A quiet space for music, speech, memory, and reflection.
Listening without algorithms. Writing without noise.
Created by writer Derek Franklin
Recent Entries
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The Extasie
Country ghosts, cult folk, Richard Burton reading Donne and a detour through Neil Young, The Stooges and Japan. The playlist behaving exactly as it should.
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Tune To The Music
Quo boogie rock, the singing teeth sing, Red Simpson loves his trucking and Sir John Betjeman poetry in Manchester traffic!
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Pirate Sherry
Shoegaze genius, pirate sherry and Shakira mythology. Just another perfectly normal day in The Listening Log.
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Make-Up Is A Lie
A new Morrissey album after almost six years — and the thrill hasn’t faded.
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A Long Goodbye
From Brandi Carlile to eleven minutes of Robbie Basho — another reminder that everything is equal when you really listen.
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Cutting Knife
From Fred Astaire’s tap shoes to Seamus Heaney’s loughs via Cocteau Twins, a reminder that everything is equal when you’re really listening.
The Listening Log 