Tag: Grind Spark
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Grind Spark Earworm #11 – The Prodigy
This week I am finally able to share the news that Grind Spark hit the longlist for the Bath Novel Award – one of only 32 novels out of 649. This is all pretty darn cool and since I heard the news I have celebrated appropriately with wine, beer, chair dancing and shouting HAVE YOU…
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Grind Spark Earworm #10 – Two Fingers
It’s time for the next instalment of the Grind Spark playlist. Last week we took in the jittering pulses of Radiohead’s Feral. If you were busy drowning in hot cross buns and chocolate, then listen to it now. This week I’ve been suffering from toothache. An insistent, persistent fire in the side of my face…
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Where is all the writerly wisdom?
Well, Easter’s been a darn fine time. There’s been chocolate, there’s been tea cakes, and the cat has been in a spectacularly epic bad mood which culminated in savaging the mother in law (but at least it didn’t require a trip to the Emergency Room… let’s not talk about the last time that happened…) And,…
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Grind Spark Earworm #9 – Radiohead
Last week the Grind Spark playlist took us somewhere dark and unsettling from the ’70s – the years when Ball Buster seemed like a good idea at the time. And the music was from the genius mind of UNKLE – go and disturb yourself now. So right now I imagine you’re soaking up the daytime…
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Grind Spark Earworm #8 – UNKLE
Last week the Grind Spark earworm took us to the epic soundscapes of Sigur Ros – listen to it and get lost in mountains here. This week, well, this week it’s time for something completely different. It’s time for something that I didn’t even realise came from an advert before I searched YouTube for a…
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Grind Spark Earworm #7 – Sigur Ros
Last week we took a break from the Grind Spark playlist to hear the sounds that whip your creative muse into action. Thought of some more? Then get yerself over there and add em in. But now we’re back, spiralling down into the dirty ribcage of the Grind Spark earworm. And this week it’s gone…
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Interval time at the Dust Lounge – what’s your earworm?
It’s interval time for the Grind Spark playlist this week. We’ve had six fine noise noodlers to tickle your phono-holes, and there will be more to come. But this week, the earworm tables are turning. This week the dog with the gramophone is handing over the crank stick. This week, I’m asking you – what’s…
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Grind Spark Earworm #6 – Boards of Canada
How’s the Sunday roast going today? Chicken? Pork? Bean-based baked snack? Well there’s more Grind Spark earworm to help you through the over-cooked broccoli and the burnt potatoes. Last week we were up in the fields with Aphex Twin’s Avril 14th. Listen to it now or forever lose the secret ballerina within your soul. And…
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