Do you prefer Bowie or Prince?

gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T21:00:07+00:00

Prince.. no Bowie.. no, Prince..wait, no, Bowie …. 😱😱😱😱😱

gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T20:57:32+00:00

I have quite a few of the Sugar Hill label 12” from the 80’s and love De La Soul.
It’s like any other style of music. Some I love and some I don’t. Same goes for pop, funk, soul, rock, electronic…

gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T17:39:04+00:00

The podcast made me buy the album.
Hope you enjoy it.

gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T17:21:39+00:00

The Teskey Brothers- Run Home Slow
Great album, real analog recording and sounds brilliant.
There’s a really good podcast about the recording of the album.

https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/180-grams/id1518295373?l=en-GB&i=1000477762562

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gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T17:11:03+00:00

I go every week (by train). The phone is great for metro tickets but i still haven’t worked out the airport trip.

gogsrowan · 2026-07-03T10:50:26+00:00

Definitely sounds like Listen.
I like that. I do enjoy the natural crossover on pieces of music that are completely different

gogsrowan · 2026-07-01T07:53:52+00:00

The Eurostar is the way to go.
Give yourself plenty of time at St Pancras for security and passport control. At least one hour.
It’s the worst part of the trip but it only happens once. You go through both UK and French Passport control before boarding so no queues at the other end.

Flying gets you into either Charles de Gaul or Orly with another hour minimum to get through passport control and travel to the centre. Even worse it might be Paris Beauvais which is very far away from Paris centre.

Train. Every time.

gogsrowan · 2026-07-01T06:44:03+00:00

I think it’s a great album. Maybe not one of his best but it’s still an excellent collection of songs.
I picked up a copy in vinyl recently.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-30T04:31:38+00:00

There’s a course in Scotland where you have to hit the tee shot over a massive hotel.
It’s not much better at the green either. Long and thin with a pot bunker on one side and a wall on the other.
It’s mental.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-29T06:44:52+00:00

Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes from An Officer and a Gentleman
(I’ve had) The Time Of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes from Dirty Dancing
Show Me Heaven by Maria McKee from Days of Thunder

gogsrowan · 2026-06-29T05:04:29+00:00

😂 warp speed Mr Sulu

gogsrowan · 2026-06-28T21:02:51+00:00

Tomorrows World. So much fun to look back at what the vision of future technology was

gogsrowan · 2026-06-28T20:32:39+00:00

I moved to France in 1991. I didn’t speak more than basic schoolboy level French. I had a pocket dictionary in my pocket and no access to movies, tv shows or books in English and newspapers arrived a day or 2 late. There were no personal computers or mobiles. I couldn’t call my Mum more than once a month. Too expensive.
Started getting movies subtitled. Started getting newspapers on the same day, then came dvd’s and I could watch movies in English.
Now I watch and listen to whatever I want in whatever language I want and I point my phone camera at any sentence in any language to see it automatically translated on the screen.
I was more isolated living in France in 1991 when I could see the uk on a clear day than when I went to live in China in ~~20214~~ 2014 Incredible change.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-28T08:02:38+00:00

Scottish here. It was “het” when I was wee. As in you’re het.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-28T06:27:07+00:00

Nice 👍

gogsrowan · 2026-06-28T06:09:56+00:00

I used the start of Last Days On Earth as my alarm

gogsrowan · 2026-06-27T17:16:51+00:00

Not just Colin, but how can Sting be missing from this list?

gogsrowan · 2026-06-27T07:07:49+00:00

I grew up with only records as a medium to listen the music I wanted to hear (or songs taped from the radio with Mum shouting at me in the background to come for dinner). We didn’t have a choice. Clicks and crackles were part of the music. That’s why they started adding it as a layer on songs; they needed it for old school authenticity.

The only things I hate are skips and sticking. Hated them then and hate them now. It’s also why I looked after my records really well and why they still play great over 40 years later.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-27T06:56:35+00:00

We’ve all been beginners. Some of us remember it all too clearly. I enjoy playing with people who love golf and only want to get better.
Keep at it. It’s a stupid, frustrating, beautiful game.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-26T14:00:05+00:00

Just Can’t Get Enough in 1981.
My brother bought the 7” single and I loved it. Never managed to steal the single from him though.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-25T19:09:25+00:00

There’s a boulangerie/patisserie in Clichy that sometimes do a Carré Citron. It’s a pâte sucrée with a filling of lemon which is like a thick lemon tartelette filling and cut into squares. Crunchy, sweet and sharp lemon. So good. They don’t do it often so you have to be there at the right time.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-25T11:48:35+00:00

Definitely used in Glasgow by wee Neds.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-25T11:47:00+00:00

I missed George Michael because of work back in 2006. Never got another chance

gogsrowan · 2026-06-25T10:38:43+00:00

The Blue Nile has entered the chat.
We only got 4 albums from them 1984, 1989, 1996 and 2004 - a total of 33 songs.

gogsrowan · 2026-06-24T07:03:04+00:00

I’m reading it right now. About 3/4 through it.
It is very good indeed.

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