my favourite). If you're interested there's a Spotify playlist over <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/handsome.p.wonderful/playlist/72jRc96cQgi1DrolaCvnD5" target="_blank">here </a>(minus Lubomyr Melnyk).</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/btBSxtKzF6Q" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Do It Again - </span><span style="font-size: small;">Röyksopp and Robyn</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/IXpxe9xL-sk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Home - Naughty Boy featuring Sam Romans</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/ere2Mstl8ww" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Little Monster - Royal Blood</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/dEtKAIThIf0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">The Bain of Constance - Half Man Half Biscuit</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/y6Sxv-sUYtM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy - Pharell Williams</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/weWfX5I--SQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">I Had This Thing - </span><span style="font-size: small;">Röyksopp</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Atomos III - A Winged Victory For The Sullen</span></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/uXEs8xOtU_Q" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">4 + 20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/M9A48houSs0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/lubomyr-melnyk-evertina" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Evertina - Lubomyr Melnyk</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/9XUnzZuhdnw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Immunity (with King Creosote) - Jon Hopkins </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/p9MMJgFKv24" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Lonely Press Play - Damon Albarn</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/bR9-2As-XMk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Burnt - Kiasmos</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/dIwwjy4slI8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Says - Nils Frahm</span></a></li>
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<br />Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-59139469228807724382013-12-29T19:11:00.000+00:002014-01-01T18:26:06.870+00:002013I always enjoy reading the year's 'Best Of' lists as they often throw up music, film or books I might have missed. Most of the music lists tend to focus on new music, but my 25 <i>Best of 2013 </i>tracks are a combination of the new, the newly-discovered and forgotten classics.<br />
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Each track is linked to a video or stream if you'd like to listen to it. There is also a <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/handsome.p.wonderful/playlist/7LfklEbm32PgsSgfy6aq5R" target="_blank">Spotify list here</a>, if you're that way inclined (without the Nils Frahm track, unfortunately), and, to create an element of suspense, they are in reverse order. There's no reason why there are 25, other than I struggled to find more and struggled to cross any off. Oh, and all comments should be preceded with the acronym 'IMHO'.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/afjkN_0RM3Y" target="_blank">25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Poor Fractured Atlas - Elvis Costello</span></a><br />
2013 was the year I rediscovered Elvis Costello. I fell out of love with him in the late 90s, but a visit to his <i>Spectacular Spinning Songbook</i> brought back all the good times we'd had in the 70s and 80s.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/CnZxl_oLVoE" target="_blank">24.Sassafrass – Van Dyke Parks</a><br />
One of several tracks I've discovered thanks to Steve Lamacq's afternoon radio show on 6Music. This is decidedly odd, but also rather lovely.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/OEs5Bmc16YA" target="_blank">23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third Man – The Duckworth Lewis Method</a><br />
Their first album was good, the second album only so-so, but this was the standout track. I love Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh dearly, but I think it's time for the DLM to leave the crease.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/uXMeRUQmYoM" target="_blank">23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jessica [feat. Ezra Koenig] – Major Lazer</a><br />
I hate white men playing reggae (it probably started with 10cc's <i>Dreadlock Holiday</i>). On first listen I wasn't impressed with this. Second time, I realised it wasn't too bad. Third time, I relised there would be a fourth time.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/Qzz_Bm0uaWs" target="_blank">21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Running to the Sea – Röyksopp </a><br />
A recent entry into the Top 25. I 'heart' Röyksopp and all their Norwegian noodlings and this new track bodes well for a tour in 2014.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/9t2j8NcVpW4" target="_blank">20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mayor Of Simpleton – XTC</a><br />
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XTC are great, aren't they? This has been one of those 'ear worm' tracks for me this year. It stuck in my head and I was very reluctant to let it leave.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/ekFWPsXXcg0" target="_blank">19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>GMF – John Grant</a><br />
Not the best choice when driving the kids to school, but for me, the highlight of a slightly disappointing second album.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/OnlTrq6wLf0" target="_blank">18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller Band</a></div>
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This reminds me of the 70s, my musical prime. For best results listen to the album version with <i>Space Intro</i> leading into <i>Fly Like An Eagle</i>.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/_KQdMgLW-K0" target="_blank">17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting – Alice Boman</a></div>
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Another Steve Lamacq discovery. Her <i>Skisser</i> EP is lovely and I couldn't choose between this track and <i>Skiss 3</i>. I'm not sure I could take a whole album though.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/7quFOoUT08c" target="_blank">16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signal 30 – Public Service Broadcasting</a></div>
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Another track from one of those 'I couldn't eat a whole one' albums. This sounds great in the car.</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/qOoI2stAlgA" target="_blank">15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don't Save Me – Haim</a></div>
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2013's <i>Next Big Thing</i> failed to float my boat (it was all a bit too 'AOR' for my indelicate tastes), apart from this track, which had me singing along like nobody's business.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/S4R8HTIgHUU" target="_blank">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Valentine's Day – David Bowie</a><br />
He's back, back, back. I would have preferred <i>The Next Day</i> to be a bit less like <i>Scary Monsters...</i> and a bit more like <i>Hunky Dory</i>, but it's a minor quibble because he's back, back, back.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/ghAfuIfOo6Q" target="_blank">13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apologise – Ben's Brother</a></div>
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I know nothing about Ben's Brother (I didn't even know Ben had a brother) and the internet tells me that this was released in 2009. This is just a great pop song.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/UhM-MIbe9cE" target="_blank">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh Me Oh My [I'm A Fool For You Baby] – Aretha Franklin</a></div>
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I discovered this, thanks to David Hepworth's excellent Spotify playlist, <i><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/dhepworth/playlist/0LkvByNeuf9V3w6djGf1jd" target="_blank">1971 - The Annus Mirabilis of the Album</a></i>. One of those great tracks that slipped under the radar while I was away listening to Yes and ELP in the 70s.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/CPmucPjFulI" target="_blank">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breathe This Air – Jon Hopkins</a></div>
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<i>Immunity</i> is one of my albums of the year. It's a difficult choice to pick one standout track, but this will do. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/IDCU17wXktY" target="_blank">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Axis – Pet Shop Boys</a></div>
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I thought I'd lost them, but when I heard this first single from <i>Electric</i>, I knew I was still in love. If I'm honest I would probably have the whole of <i>Electric</i> in the top 25, but I thought I'd give the also-rans a chance.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/G_WcV5BSRRA" target="_blank">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big Love – Matthew E. White</a></div>
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Why, oh why do I love his album, <i>Big Inner</i>, so much? It's slow, sounds slightly gloomy, but has rarely been off the car's 8-track in 2013. Apart from <i>Electric</i> (obviously), it's probably my favourite album of the year. And then he goes a tops it by releasing a supplementary EP towards the end of the year. This track sums up his infectious white soul.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/fvn4CeaJp_s" target="_blank">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train) – Half Man Half Biscuit</a></div>
