Greetings! Welcome to The Wasteland, or indeed welcome back if you are a returning reader of my reviews. The big news is, today, I am embracing a little tech and updating the way I post. From today, most reviews and commentaries will include a voice note / single person podcast, where the same review I … Continue reading The Wasteland Podcast
With over 2 years backlog of cultural artifacts to rate and review it has been daunting getting around to full 5 paragraph reviews for everything since I started work full time. So, it occurred to me an alternative to giving up was to publish some micro-posts with a 2/3 sentence summing up, plus a decinemal … Continue reading Micro Posts
For the second alumni inducted into The Wasteland's new Hall of Fame, I wanted to have as much of a contrast to my first pick as possible. Therefore I have chosen a musician, who is a singer songwriter of extraordinary range, who is British and a woman. The Wasteland Hall of Fame #2 is the … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #2 Kate Bush
Yes, Sunday 24th January 2021 marks the 100th post on this iteration of The Wasteland! This is it - this is the 100th post - ironic and post modern or what!?It has taken just over a year to do so, which makes it a 2 post average a week, and that includes periods during lockdown … Continue reading 100th Post
Look what I found! http://kbswasteland.blogspot.com http://kirkswasteland.blogspot.com These are the archives of The Wasteland when it first began - there are literally hundreds of posts to go back and read if so inclined. If nothing else it gives a fascinating glance at the state of pop culture in those days. Hats off to Blogger that they … Continue reading The Old Wastelands
As of Tuesday 21st July, The Wasteland is now on twitter! Find A Million Ways to Waste a Day @TheWasteland5
Decade lists… there are a lot aren't there!? Here, then, are my Albums of the Decade - based entirely on how much I genuinely listened to them, and at some point was (and perhaps still am) obsessed by them. I could have picked more artistic or cooler stuff, but I think this list more accurately … Continue reading Albums of the Decade.
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