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My 9 Albums That Made Me (and a Few More Lists)
I usually skip social media trends, but the 9 albums that made me challenge was too good to pass up. One list soon turned into several.
John Harris Edinburgh Talk
I became aware of John Harris online and followed his The People’s United Community site TPUC to keep up to date with his talks so when he announced he was going to speak at Edinburgh during my time there for the Festival I made sure I was in the front row with my video camera.
Concert Highlights 2
The second episode of my Concert Highlights show is here. Seven more of my favourite live moments, from Spiritualized’s epic seventeen-minute “Cop Shoot Cop” to two songs from Van Morrison, Primal Scream’s “Country Girl”, a new single from The Blockheads, dream-pop legend Dean Wareham and the cosmic psychedelia of Acid Mothers Temple. Read the stories behind every song below.
Concert Highlights
The first episode of my Concert Highlights show is here. I’ve picked seven of my favourite live moments, from Kirsten Adamson singing Joni Mitchell with After the Last Waltz, to The Boo Radleys, Van Morrison, Pastel, bdrmm, a farewell from Fish and the wonderfully daft Melin Melyn. Read the stories behind every song below.
Mother’s Indoctrination
I found this on my hard drive so I put it to music.
Big Problem
Here are some notes I made for an uncensored comedy gig I performed which I have turned into music using good old artificial intelligence.
Latest VBlogs
V-Blogs – 2026
Instead of doing individual posts for vblogs, I have put them all into one post for the year. When I add a new one it will appear as first post.
V-Blogs – 2025
Instead of doing individual posts for vblogs, I have put them all into one post for the year. When I add a new one it will appear as first post.
Shooting The Shits
All the episodes of Shooting The Shit where I rant along to memes and current events as well as talking about my own life and adventures.
All Slavering Pishes
All the Slavering Pish shows where I like to just turn on the camera and spout whatever shit comes out.
Video Blog – 5/8/15
In this video I talk about fish biting my bites, my Wedding Day, meeting my Father in Law for first time, good to meet old friends, going to other bars after wedding.
Video Blog – 1/6/15
In this video I Sneeze a lot, talk about and show workmen on Konyaalti Beach, mention my new book of poetry, The Plane Facts and ponder about the Flat Earth.
Browse all VBlogs — All video blogs in one place. Billy on camera, out and about, living life.
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