Never Again Will I Repeat Myself

Never again will I repeat myself. Maybe.

  • Same old song

    Fans of the Ramones always knew what they were going to get.  The band’s stated philosophy of “Second verse, same as the first” encapsulated their approach and left no room for doubt.

  • Mastodon Rocks

    So claims their official website.  And they’re not kidding.  They’re not the most loquacious band out there, indeed barely speaking a word until the end of their concert in Zurich when they thanked the audience rather profusely for turning up, but instead they played with fierce concentration and ferocious intensity, pausing between songs only to…

  • Album of the Year 2011

    Last year I listened to and bought far more new stuff than I had for several years.  I’m not really sure why that should have been, but I found myself in the unfamiliar position of looking at the music sections in the newspapers and actively looking forward for new releases by my favourite bands.  Most…

  • This musical autumn

    It’s been an unusually musical end to the year for me, at least in terms of going to concerts.  I rather got out of the habit for a few years as a result of wretched time planning and an unwillingness (read inability) to stand up for a whole evening, but circumstances combined this autumn to…

  • Opeth in Lausanne

    It’s been a long time since I was really enthusiastic about a gig, but I am now.  On 25 November intense Swedish metallers Opeth will be playing at Les Docks in Lausanne and I have my ticket.  This is going to be as metal as it can possibly get.

  • La fin de la débâcle

    Well, what a shambles that all was.  The writing was on the wall for more than a season but in the end no workable solutions could be found and GF38 as a professional club is no more.  From CFA1 to the heights of Ligue 1 (and for a fleeting instant, the top of Ligue 1)…

  • Wasn’t expecting that

    So the football season has ended with yet another case of a team seemingly in safety going into meltdown and a team that had been wretched for most of the season dragging themselves to safety at the last possible moment.

  • Barnet: doomed

    Forget what I wrote before. Three defeats over the festive period have shown that we’re doomed. Will Tony K find a good manager? Will it make any difference?

  • FCG: where they want to be?

    We’ve reached halfway in the ProD2 season and things are looking good for FCG.  After a bit of a dodgy start, the team is now sitting in third place in the table, part of a group of five teams in the play-off places that has slowly but consistently pulled away from the chasing pack.

  • Barnet: mid-season report

    It’s hard to know whether to be optimistic or not.  The Bees are still in the relegation zone in League 2 and have a laughably inept away record.  But at the same time their home form is decent and only a few points cover the lower half of the table.  A couple of wins against…

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