http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk just another blog Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you feeling it? That creeping depression now that Christmas and New Year is over and you're back at your desk with nothing to look forward to until the summer arrives? Well, actually I have got a wee holiday booked in March to my favourite city, Madrid, but even that ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2012/01/05/post-christmas-slump/ The news is buzzing with what’s on with Beyonce!! We literally just can’t get enough of her right now. With her announcement of her pregnancy at the MTV awards this year we have fell in love with Beyonce all over again. She is a strong and independent woman that is ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/10/04/its-all-about-beyonce/ A few weeks ago I was invited to a really posh ‘Cocktail Party’. Great, I thought, what an excuse to buy a new outfit. Forget my ancient, sorry, ‘vintage’, designer Little Black Dress. Really, I didn’t have anything to wear! Grabbing my poor suffering credit card I hit the shops, ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/08/16/bring-on-more-designer-jewellery/ I’ve discovered a new obsession of mine - Desert Island Disks. For anyone who hasn’t heard of it, it’s a legendary BBC show in which people ("celebrities" seems to narrow a term) are invited to pick eight records that they would take with them to a desert island. In a ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/07/17/the-joys-of-desert-islands/ Festivals Festivals Festivals! There are just so many to choose from these days it’s hard t know which ones to attend! You’ve got Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, V Festival, T in the Park, Download and loads more. Which that many choices how do you ever make a decision?Well I finally made ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/06/14/festivals-festivals-festivals/ I remember so clearly the day I bought my very favourite pair of shoes in the whole wide world, I’ll never forget the feeling of walking out the shop itching to wear them as soon as possible. I was walking past the Kurt Geiger store in a Bristol shopping mall ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/05/27/my-salmon-shoes-the-day-i-fell-in-love/ I asked a good friend of mine out recently while she was looking at dance Fabrics, and we were going to the Experimental Cocktail Club. She told me she had never heard of the club so I filled her in, having been there some weeks ago. The Experimental Cocktail ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/04/30/experimental-cocktail-club-london-review/ Thank GOD that in recent years I have had work from home jobs as it gives me the chance to listen to music as much as I want. I came across a 10,000 Maniacs album recently and listen and was blow away. http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/03/25/10000-maniacs-rock-legends/ Just about everyone, no matter whether they grew up in the 1990s or 1920s, has at some point had a parent object to the choice of music blaring out of their speakers (or gramophone). "What’s this rubbish?"they’ll protest, "this is nowhere as near as good as what it was like ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/02/21/is-modern-music-really-that-godawful/ If so, I want to know about it!I’m a singer in a band who performs both original material and covers. Without blowing my own trumpet, I’m not half bad - unlike my sketchy (at best) guitar playing, as a singer I can pull off a range of styles and I’d ... http://www.abrickinthewall.co.uk/2011/01/24/is-there-a-cure-for-forgetting-lyrics/