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I heard <i>Cammell Laird Social Club</i> for the first time this year (I'm a relatively recent convert to HMHB and I'm slowly catching up). This is a tale of lost love in the Derbyshire Dales from HMHB. What's not to love?</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/IPKAwJKGSDc" target="_blank">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alive – Empire Of The Sun</a></div>
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<o:p></o:p>I've never been that keen on Empire Of The Sun. They always promised more than they delivered. I bought their <i>Ice On The Dune</i> album and only listened to it twice, but this is a standout track. <br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/Xc9w_7OhmwI" target="_blank">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes – Kevin Ayers</a></div>
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I wasn't a big fan of Kevin Ayers in his prime, but his death early in 2013 prompted me to revisit his oeuvre. I like this very much.</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/7E0fVfectDo" target="_blank">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reflektor – Arcade Fire </a></div>
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<o:p></o:p>On first hearing I thought this was about twice as long as it needed to be. This just builds and builds and really gets under your skin.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4" target="_blank">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where Are We Now? – David Bowie</a></div>
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The biggest surprise of the year was turning on the car radio to find that, not only was Bowie still alive, but he'd released a new single that morning. <i>Where Are We Now?</i> is very Bowie and very good. My only disappointment is that the rest of the album wasn't more in the same vein.</div>
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Electronic ambient is not everyone's cup of tea, but this is a classic. Reminiscent of Tangerine Dream in their prime, it starts very quietly and develops into something very beautiful. </div>
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How effing good is this? Very effing good, is the answer. This is the one track this year that can justly be called a classic. In 20 years' time there will be programmes on BBC4 about how they made this track.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/s7w0eqUBp3c" target="_blank">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love is a Bourgeois Construct – Pet Shop Boys</a><br />
The best record ever made (I may be exaggerating a tad, but it's certainly entered my <i>Desert Island Disc</i> selection with a bullet). I love you Neil and Chris and want to have your glitterball-headed babies.</div>
Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-87896853079668587782013-12-24T16:47:00.000+00:002013-12-24T16:47:38.312+00:00Joan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a nice family. I don't mean that most of the family members are nice with one or two 'black sheep', like most families. I mean that every member of my family, without exception, is nice. And the lodestar for niceness on my Dad's side of the family has always been my Auntie Joan.<br />
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Joan died recently. She was 92 and died peacefully at home. She was one of the kindest women you could ever hope to meet, and lived her life with dignity and love. She was not a prude at all and never showed anger, but we all grew up knowing that, when we were in her company, we didn't misbehave, swear or do anything that could possibly disappoint her. My Dad would wind her up regularly with one of his (many) humorous sayings, "I don't swear, but our Beryl (<em>their sister</em>) is a bugger at it". This would always be met with a stern, "Stanley!" from Joan and he always knew not to cross the line.<br />
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We all loved her and respected her. And while people say that 92 is a 'good age', her loss will be felt very deeply. There's now a vacancy for the 'Sydenham lodestar' and, while there's no obvious single candidate to fill it, I suspect we will get by with the collective niceness that Joan developed.<br />
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Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-17658291917243947212013-07-21T17:43:00.000+01:002013-07-21T17:43:15.978+01:00ScamI was the victim of an Internet scam yesterday. Not a huge one, but it cost me £40 and I gave a lot of my personal details to <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">the company that runs it</span>. The money isn't that important, the damage to my pride may take a while to heal.<br />
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I would describe myself as being very Internet savvy. I used to work in IT and continue to keep an eye on what is going on as an enthusiastic amateur. And when it comes to IT my maxim is "don't trust it". I'm almost anal about taking back-ups, protecting passwords and sharing personal information. So it was completely out of character that when I Googled "passport renewal" I jumped straight into the site at the top of the list and gave them all my details.</div>
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The site looked official, the link on Google said they were official, but it was a scam. Perfectly legal, but in my eyes and that of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/apr/15/passport-application-online-service-taken-ride" target="_blank">Guardian</a>, a scam. This company (I won't name them, they might have super-intelligent spambots ready to strike), takes all your details and fills your passport application form in for you. They then charge you £40 and send the completed form for you to send on to the Passport Office. That's it. £40 for filling a form in that a child of 6 could complete for free in 10 minutes on the UK Passport Agency's website.</div>
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Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-74571896399574080542013-06-29T18:15:00.001+01:002013-06-29T18:15:35.317+01:00CreedMy wife and I have just returned from a very nice holiday in Mallorca. It's one of our regular holiday spots and a place where we know we will start to relax as soon as the flip-flops are unpacked. As I sat on the beach overlooking the Mediterranean, listening to the new Boards of Canada album on the iPod, my mind turned to higher things. I started to think about how I live my life and what lessons I would pass on, if asked.<br />
<br />I have outlined my creed in the 20 rules below. This is not a definitive list and is likely to change once my Mediterranean horizons change back to the East Midlands, but please feel free to print a copy off to stick up in your kitchen with a fridge magnet.<br />
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<li>Be nice to people. It really is easier to be nice than to be horrible. Plus, it feels good</li>
<li>Gossip is healthy, provided you don't break rule 1. Follow the principle of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me"</li>
<li>Don't ridicule people's beliefs. Nobody knows what happens when we die
and all the religions of the world are just guessing. I, for one, don't
want to look a fool should the Great Lord Tharg return one day in a big spaceship to take us all
back to our home planet. </li>
<li>The human body, in all its shapes, sizes and colours, is a lovely thing. Don't bugger it up with tattoos</li>
<li>Don't trust BMW drivers. Nice, sane people go a bit funny as soon as they get behind the wheel of a BMW</li>
<li>Audi and VW Golf drivers are just bitter because they can't afford a BMW</li>
<li>Don't kill things for fun or convenience. The wasp that you've just crushed could have been one of your ancestors (see rule 3). And it's much easier to let it out the window rather than go through the palaver of cleaning up squashed wasp</li>
<li>There is no good music and no bad music, only music one does or does not like. There is only one exception to this rule... </li>
<li>The Stereophonics are rubbish</li>
<li>Celebrate our culture of multi-ethnicities. Understanding people and how they tick makes us all better people</li>
<li>Ditto our culture of different sexualities</li>
<li>If you want to get ahead, get a hat. And a well-fitting suit</li>
<li>If you want to look good and feel good eat good things, don't eat too
much of it and exercise. It's that simple</li>
<li>Celebrate nature, it is a wonderful thing. As I look at the world and the loveliness of nature, I'm tempted to believe that someone had a hand in all this. The Great Lord Tharg did a pretty good job</li>
<li>The main reason children are badly behaved is because of their parents. Children are not little adults, they need boundaries. Letting them run riot, screaming while other people are trying to enjoy a pre-prandial cocktail overlooking the Mediterranean is not 'charming', it's bloody rude</li>
<li>Having said that, don't patronise children when you talk to them. You can learn a lot from talking to a child and they can learn from you</li>
<li>Men over 50 should not wear band t-shirts. No...make that 40.</li>
<li>Ditto 'Budgie Smugglers'</li>
<li>Cherish your family while they are here. When they've gone you can't get them back, so talk to them, learn about their past, love them and enjoy time with them while you can </li>
<li>Cherish your friends in the same way. Keep in touch with those people that enrich your life. You'll miss them if you ever lose them</li>
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Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-4535156283531492522013-06-08T18:17:00.001+01:002013-06-08T18:17:26.260+01:00StubbornIt has taken years of <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: AppleColorEmoji;">hard work and practice, but I think my family is almost there.
