Manchester – again
But this time not for a gig, a conference, or any other work reason. This time it was a trip to spend time with an old friend and rediscover the city along the way. I honestly can’t remember anymore when my path first led me to Manchester. But it’s been many years now. Walking the…
Vinyl Stories: Quadrophenia
Some albums you listen to. Some you fall for. And then there are the ones that just move in and never bloody leave. Quadrophenia is one of those for me. It’s a rare thing, when a film and its soundtrack get you in exactly the same way. Rarer still when they’re still doing it decades…
Berlin, You Absolute Nightmare. I Love You.
I’ve just come back from London. And after a few days in a city where people queue at bus stops as though it were the most natural thing in the world, I’m sitting on the S-Bahn heading into Mitte thinking: Yes. Right. That’s how it was. If you’re visiting Berlin, there are a few things…
Vinyl Stories: Joined Up Writing
The 1980s were a decade of becoming. Not just growing older, but becoming someone. Learning who you were by learning who moved you, which voices reached in and rearranged something inside you that hadn’t quite found its shape yet. Depeche Mode gave me the New Romantic shimmer, that particular longing that felt almost too beautiful…
Cold Grey Silence
There are moments you cannot prepare for. Not really. You can plan to visit an exhibition, set aside an evening, even look forward to it a little. But what actually awaits you cannot be anticipated. Last night at Fotografiska Berlin, I was reminded of that again. The museum’s entrance greets you with a charm that…
Vinyl Stories: Gods Own Medicine
It started with a cover. I was sixteen, standing in ELPI in Krefeld, flipping through the racks the way you do when you’re not looking for anything specific but somehow certain that something is about to find you. And then it did. The cover, dark and embossed, and on the front, a heroic figure sculpted…
Wanderlust Won’t Wait
There are moments when I feel something stirring inside me. Not uncomfortable, more like a quiet pull. A reminder. As if part of me is saying: Hey, there’s still so much out there. When are we leaving? Wanderlust, for me, is more than just a mood or luxury. It’s a true necessity. It has two…
Vinyl Stories: The Ghost of Cain
There are records you listen to. And there are records that listen back. The Ghost of Cain by New Model Army is the latter. Put the needle down, and it doesn’t just fill the room. It gets inside your head, grabs you by the collar, and refuses to let go until it’s said everything it…
Vancouver, Again
There’s a particular feeling you get when you return to a city after fifteen years. It’s not quite nostalgia, and it’s not quite discovery either. It’s something in between, like running into an old friend who’s clearly moved on with their life while you weren’t looking. I came to Vancouver for practical reasons, which is…
Vinyl Stories: Some Great Reward
Some Great Reward – The Album That Changed Everything There are albums you listen to, and then there are albums that stay with you. Some Great Reward definitely falls into the second category for me. As Depeche Mode’s fourth album, it was the record that finally pushed them into the spotlight. It is often regarded…
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