The Listening Log

A quiet space for music, speech, memory, and reflection.

Listening without algorithms. Writing without noise.

Created by writer Derek Franklin

Recent Entries

  • The Curse

    A humdrum day soundtracked by Jethro Tull, post-Morrison Doors, early Status Quo and late-period Leonard Cohen. Fuel shortages, spring air, quiet routines and the ongoing search for meaning between meals and music.

  • Lagoon West

    Sunlight returns, the head fully clears, and a day of wildly different voices somehow fits together perfectly.

  • Trevor Sinclair

    Hail, bad decisions, and an old radio show unearthing forgotten gems that make the walk bearable again.

  • Lunchtime Lunacy

    A tense Saturday lunchtime with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as Cambridge grind out a crucial 1–0 win over Salford to stay in the promotion race.

  • A Broken Frame

    A springtime wander soundtracked by Depeche Mode’s A Broken Frame, revisiting an awkward but important album from the band’s early years.

  • Running Free

    A sunlit Manchester wander with Bowie, drifting from Buzzcocks to OMD, Irish indie gems The Hitchers, and an Elvis film song, via old radio memories I’d forgotten about. And it was sunny!