There have been some setbacks along the way and a few naysayers who never
believed it would ever happen, but, at last, we're reaching the pinnacle of our
training programme.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: AppleColorEmoji;">All it needs now is for the International Olympics
Committee to confirm that <i>Stubbornness </i>is a recognised event in Rio 2016 and we are confident that Team GB will be bringing home a clean
sweep of medals in one event for the first time.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">If anyone from my Dad's side of the family is reading this, I'm afraid you must forget immediately any prospect of a trip to Brazil. It is my Mother's side of the family, the de Cani's, that should be practising their Portuguese and dusting off the skimpy swimsuits ready for the between-event downtime on Copacabana Beach.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">There
are plenty of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">medal </span>contenders in our family. My Auntie Joyce has showed great promise, but if I'm honest she lacks the consistency needed to get past the qualifiers. My Uncle Rod is something of a dark horse, as I have not been able recently to assess his performance in training. His wife assures me he is ready, however. My sister, Helen, is assured of a semi-final place, and at times shows the sort of application and dedication that could push her onto the podium.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">One of our best hopes is my Mum. Seasoned analysts are confident it will be at least a silver if we can convince her that it won't be too hot and she'll be able to get some 'proper' food and a copy of the Daily Telegraph. The extent of Mum's dedication is illustrated by our weekly trip to <i>The Third Circle of Hell</i> (that reminds me, I still haven't heard back from Morrison's about my suggestion that they change their advertising strap-line). No matter how big The Shopping List is, we still have to go up and down every aisle, still have to spend 20 minutes choosing the yoghurts and we still have to buy a bottle of sherry, even though she has more sherry in the cupboard than there is on the Morrison's shelf. Any suggestion that we change the routine to finish more quickly is deftly batted aside. There's dedication for you.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I love my Mum a great deal and she has found it very hard since my Dad died a couple of years' ago. I want to make her life as comfortable and as happy as I can and I know that I can do this with a few changes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> in her life, but she's in her mid-80s and is, understandably, reluctant to change. This comes across as stubbornness, but I know it's simply because she wants to continue the life she had with my Dad as far as she can and is happy with the way things are. I'm going to keep trying, however, and eventually I'll succeed. I know this because I am more stubborn than the rest of my family put together and I'm going to win a gold in 2016.</span>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-6907049268726428222013-04-16T18:40:00.001+01:002013-04-16T18:40:29.325+01:00Quiet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've just finished reading a book that was written about me. I don't mean it was written specifically about me of course, as my memoirs are still being ghost-written (the working title is <i>A Dish Best Served Cold</i>), but the book I've just read is an owner's manual for how I work.<br />
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<i>Quiet - The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking</i> by Susan Cain, looks at the critical role that introverts play in everyday life and why, contrary to the popular opinion when I was growing up, introverts should not be encouraged to become more extrovert.<br />
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One of the most interesting things I've learned from this book is that we all, introverts and extroverts alike, need to schedule regular breaks in our day for 'Restorative Niches'. A Restorative Niche is the time we need to do something completely in line with our personality and which recharges our batteries. An introvert at a party feels drained at the end of the evening. An extrovert feels just as tired by long periods of solitude and quiet. The Restorative Niche brings us back to our true selves.<br />
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My Restorative Niches are all centred on time alone or with my wife. I need quiet and, paradoxically, I need noise. Loud music refreshes me as much as total quiet, provided I am on my own. An evening on my own at a Rammstein gig is my idea of heaven (even though I don't particularly like Rammstein). An evening entertaining clients who I don't know is not.<br />
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I wish this book had been written earlier in my lifetime, because it would have helped me understand myself better. I recommend this book for both introverts and extroverts. And if you've got quiet children it should be a compulsory read. There's a lot in this book about how you can help introverted children. Not by encouraging them to be more outgoing or forcing them into situations totally at odds with their personality, but by building on their strengths and teaching them to how to live in a noisy world. If you would like to borrow it, let me know.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-12083851935120441992013-04-06T13:56:00.000+01:002013-04-06T15:19:48.002+01:00Vinyl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I realised today that, sometime over the past six months, I crossed a rubicon.<br />
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I popped into to Nottingham this morning for a bit of a shop. I haven't done this for a while and, if I'm in Nottingham and the love of my life isn't with me, I tend to spend some time looking at the other love of my life in Music Exchange (flicking through the vinyl) and Fopp (buying CD albums I've already got on vinyl).<br />
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Not only did I not buy anything in these two shops, but I didn't get the buzz that, until recently, I have always had when shopping for music. I was slightly tempted by a Winifred Atwell 10inch album which was in pristine condition and looked gorgeous, but I don't particularly like Winifred Atwell and, besides, how could I get it converted digitally so that I could listen to it in the car through my iPod?<br />
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In Fopp I needed (yes, needed) to get a copy of Aladdin Sane and The Lodger on CD as I realised this week that I've only got them on vinyl (there are some of you reading the last sentence thinking "why does he need more than one version of an album?" and other soul-mates that are thinking "my God! Why has he left it so long to get Aladdin Sane and The Lodger on CD?"). They were each £6 and the download version is £4.99. And all I would do is to load the CDs into iTunes and they would then gather dust.<br />
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As I browsed through other Fopp stuff it occurred to me that this really doesn't have the same attraction as it once did. I've changed, and I believe many like me have changed. I would be very surprised if either the Music Exchange or Fopp were still in Nottingham in 10 years' time. And I would also be very surpised if I still had my turntable and my CD player.<br />
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This made me sad. However, my mood was lifted considerably when I checked my Twitter feed while sipping a skinny decaf caramel frappuccino and eating a biscotto in Starbucks. One of my on-line chums who knows what pushes my buttons had recommended an album of early English royal funeral music. I downloaded it there and then and I'm listening to it now. I've seen the future and it's digital.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-7415538895769016312013-02-15T18:03:00.000+00:002013-02-15T18:03:14.945+00:00MuseThe creative muse has left me. When I started this blog there were loads of things that I needed to get off my chest, but recently I've struggled to come up with the high-quality posts my loyal readership has come to expect (a big shout out to each of my 7 followers!).<br />
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There are a few obvious subjects that still need to be addressed. Retirement plans are never far from my mind at the moment. I've done blogs on Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys, so The Beatles have to be next. I also need to tell the world about my mum in the same way I did about my dad. I've tried with each of these, but not managed to come up with the right words. So I figure that I should leave them and, at some point, the muse will return.<br />
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Under some pressure from friends (who have been very kind about my efforts) I've started posts on topical subjects or stuff that has struck me as interesting. If I consult the detailed planning notes that I prepare in advance of each post I can tell you that you've narrowly avoided my thoughts on the following:<br />
