"Drop-in and Chill Out"

February 2023 ‘LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF’ February 2023 Looking back on our lives is something we all do, for the bad and the good.  For me, although hard, it’s been therapeutic.  Quite often, throughout this process, I’ve been able to make sense of difficult periods, and move forward in my life.  As my missus… Continue reading ‘LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF’

Part Two At the end of the first instalment of this two-part blog, I briefly mentioned hearing a song which would be a great influence on my creativity.  I first heard this song in December 1988, in Central London, whilst I was waiting for my brother outside the Virgin Megastore. The track in question is… Continue reading ‘FROM ANARCHY TO PSYCHEDELIA’

Part One This blog is a bit of a weird one, which involved me discovering a blockbuster of a song after almost getting arrested on Westminster Bridge, London.  This event typifies the type of thing that has happened to me in my life. At the time, late 1988, I was studying at Portsmouth Art School,… Continue reading ‘ANARCHY TO PSYCHEDELIC’

Period 1993–2002 Part Two The 'Oxton Offy' just down the road from where I discovered 'The Blues' So, how does what I have discussed in the first part this blog (a brief history of the Blues part 1) relate to my situation with Lauren*?  Well, between 1994 and 1995, I shared a Oxton flat with… Continue reading ‘HOW THE BLUES PUT A SMILE ON JARMIN’S FACE…’

Period 1993 – 2002 Part One Really good DVD Box Set, that gives a comprehensive history of The Blues. ‘How the Blues put a smile on my face’…I would imagine this isn’t something which is said too often in conversations.  However, it has worked for me over the years, especially when dealing with tricky situations… Continue reading ‘HOW THE BLUES PUT A SMILE ON JARMIN’S FACE…’