BOOK REVIEW: Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd

Similar to all-encompassing chronicle books on the Kinks (All Day and All of the Night, which I've reviewed previously) and Beatles (The Complete Beatles Chronicle 1962-1970, a book which I've owned for years and intend to review in the future), author Glenn Povey has...

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Star Wars

I'd been kicking around the idea for this post for a while, but the recent release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens back in December gave me the necessary kick in the arse to sit down and write it now. You see, I've been a huge Star Wars fan for my entire life,...

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How To Speak Like Yoda

In fortuitous timing as I'm currently working on a full length post about Star Wars, I saw this infographic from Grammarly about how to Yodify your language and I got a real kick out of it. As a huge Star Wars fan, I've memorized so many of Yoda's quotes and have been goofing...

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BOOK REVIEW: This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years On

The 2010s are a remarkable decade as every year seems to be a 50th anniversary for something or other that happened in that most epochal of decades (at least in terms of music and cultural change), the 1960s. Since 1965 is often considered the year that pop music truly transitioned...

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