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<li>The passing of the Guardian newspaper. I've read it all of my adult life but the recent price increase to £1.40 is a step too far</li>
<li>BMW and Audi drivers. They drive too fast, too close and generally annoy me</li>
<li>The fact that I have become 'asocial'. I like people and I'm not anti-social, but I prefer my own company and that of my wife</li>
<li>My hairstyles through the years. During 2012 my hair started receding faster that the sea at Weston-Super-Mare. I thought a tonsorial ramble down memory lane might be interesting</li>
<li>The wonders of tinnitus</li>
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I'm sure I could have cobbled together a few words on any of these subjects interspersed with the occasional witty aside, but my heart wasn't in any of them.<br />
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I'm also conscious of the need for a level of 'quality control'. Blogging is a wonderful thing, but do people really want to read that I find the Guardian a bit expensive or that I have a ringing in my ears? This feeling is reinforced when I look at the wonderful blogs from my some of my on-line chums and, this week in particular, <a href="http://adrakesprogress.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">A Drake's Progress</a>. <br />
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I've written it before and I'll write it again, but Carolyn's blog about her daughter who has Prader-Willi Syndrome is a thing of beauty. Always interesting, always funny, plus you get a free video with each post. This week's post is probably one of the most moving things I've read for some time.<br />
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So, while you're waiting for me, go over there this minute. Start with <a href="http://adrakesprogress.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maelstrom.html" target="_blank">this week's post</a>, followed by the <a href="http://adrakesprogress.blogspot.com/2011/06/arrival.html" target="_blank">first post</a> and then work your way forward. Just make sure you keep popping back here to see if my hair-loss is getting any better.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-40423227585556719912013-01-14T17:32:00.000+00:002013-06-08T18:25:11.262+01:00Heroes<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;">
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It's been a week of contrasting surprises from two of my musical heroes.<br />
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On Tuesday, my drive to work was considerably happier than the usual gloom when I discovered that David Bowie had not just recorded new material, but released a new track earlier that morning.<br />
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I have been smitten with Bowie since he appeared on Top of the Pops singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v342TST9tFw&feature=share&list=PLDE1A20C5F68E132D" target="_blank"><i>Starman </i></a>with the Spiders from Mars. What grabbed me was a combination of his hair, his clothes and the fact that he had his arm around the lead guitarist . And the bassist had dyed grey sideburns down to his shoulders. How could a young man fail to be impressed?<br />
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Since he had a heart attack in the early noughties he's been keeping his head down in New York. I'd reconciled myself to the fact that his recorded output was probably over. It wouldn't have surprised me if this week's surprise announcement had been of a different sort and accompanied by obituaries.<br />
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But he's back. The first track from the new album is wonderfully melancholy and I can't wait for the album in March. Welcome back, old chap, I've missed you.<br />
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On Wednesday my 'Bowie is Alive!' joy was negated by an announcement that Wilko Johnson, former Dr. Feelgood guitarist, has terminal cancer.<br />
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Wilko is one of music's great characters. He's funny, intelligent and has a stare that can burn woodwork. I saw him and his band at the Lexington in Islington last year and I'm ashamed to say I was too in awe of him to say hello in the bar before he went on.<br />
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Wilko's guitar style has to be unique. It's difficult to believe at times that one man can can play both rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. And if that's not enough he still has the energy to scuttle across the stage whilst burning woodwork at 20 paces.<br />
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The announcement of his cancer makes no pretence that Wilko is going to come through this. I will try to see him again if he tours, as he plans some 'farewell' gigs in the UK. I'm sure he's not going to read this, but in case he does, I'd like to thank him for the great deal of pleasure he's given me since the 70s. I'd also ask him to concentrate on himself and those he loves over the coming months.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-78142131084531111992013-01-01T17:19:00.001+00:002013-01-01T17:19:38.121+00:00Resolutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, another year has raced by, taking me inexorably closer to a lonely, painful death and an eternity of nothingness.<br />
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I must apologise. I always feel a bit gloomy at this time of year. The nights are dark, it's cold outside and I've got to go back to work tomorrow. It's also the time when I review the resolutions I set last year and realise that, yet again, I have failed miserably.<br />
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The problem I have is that, firstly, I always resolve the same things (get fit, eat more healthily, etc.), secondly, they're always as boring as hell and lastly, they're definitely not what a management consultant would call 'SMART' (if you're not familiar with management objective setting, SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound).<br />
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So I'm going to have a fresh look at my resolutions for 2013. I'm not going to bore you with them all but as an example, 'get fit' has become 'play squash once a week plus 30 minutes exercise (running, cycling) at the weekend'. 'Eat more healthily' becomes 'only eat crisps with two meals a day (except at weekends)'.<br />
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I also have a long list of resolutions to implement at work. I'm definitely not going to outline these here as my colleagues and other stakeholders (sorry, I'm getting a bit carried away with this management-speak) may read this blog. Let me just say that mind-mapping is the way forward and revenge is a dish best served cold.<br />
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2012 wasn't bad for me and hopefully 2013 will be great. I hope you and yours have a wonderful, happy and healthy 2013 and if there's anything I can do to help you achieve that, let me know. I'd be glad to help.<br />
<br />Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-6436990043579693902012-12-16T16:09:00.000+00:002013-06-24T15:03:50.714+01:002012I notice that the 'Best Of 2012' reviews have started appearing in this weekend's papers. I always enjoy reading what others have been watching, reading and listening to, so I thought I'd compile my own list of my 20 favourite tracks of 2012.<br />
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You will notice that this list isn't comprised of just new music from 2012. Reading the end of year lists of some of my internet chums makes me realise how out of touch with new music I am. I was tempted to to add some obscure dubstep cut just to impress you all or a hit from One Direction to improve my image with the kids. But I thought, sod it, I'll just record the 20 tracks, old and new, that I have enjoyed listening to most this year.<br />
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You will note that there are only two Pet Shop Boys tracks this year for reasons explained elsewhere. There are also few old tracks and, in particular, a few from 2011. This is primarily because I picked up a few choice items from other people's 'Best of 2011' lists and enjoyed them during the early part of 2012 (it is highly likely that a handful of <a href="http://endaguinan.com/about/" target="_blank">Daddy or Chips's</a> Top 50 of 2012 will appear in next year's list).<br />
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The tracks aren't in order of preference and you will also notice that there are 21 tracks listed. Number 21 is a wonderful piece of classical music that I've returned to over and over again, so I thought I'd add it as a postscript to my main musical selection. <br />
