Suffering in silence

Nearly two days in to the new regime, and this is definitely going to be much, much harder.  I’ve got the radio on as I write this and, even though I’m listening to TalkSport, I’m still having to turn the volume right down every now and again to avoid any music that comes on.  And [...]

Just for the record…

Hearing your housemates come in at 1:30 in the morning before going on to play drunken Jenga is not fun.  Nor is watching Top Gear with the sound turned down. 

Change of plans

Ok, an update.  To be completely honest, I haven’t been doing all that well with the whole “no music” thing.  In my last post I talked about all the music I’d heard while in my mate’s car, and the next day it got even worse.   I’m the kind of person who finds it hard to [...]

If at first you don’t succeed…

I have to confess – yesterday, I listened to music. Not intentionally, admittedly, but there’s no getting away from it. And even though it was in my mate’s car and I wasn’t choosing what was on the CD player, I can’t argue that I was pretty actively listening to it. It’s hard [...]

Hot Fuss

Right, one day down and, so far, so good – if a little boring.  It’s hard for me to say how I felt yesterday.  Obviously, it wasn’t the first day that I’ve ever gone without listening to music, but it probably was the first time I’ve made a conscious decision about it.  And to be [...]

The Beginning and the End

Last week, during a discussion about immersive journalism, someone mentioned blogging about giving up football. No chance, I said. Ever since I can remember, football has been a huge part of my life. And with the Premiership title race and relegation places still to be decided – not to mention the [...]