A Special Announcement

A special announcement for you all.....

Due to circumstances beyond my control (IE a rather spiteful individual, not copyright issues) I'm having to remove my books from sale from Amazon, and my AI-generated music from the various streaming services.

However, this does not mean that these will be unavailable to read or listen to. My books will become available here, on this blog, for you to read, and I'll probably upload them in PDF format to my Google Drive as well, so you can download them and read them offline FOR FREE.

As for my music, all of this is and will continue to be available on my YouTube channel, also FOR FREE.

I think it's incredibly sad that a single, spiteful individual has seen fit to complain about something which has, over the years, been a form of therapy during difficult personal times. While I would have loved to have earned some form of living from my creative endeavors a few years ago, these days everything I do on my blog and on my YouTube and TikTok channels I do so because I like doing it.

Indeed, it was only in recent times, after learning to use AI-related tools to aid my creative ideas, that I thought I could get these ideas out to a wider audience, and perhaps earn a little along the way, to help pay for some of the online services I use for this. But due to the actions of the aforementioned spiteful individual that idea is now dead in the water. 

In closing I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me over the years, and keep an eye on my blog and YouTube and TikTok channels over the next few weeks and months, because there's going to be some great content for you all. 

 

Social Media Discoveries 74: Studio Allstars, Party Tyme, Tusher Lall, Subterranean Street Society & More!

Episode 74 of Social Media Discoveries is here! We've got a bit of everything this week, some jazz, rock, new wave, and even Minnie the Moocher! All of it for free!

I Hate Bank Holidays

It’s almost the bank holiday weekend here in the U.K., the last one of the year outside of Easter and Christmas, so I think it’s time I reveal something to you all. You see, the simple fact is that I fucking hate bank holidays.

Social Media Discoveries 73: Intestinal Fortitude, Florian Haack, Geek Music, Dima$ick & More!

It's time for episode 73 of Social Media Discoveries, with our usual collection of odds and sods gathered together from various social media platforms around the world. Want to find out what a Disney song would sound like if a punk band performed it? Then this is the place for you.

Happy Anniversary Belle!

Five years ago today I met this sweet young lady. Happy anniversary Belle.

Happy Anniversary Monty!

Music: Whiskers and Sparks by Me, created on the Mozart AI music generator app, which used a picture of Monty as inspiration.

Happy Misdiagnosis Day!

Happy Misdiagnosis Day!

Three years ago today a locum GP told me, over the phone, "You've probably got a chest infection. You should be okay with some over the counter medication."

Imagine what a simple course of antibiotics would have done. I might have avoided:

Social Media Discoveries 72: Blackwater Draw, Basement Saints, FreddeGredde, EZ Band and More!

It's time for episode 72 of our Social Media Discoveries series. How the hell have we reached episode 72? And why are you still watching? If you ever bothered watching these in the first place that is. Anyway.....

Still Miss You Old Friend

My favourite picture of my old friend Dexter. Is it really eleven years since he passed away? Still miss you buddy. Thank you for everything that you did for me. You really did save my life back in the day.

Do You Know Where You Are?

Yesterday I sat on one of the benches outside the church, watching the world go by while enjoying a can of Fanta, when a couple and their young son walked past.

"Do you know where you are?" the boy asked.

The Gen Xer in me was about to say "You're in the jungle baby! You're gonna die!"

Those of you who know what I'm talking about are either as old or older than me, or you have parents with taste.

Social Media Discoveries 71: Chrissy Grimsdale, Colin & Caroline, The Haygoods, Dogma and More!

Normal service resumes with episode 71 of Social Media Discoveries. We've got our usual varies bunch here, a TikTok singer, some nuns, Sammy Hagar's cousin, and a retired teacher who plays around with AI music amongst other things.

Health Update, In Case You're Wondering

For the three or four people who were wondering, not really much to report from my check-up at the Julian Radbourne Wing of the Cromer Group Practice building.

My heart is still regularly irregular, in other words, all the time, with an average of 105bpm. I'm still knackered most of the time, and I still have trouble getting to sleep most nights. I still have the nasty cough, I'm still bringing up the nasty white phlegm, and I still feel like crap most of the time.

It's been two months since I was referred back to the cardiologist at the Radbourne Wing of the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. The average waiting time for treatment is 23 weeks. Looks like I might get there before Christmas.

 

Happy New Year!

 

PS - please pass this news on to the people who block me but still want to know how I'm doing.

Social Media Discoveries 70: The Queen Experience II

It's Episode 70 of the Social Media Discoveries Series, and as the episode has a zero at the end of it's number we're going to do something a little different again with The Queen Experience II and a selection of cover songs brought to us by the nameless musicians known collectively as KnightsBridge.

Richard Cheese Doesn't Like My Video

Mr. Richard Cheese, or his representatives, objected, on copyright grounds, to my including one of his songs on my recent Social Media Discoveries series, and sent one of those orders demanding I delete the entire video from YouTube within seven days.

Social Media Discoveries 69: Sing It Live, Richard Cheese, Bjorth, Deluxe Vagabonds and More!

We're back! After a few weeks ago because of health problems, Social Media Discoveries has returned with the 69th episode in it's ongoing saga, with cover versions aplenty and even a bit of Norse mythology.

Rest in Peace Mr. Keegan

At the old Cromer Junior School, back in 1981-82, you dreamed of getting this sticker in your packet, and if you knew anyone who had an extra one and wanted to do a swapsie, they suddenly became your best friend, for a few minutes anyway.

Rest in peace Mr. Keegan.

Music To Grow Up To IX

The videos for "Music To Grow Up To IX" are now online on YouTube and TikTok. This collection doesn't feature any children's television themes, but themes from TV shows that kids loved back in the day, remixed into rock versions using the Suno AI music generator.

Gimme Chocolate

A reimnagined version of Babymetal's classic song Gimme Chocolate. This song has been generated using the Suno AI music generator app.

World in Action

Another single, lone video for you that I intended to release as part of a collection. This one is a rock version of the theme from the ITV current affairs show World in Action, made using the Suno AI music generator.

Chorlton & The Wheelies (Acoustic)

In all the rush to get those videos made I keep forgetting to share this one with you, an acoustic rock version of the Chorlton & The Wheelies theme. I had intended to do a whole collection of acoustic versions of the songs I'd done before, but you know how things go. Who knows, I may end up doing it one day.