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Each of the tracks is linked to either YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud if you click on them. In addition, all of the tracks except one are available in a <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/handsome.p.wonderful/playlist/0DkAr4srYXE5KB16YItHHm" target="_blank">Spotify playlist</a>. The missing track, Randy Newman's <i>I'm Dreaming,</i> is available as a <a href="http://randynewman.com/2012/09/im-dreaming-a-new-song-by-randy-free-download/" target="_blank">free download from his website</a>.<br />
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I hope you enjoy my selection and, if you've compiled your own list, I'd love to see it.<br />
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/u52uM5XC5Z8" target="_blank">Elton John vs Pnau – Good Morning To The Night</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/DfL1lUFlKIc" target="_blank">Jessie Ware – 110%</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/y6YdAzmTNGQ" target="_blank">The 2 Bears – Bear Hug</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/NSNHofCE4rg" target="_blank">Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/PrjasWr19cw" target="_blank">Iron And Wine – Godless Brother In Love</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/yFubCHokGgs" target="_blank">Jake Bugg – Country Song</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/hoskDZRLOCs" target="_blank">Elton John – Tiny Dancer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/pCx5Std7mCo" target="_blank">Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/vLg_THUncng" target="_blank">MFSB – Love Is The Message</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/S7dBVXiydR8" target="_blank">Pet Shop Boys – Winner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/p-GWKBe-u8Q">Joe Goddard – Gabriel (feat. Valentina)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/ZvcVcd-WJas" target="_blank">Phantom Limb – The Pines</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/yusufazak/07-smile-tactics-master" target="_blank">Yusuf Azak – Smile Tactics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/Vy7yuj-UrNI" target="_blank">Choir Of Young Believers – Hollow Talk</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/egs7vH5alSg" target="_blank">Holland-Dozier – Why Can’t We Be Lovers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/XlpTLDulFe8" target="_blank">Ornette – Crazy - Nôze Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://vimeo.com/44602043" target="_blank">Monkey Maffia – I Know You N.M.S</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/cvLeQbwuKys" target="_blank">I’m Dreaming – Randy Newman</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/s4JeLGchO7s" target="_blank">Big Big Train – Judas Unrepentant</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/FGGyGJlz8t4" target="_blank">Pet Shop Boys – The Way Through the Woods</a> </li>
<li>Andrew Davis – Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme by
Thomas Tallis</li>
</ol>
Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-65596441798008344122012-11-25T16:30:00.003+00:002012-11-25T16:30:51.890+00:00WorryI'm one of life's worriers. I worry about anything and everything. I even worry if I don't have anything to worry about. <br />
<br />
I type this in a hotel in Bangkok. We arrived yesterday for a holiday in Thailand and our trip from home to Bangkok hotel encapsulates how my worried mind works. Let me share my worries with you. <br />
<ul>
<li>I worried the cats would be too stressed going to the cattery (they weren't, and it's actually a 'Cat Hotel')</li>
<li>I worried I had forgotten something that we needed to take (so far, I haven't identified anything, thanks to a much-used 'Things Nick Needs On Holiday' list that I prepared many years ago and covers every eventuality)</li>
<li>I worried we would have too much to pack into our one big case (we didn't, although, as always, the shutting of the case was a challenge. Interestingly, no matter how much we put in the case, the weight always seems to be just under 25 kg)</li>
<li>I worried we would be too late / too early getting to Heathrow (we weren't, thanks to a carefully planned route that gives us a stop at a services close to the M25 and 20 minutes drive to the airport)</li>
<li>I worried there would be an accident on the motorway / our car would break down (there wasn't / it didn't)</li>
<li>I worried our seats would be too near the toilets (they weren't. This worry has its origins in the time we flew to Sri Lanka and, two hours out of Heathrow, one of the toilets overflowed. It wasn't very pleasant and we had to turn back to the UK)</li>
<li>I worried they wouldn't have a vegetarian meal for my wife (there wasn't. So a big 'hurrah!' that at least one of my worries came to fruition. Fortunately, my wife eats fish and they had a fish dish going spare)</li>
<li>I worried I wouldn't sleep on the plane (I did. I always do. In fact, I had over 6 hours sleep)</li>
<li>I worried we had forgotten to get a visa to enter Thailand (we didn't need a visa. I'd checked on the Thai travel website at least twice, so I knew this was the case. Still, you never know and it never hurts to worry about it)</li>
<li>I worried there would be no one to meet us at Bangkok airport (there was. A nice man called Atu). </li>
</ul>
<br />
I know that sometimes my worries can seem irrational, but it's the way I am. I guess the ability to see the worst-case in a situation also helps in my world-saving role as a <a href="http://souffle2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/job.html">business continuity consultant</a>. I've tried various techniques to address my worrying and only one thing seems to work. Tamezapam. I was given it earlier this year for some dental work I was having and it worked an absolute treat. Not only did it stop me worrying about my dental implant it also relaxed me enough to start flirting shamelessly with the dentist's receptionist (not a wise move when the dentist's receptionist is the dentist's wife).<br />
<br />
<br />
PS. I only posted this after we successfully returned from holiday. I was worried that someone would read this post and, realising our house was empty, break in while we were away and steal all our valuables. <br />
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It really pains me to type this, but I think I might be falling out of love.<br />
<br />
Since the eighties I have been inseparable from the Pet Shop Boys. I've bought all of their records, been to see them on every tour and even joined their fan club, but their latest album makes me sad (see left).<br />
<br />
I keep listening to <i>Elysium </i>over and over again in the hope that something will click and its genius will be revealed to me. But nothing happens and I slip deeper into my sadness. It's not that it's bad, it's just that it is very, very average and, in my eyes, the Pet Shop Boys are not about 'average' (actually, I'm listening to the album as I type<i>, Give It A Go</i> has come on and it's not even average).<br />
<br />
<i>Elysium </i>is largely an album of ballads, which I think is one of the problems I have with it. I like the anthems and the dance stuff and there is little of these on <i>Elysium</i>. The other problem is that it sounds like the producer wheeled a couple of Casio keyboards into the studio, started the tape and pressed the pre-set button marked 'Pet Shop Boys'. One reviewer described it as "Pet Shop Boys on autopilot" and I couldn't disagree.<br />
<br />
I think their label knows this album really isn't up to snuff. I am disappointed that they've done what lesser artists have done in the past and used a review quote in their advertising which is out of context with the tenor of the rest of the review. The adverts describe the album as "gorgeous", a quote from Q Magazine. Yes, Q Magazine does use the word 'gorgeous' ("there's some absolutely gorgeous music nestling among these 12 well crafted tracks"), but they also use phrases like "patchy quality control", "intermittently enjoyable" and "a mixed bag". And the bonus CD of instrumental versions of these intermittently enjoyable tracks is really taking the piss. Come on Parlophone, you're better than this.<br />
<br />
So, while our love affair could be over, I'm prepared to work at this relationship to try and salvage some of the magic. But it takes two to tango (well, three in this relationship), so I'm looking for Neil and Chris to meet me half way. I'll keep buying the records and going to the gigs if you promise to forsake the ballads and return to the dance anthems. It could still work.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-66103370644497712212012-09-23T18:16:00.002+01:002012-09-23T19:01:24.573+01:00Funeral<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I'm still finalising a few of the details, but I thought I'd post a draft of my current thinking, just in case.</span></div>
<ol>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I should
like a biodegradable coffin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I want to be cremated, so something that could go in the recycling boxes would be preferable </span></span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I should
like the funeral service to be in our local village church. I don't believe in
God, but the building is beautiful</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">If it can
be arranged, I'd like a New Orleans style procession from home to the church.
