Been visiting 1960 this afternoon. Top 4 albums of the year, IMHO, are these. Further down the list are Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Julie London, Wes Montgomery and The Ckrickets...

Just goes to show how irrelevant these awards are... Way too late! And yeah, I'm a huge fan. One of the most consistent filmographies of all time, and maybe the last classic Hollywood star... deadline.com/2025/11/tom-...

Morning stroll…

Good morning! Still snow in the air, but luckily not troublesome amounts.

A day without Bach, is like a day without coffee. So why not combine the two and have a listen while you zip your morning cuppa...? It's my morning routine anyway. Get up early before the rest of the family wakes up and have my slice of heaven before the unbearable lightness of being sets in.

Insert Buckazoid! Roland MT-32 glory!

Spinning some deep tracks tonight... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcxF...

Music, Guinness and a bowl of crisps… All I need to be happy. Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!

Gute Nacht...

First day of snow… Winter is here again.

This is how I’m wasting my Sunday afternoon. Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon - A Top 10 game of all time IMHO. Original game on original vintage hardware of course. No retro gaming here!

The world moves forward, but some things stay the same... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs0X...

#NP Kinda Kinks (Pye, 1965)

Great blues albums are few and far between, but this is a blast! #NP Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl (2011)

#NP Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)

#NP Gillan - Magic (1982). The last studio album of five. A mighty fine discography rarely mentioned where I roam these days.

Not a big drinker, but today I had the urge to kick off the weekend with a Guinness. Have a great one everyone. Play lots of music - loud!

Sometimes the cover is better than the original... (IMHO) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag_B...

Setting up a rack of synthesizers I’ve been collecting over the years. Mostly to be used as MIDI synths for composing music, but also for gaming old DOS games with MIDI support.

#NP Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out. Playing this one for the very first time! Love the cover art. Not sure if it's a Lockheed Electra or a Twin Beech...

First time on vinyl - The two albums released by the short lived Norwegian super group Vagabond, fronted by guitarist extraordinaire Ronnie Le Tekrø.

Life’s good!

Sad news. Celebrating Jack DeJohnette - an absolute mammoth of contemporary jazz...

Winding down after work with some stellar contemporary jazz from fellow Norwegians. #NP Jacob Young - Evening Falls (ECM, 2004).

The 2013 album from Tom Odell is still one of my favorite debut albums of all time. Some artists are just perfect from the get go.

#NP Rare Bird from 1969. Great stuff for organ aficionados!

#NP Opeth- Still Life. Their first masterpiece, from 1999.

Today’s ride

Winter is coming. I’ve been crossing the Arctic Circle back and forth by train recently. Gloomy weather and the snow is slowly but surely creeping down from the mountains…

#NP Uriah Heep - Wonderwall. Essential hard rock. Right up there with Purple, Zeppelin or Sabbath IMHO.

I don’t dare to count the hours I have wasted in airports… There is a silver lining though, as I get more time to read.

Home visiting my folks. No other place on planet earth I’d rather be..,

Today I’ve ended most of my digital subscriptions. No more Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, Spotify, Netflix, HBO MAX, SkyShowtime, Apple TV+, Disney+ or Xbox Game Pass. I will no longer pay for products I can’t own for as long as I live and use wherever or whenever I want. #physicalmedia

HOLY SHIT!!! youtu.be/koiX_Wspatw?...

#NP Tranquility by The Lee Konitz Quarter (Verve, 1957). Perfect soundtrack for a Sunday evening as I muster strength to attack yet another week in the rat race…

Playing some Sabbath while I say goodbye to the box set I sold earlier today. The purge continues - vinyl only this week.

I absolutely hate AI music, but even a stopped clock shows the right time twice a day... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUU...

Jazz!!! #NP The Genius of Charlie Parker. Album was released in 1956, but contains recordings from between 1945 and 48. He was so far ahead of his time. Sadly those bright flames burn fast.

Good morning all. I guess all my fellow British friends are feeling the same as us Vikings at the moment. First storm of the seasons in progress. But the bright side, perfect day to stay indoors and play music!

In the mood for some Handel tonight. #NP Israel in Egypt HWV 54. #ClassicalMusic

The purge continues…

Haruki Murakami's listening room is an audiophile's dream. 📸: SWITCH Vol.37 No.12 Nov 2023

#NP Derek Sherinian - The Phoenix. A musicians musician. Love most of his stuff - including this one with Simon Philips on drums.

Just finished putting together two Alex desks from IKEA. Almost perfect for my use and I can now have one more system permanently hooked up (Modern PC, Vintage PC and Retro PC for retro gaming on emulators etc.). The large drawers holds extra keyboards, mice, cables etc.

Good morning all. Fall cleaning in my cogitorium and I’m now having a cup of coffee with Elliot Smith to celebrate the clean and tidy space before the floor piles return…

#NP Louis Cole - Nothing. Spectacular fusion of jazz, electronica and classical. A modern prog masterpiece in other words.

#NP One of the best prog albums of the present decade!

#NP Cressida - Killer album. "The Only Earthman in Town" is my favorite track - but there's lots of bangers on this one!

#NP Faith No More. Don't think I've played this in almost 30 years. Much better than I remembered...

#NP Underrated album by "Slowhand", IMHO of course.