Category Archives: Music

It Was 50 Years Ago Today….Well It’s 25 For Me

How many times over the next few weeks will we see those lines as a heading to an article about Sgt. Peppers? This is because The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers album turns 50 years old and it’s a play on the opening line of the of the song – “It was 20 years ago today Sgt.…
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Life’s a Blur

Blur’s eponymous album hits twenty years Twenty years ago in January 1997 I had seasonal depression, much like 2017. But don’t let that stop you reading because in the midst of all the gloom I found Blur. I’d not been a huge Blur fan throughout the Britpop era. They came to my attention after winning…
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What is the ‘soundtrack of your life’?

As we move closer to introducing the 'soundtrack to your life' section to our website, we are delighted to announce the launch of our Spotify profile. Keep checking back to access some of the weird and wonderful tunes that influenced our lives during the 70s, 80s and 90s, along with some of the stellar soundtracks…
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“Though nothing, will keep us together”

January 11th 2016 is a date that will be forever ingrained in my memory.  I woke to a dreary Monday morning, preparing myself to go to work, and as usual checked the Geek Force Twitter. When I saw the Sky News tweet I thought it was some kind of sick hoax. I checked the official…
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