If it can't, our friend Rob plays the clarinet so maybe he can walk at the
front playing selections of his choice (not <i>Stranger on the Shore</i> please)</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I should
like our vicar, Tony, to preside over the funeral. He does a lovely
funeral. The only condition is that there should be no mention of God or how
richly I will be rewarded in the heavenly afterlife</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I should
like someone to arrange for three or four mysterious, attractive young women to be in the
congregation. They should be wearing black, their faces covered by veils and
cry quietly throughout the service</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I have
yet to decide on the exact music for the service, but I know I'd like
Striggio's <i>Ecce Beatum Lecum</i> playing as friends arrive and Allegri's <i>Miserere </i>as the coffin
leaves the church. No hymns, but the congregation should sing The Flaming Lips'
<i>Do You Realize??</i> at some point during the service</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I have also yet to decide on readings. There will probably be an extract from <i>Brideshead Revisited</i> and a poem from John Cooper Clarke (probably <a href="http://www.johncooperclarke.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127:twat&catid=36:poems&Itemid=56"><i>Twat </i></a>or <a href="http://www.johncooperclarke.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102:readers-wives&catid=36:poems&Itemid=56"><i>Readers' Wives</i></a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I want to be
cremated at Loughborough crematorium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only family and close friends should be there. If you're not sure if
you're a close friend, drop me a line and I'll let you know </span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">As the
coffin goes through the curtain, I should like Vaughan Williams' <i>Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis</i> to be played</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I'm not sure what to do with my ashes. If I go before my wife, perhaps she could scatter them on Cocoa Island in the Maldives </span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The wake should be held at the village hall. Cucumber sandwiches, cakes and scones should be served with tea (no alcohol). If the New Orleans band is there, they should play a few
selections from the <i>Treme</i> soundtrack. If they're not, maybe Rob could play again whatever he played earlier.</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I should
like an obituary in <i>The Guardian</i>. If this can't be arranged a mention on the
<i><a href="http://theafterword.co.uk/">The Afterword</a></i> website would be nice</span></li>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">That's
about all that I can think of a the moment. I will give this more thought over
the coming months and, rest assured, you'll be the first to be notified of any
changes. </span></div>
Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-18799073529149718812012-09-08T16:42:00.002+01:002012-09-08T22:28:24.687+01:00WomenMy last post on this blog seems to have been very well received. I've had a number of women who have offered to have sex with me* and one of my friends has asked to be mentioned in my next post. So, the champagne is on ice, Carolyn, and it's a big shout out to Linda and the rest of the Sutton Bonnington posse! Who'd have thought when I started this that I would be doing requests?<br />
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I've realised that, as I've got older, most of my close friends are women. I have a few close male friends, but if I'm given the choice of a few beers with the lads or a cream tea with the girls, it's the lapsang souchong every time.<br />
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It wasn't always thus. I was incredibly shy with girls as a teenager. I think this was mainly down to my grammar school education at a single-sex school. We had limited exposure to girls at the time when that exposure was needed most. I suspect I was not alone in thinking that girls were a completely different animal to us boys. For one thing, teenage post-pubescent boys spent all their time thinking about sex and all girls thought about was Marc Bolan and horseriding.<br />
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My shyness resulted in a few embarrassing dates and, I'm afraid to say, I treated some girlfriends rather shabbily. It was the whole 'relationship' bit that I had a problem with in the early days. My approach to chatting up girls varied from the 'juvenile Leslie Phillips' to the 'if I concentrate hard enough, that girl will ask me out'.<br />
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I was also incredibly naive. The realisation that women aren't really that different to men didn't strike me until I was in my early twenties. It certainly never occurred to me that women might enjoy having sex. <br />
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I went out with one girl for only a short while, but it was great fun. She was small, bubbly and made me laugh. I was 17 and my virginity had never even been remotely threatened (this didn't happen until I met my wife**). After we had been out a few times and we were snuggled up on the sofa of her parents' front room, she told me she was on the Pill. My reaction was not, with hindsight, the obvious one. I asked her what type it was, whether she was worried about the side effects and then I got my bus home. I think it's what Germaine Greer would call 'having it delivered on a plate'. <br />
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My university years were also largely women-free, dominated by drinking, football and following obscure 70s band around London (remember Burlesque, Supercharge and Roogalator?). It was only when I went out into the world of work that I made some lasting friendships with women who taught me a huge amount about relationships and how the female mind and body worked.<br />
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So, I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to some of my teenage girlfriends. To Debbie, Joy, Bonita and a few others whose names I can't remember, I'm sorry I was such a git, but I was young, pulsating with hormones and hadn't read your instruction manual. And to the girlfriend on the Pill, I have few regrets in life, but if I were to list them, my time spent with you on that winter evening when I was 17 is probably in the top 5.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*One woman. And she put ;-) after her comment, which is internet-speak for "in your dreams". </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">** Not true. My wife reads this blog, but she's easily bored and won't get down to these bits in smaller font at the bottom. </span>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-70935089436322145502012-08-24T18:51:00.000+01:002012-08-25T11:24:33.096+01:00Job<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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When I was travelling on the tube last week an elderly woman
collapsed on the platform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A group of
people rushed to help her and a man further down the platform came forward to explain that he was a doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought,
“I wish I could do that”.</div>
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I have a dream that plays out along the following lines:</div>
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My wife and I are flying abroad for a holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We're about two hours out of East Midlands airport and all of a sudden there is an announcement over
the aircraft PA.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><i>“This is the captain
speaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do not be alarmed, but
is there anyone on board who knows how to carry out a Business Impact
Analysis?”.</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There are a few gasps amongst
the passengers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone near to us
starts praying quietly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I stand
up and announce,</div>
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<i>“Don’t worry, I’m a Business Continuity Consultant”.</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>As I’m led through Economy into Business
Class, I hear a woman give thanks to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In Business Class, two stewardesses are leaning over a middle-aged
businessman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His tie has been loosened,
he is sweating and he has a flannel on his forehead.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I kneel next to the man and with a comforting
