The Listening Log

  • Let’s Take A Ride

    A tired Monday playlist drifts from Timberlake pop to Patti Smith confidence, Nick Cave soundtrack mood, and the unexpected joy of Mozart’s Figaro.

  • Let’s Get Lost

    A Saturday night rediscovering old radio shows, forgotten songs, and the strange pleasure of hearing your younger broadcasting self again.

  • Shoot To Thrill

    (More) Manchester rain, AC/DC therapy, spooky Moondog, Leon Russell blues and a haunting Nico closer.

  • Woo Woo

    Rain, traffic and Manchester gloom meet Biffy Clyro, obscure folk, a Greek goddess and a lost psychedelic gem.

  • 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.

  • Tune To The Music

    Quo boogie rock, the singing teeth sing, Red Simpson loves his trucking and Sir John Betjeman poetry in Manchester traffic!

  • Pirate Sherry

    Shoegaze genius, pirate sherry and Shakira mythology. Just another perfectly normal day in The Listening Log.

  • Make-Up Is A Lie

    A new Morrissey album after almost six years — and the thrill hasn’t faded.

  • A Long Goodbye

    From Brandi Carlile to eleven minutes of Robbie Basho — another reminder that everything is equal when you really listen.

  • 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.