smile explain that it’s all going to be OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I turn to one of the stewardesses and say,</div>
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<i>“Can you please get me my case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It contains a copy of the new ISO22301
documentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also need a pencil
and paper, and a flipchart.”</i></div>
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Two hours later I emerge from Business Class through the
curtain into Economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a
hush.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><i>“We’ve managed to establish the
Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption for his critical processes and he’s
agreed his Recovery Time Objectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
we can schedule a Strategy Workshop in the next couple of weeks, he’s going to
be fine”.</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The cabin erupts into
applause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A stewardess kisses me on the
cheek. One of the stewards slips his telephone number into my back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small boy comes toward me clutching a teddy
bear,</div>
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<i>“Can you carry out a Business Impact Analysis on my teddy, mister?”</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I ruffle his hair and give him my business
card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I approach my seat I can see my
wife mouthing the words “I love you".</div>
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The only two grains of truth in this scenario are that, if I
keep working as a Business Continuity Consultant, my wife and I will always be
sitting in Economy (Premium Economy at a push) and I'm pretty sure that my wife loves me.</div>
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I enjoy my work, but I accepted long ago that being a
Business Continuity Consultant is not a glamorous profession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some jobs where women want to have
sex with you just because of what you do (curse you, firemen!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Business Continuity is not one of these
jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It needs a more dynamic title for a start. I want to be a 'Crisis Preventer' or a 'World Saver', not a Business Continuity Consultant.</div>
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But it's what I do. And whenever I feel as though my job couldn't be any less glamorous I comfort myself that at least I'm not still in IT.</div>
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When I was eight, my dad took me to see Coventry City, my local team, play Sunderland at Highfield Road and ever since I have been a Manchester United fan. The Coventry / Sunderland match ended a dull 0-0, I couldn't see much as it was all standing and I remember it being cold and wet. Manchester United, on the other hand, had George Best and were about to win the European Cup. There was no contest.<br />
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My experience was not untypical for boys growing up in Coventry in the 1960s. I can't remember many of my mates supporting Coventry City at that time. Post-1966, there were a few supported West Ham, and a handful followed Liverpool, but United were definitely the favourites at Wheelwright Lane Junior School.<br />
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We went to Highfield Road again to see Coventry against United the season after they won the European Cup in 1968. We arrived three hours before kick off and already the ground was heaving. It was so full that many of the children, including me, were passed to the front and put over the wall on to the side of the pitch. I spent a blissful couple of hours inches from Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best.<br />
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I know I fall into that easy stereotype of the United fan living a considerable way from Old Trafford, but I couldn't give a monkey's. Once I was committed to the team, I was there through Thick and Thin. Admittedly, since 1968, this has been mainly Thick, but I am proud to say I was there at Bristol City for the first away game when they were relegated to the Second Division. Above all it's been a considerable emotional investment on my part and one which has been paid back with interest. In fact, if United never win anything ever again, I am happy to live off that emotional interest for the rest of my life.<br />
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Whilst United are my team, I enjoy watching good football, whichever team is playing. I've always looked forward to the start of each new season for the new challenges, the new players and the width of Jamie Redknapp's ties. This season, however, I'm completely disinterested in the whole thing. I'm sure this is partly down to the football overdose we experienced this summer from the Euros and Olympics, but I know that a big reason is my diminishing respect for the players, clubs and the football authorities post-Olympics.<br />
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For the past couple of weeks we've seen and heard inspiring stories of dedicated athletes who have made us feel proud. Now it's all over we're faced with the return of <span dir="auto">Suárez</span>, Terry, Barton and the rest of their obscenely-paid chums. At Week 1 of the new season I really can't be bothered.<br />
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I'm sure that I'll soon get enthused again about football. The signing of Robin van Persie has cheered me up no end, although I appreciate the irony of my mood being lifted by the signing of another highly-paid footballer. In the meantime I'm really looking forward to the Paralympics. I hope the wave of goodwill that will accompany these games embarrasses some of the football millionaires into changing their ways, but somehow I doubt it.Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-72633379687068493222012-08-12T19:19:00.000+01:002012-08-12T19:19:34.082+01:00Stan<br />
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My
dad was a great bloke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn't just me
who thought so, it was also my schoolmates who told me that they wished they
had a dad like mine. If you look in the dictionary for the definition of a great
bloke, there should be the word ‘Stan’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was funny, kind, generous and the life and soul of every party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was someone who was prepared to go for the
unconventional option, if he, his family or friends would enjoy it.</div>
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He
died a couple of years ago of an aggressive cancer that was the first serious
illness I can ever remember him having.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
during his last days he still had more energy than I have on a good day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little everyday things will trigger a memory of
my dad and he popped into my mind recently when we were arranging our holiday
to Thailand later in the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loved
foreign travel and was delighted that my wife and I shared that passion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his later years, when his wings had been
clipped somewhat, every holiday my wife and I arranged would be met with the
response “how lovely” when we told him where we were going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mum, on the other hand, hated travelling any
farther than Teignmouth.</div>
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When
my dad left school he took an apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He became frustrated earning money for
someone else, so he decided to start his own business as an exhibition
contractor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He travelled Europe with his
job, often for weeks at a time and always returned with gifts to prove that
he'd been abroad. I got wooden clogs from Holland, a set of communist badges
from the USSR, some shoes with pom-poms on from Greece and lederhosen from
Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lederhosen were
particularly fine, but I can't remember ever putting them on even though my dad
encouraged me to wear them to school to show my friends (I didn't think it was
appropriate for a 17 year-old studying maths, further maths and physics). He
would also always bring a Toblerone. In those days, the Toblerone to a young
boy was a thing of wonder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn't
something you ever saw down our local newsagent, it tasted fantastic, and for
children who still had their baby teeth it was almost impossible to eat.</div>
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My
dad took me with him to Paris on a couple of occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first time I was 12; I had never flown
before and had never been abroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did
all the usual tourist stuff, but he also decided it would be good for his son's
development to take him to the Moulin Rouge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you're not familiar with the Moulin Rouge it is what these days would
be called a Burlesque. I remember it being quite classy and very exotic (one of
the acts involved a dolphin), and I was most impressed that my dad took me, not
to the early show, but the late session that started about 11 pm.</div>
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My
abiding memory of the evening was that I was in an environment which was, in
more ways than one, very adult and I was being treated like one by everyone
around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even had a (small) glass of
wine for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sat at a
round table with a group of tourists and I was next to a slightly drunk,
elderly American lady.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a very
nice chat about life for a young man in England, but she kept asking me whether
I minded seeing all these naked women on the stage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On every occasion I responded truthfully that
I did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we left the Moulin
Rouge, in the early hours of the morning, dad walked me through the streets of
Paris and explained to me all about the ladies of the night that we passed as
we walked back to our hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was only
some years after that I realised that this was probably the ‘facts of life’
chat that all children get when they reach a certain age.</div>
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When
I returned to school and told my friends of my Moulin Rouge visit my dad's position
as a great bloke was unassailable. However, our French-born French mistress was
horrified that my father had chosen to take me to a burlesque rather than the
delights of the Louvre or the Musée d'Orsay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These days any child that is taken to the equivalent of a lap dancing
club and given wine is probably placed on the ‘At Risk Register’.</div>
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If
I persevere with this blog (it’s all going pretty well so far; much better than
the ukulele), there will be more posts about my dad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to think I share many of his
characteristics, although, in truth, my sister is much more like him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since he died there’s been a huge void in the
family which will never be filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I miss
him a lot and think about him often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought
about having ‘A Great Bloke’ on his gravestone, but my mum went for something a
bit more traditional. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a shame,
because I think he would have liked it.</div>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700854381533804174.post-75748835605909495852012-07-27T18:48:00.000+01:002012-07-29T12:01:26.772+01:00Music<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Music
was my first love. </span><span lang="EN-US">And it will be my </span><span lang="EN-US">last*. Music is such a big part of my life that a
single blog entry just won't do. I will
keep revisiting music as this blog progresses, but I alrea</span><span lang="EN-US">dy have mental place-holders for</span><span lang="EN-US"> future posts</span><span lang="EN-US"> to cover the impact that </span><span lang="EN-US">The Beatles, Bowie, prog and the Pet Shop Boys</span><span lang="EN-US"> have had in my life</span><span lang="EN-US">. This post will have to serve as an overview. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I
have excellent taste in music. You may feel that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are
a fine rock band, but you're wrong,
they're crap. You may feel that Tom Waits encapsulates the spirit of American
music, but you're wrong again. He's a
charlatan who, if you're honest with yourself, makes turgid growlings that no
right-thinking person could enjoy. And
you may believe that Lady GaGa is not fit to wipe the shoes of Bob Dylan, but,
yet again, you'd be wrong. In years to
come there will be national holidays for Lady GaGa, when all Dylan will be
remembered for is his Christmas Album. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm
joking, of course. I do have excellent taste in music (and a 'catholic' taste in
music according to my wife), but these are just my opinions on artists who
really don't float my boat. One of the rules </span><span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> apply to music
is that there is no 'good' or 'bad' music, just music I do or don't like. The fact that I don't like the RHCPs doesn't
mean they're bad, just that they're not for me (they have a huge global
following</span><span lang="EN-US">,</span><span lang="EN-US"> so someone must think they're good). This</span><span lang="EN-US"> woolly,</span><span lang="EN-US"> liberal view is
something that was triggered by Danny Baker.
Before he became the radio superstar we know today, Danny wrote for the
NME in the 70s and, in particular, the NME Singles col</span><span lang="EN-US">umn. I shared Danny's love of p</span><span lang="EN-US">rog, but </span><span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US">
also enjoyed pop music and disco. I ke</span><span lang="EN-US">pt this very quiet from my long-</span><span lang="EN-US">haired mates who would
proudly take their Budgie albums to school to show off. One of Danny's Singles columns waxed lyrical
about the latest Village People single (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macho
Man</i>, I think), a track I thought was the dog</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s bollocks. I
can't remember what he wrote exactly, but the tenor of his review was that this
is pop music; it's not great art, but it sounds fantastic, so get over it. I
felt that I had been given a green light to enjoy anything and everything. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Since
I can remember, music has become a drug for me.
I'm always searching for that same hit that I got when I saw The Beatles
as a child on Saturday teatime television.
The 70s</span><span lang="EN-US"> were my musical heyday. Glam, p</span><span lang="EN-US">rog, punk,
reggae, soul, disco were all genres I dived into at the deep end, usually
emerging excited, invigorated and craving more.
In the past 20 years, however, there has little to make me feel the same
way. </span><span lang="EN-US">I have come
to realise that a</span><span lang="EN-US">s
we get older, the 'new' music we hear is usually something we've heard
before and when w</span><span lang="EN-US">e're
young it genuinely is new. I’ve become a
bit jaded about new music, but I firmly believe that m</span><span lang="EN-US">usical discovery should be a
priority in every young </span><span lang="EN-US">person’s</span><span lang="EN-US"> life. I </span><span lang="EN-US">can’t</span><span lang="EN-US"> see it, but I
hope to God that </span><span lang="EN-US">today’s </span><span lang="EN-US">teenagers are getting the
same thrill listening to </span><span lang="EN-US">The Wanted or Rizzle Kicks </span><span lang="EN-US">that I got
listening to David Bowie in my teens.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">While I've been </span><span lang="EN-US">waiting for the next big
musical buzz to come along, my tastes have moved away from popular music to
classical, particularly modern classical and early choral music. In addition,
I've developed </span><span lang="EN-US">a love of electronica </span><span lang="EN-US">and ambient
music. I'm also a big fan of dance music (</span><span lang="EN-US">Progressive
House is a</span><span lang="EN-US">
favourite). I know that all this stuff
tickles the same brain cells in my head that</span><span lang="EN-US"> were
previously allocated to pr</span><span lang="EN-US">og, but I don't care</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span lang="EN-US">I'll keep searching for the next popular musical hit and
until it comes along the genius of </span><span lang="EN-US">Arvo Pärt</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span lang="EN-US">Jóhann Jóhannsson </span><span lang="EN-US">and </span><span lang="EN-US">Harold Budd </span><span lang="EN-US">will keep me
company. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">*EDIT. May not be actually true. My wife has asked me to point out that, whilst the Hey Jude Hitmakers may have been my first love, she will be my last. </span></div>Nick Sydenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.com0