Listening back to a live recording of yourself and hearing all the little mistakes you made is the number one way to get better at an instrument. Smashing something in a rehearsal is fine, and you can have endless takes to nail your performance when you’re recording in the studio. Live playing, however, takes no… Read More

Music was better in my day. The thought flashed across my mind and I quickly stamped the life out of it before the feeling could take root. I was standing in the Apple store waiting to get my next piece of overpriced technology, and I realised the music they were playing was going totally over… Read More

I’ve never been drunk on alcohol-free booze, and while might seem obvious, it turns out it’s not as ridiculous as it sounds. In 2003, a study took 148 students and split them into 2 groups. One group drank tonic water and one group drank vodka and tonic. During the study, the vodka group flirted more,… Read More

I’m not sure why celebrities are more gullible than normal people, but they seem to be; especially where their health is concerned. It seems that something like, I don’t know, eating less, just doesn’t cut it. Ask them to steam their vagina or tell them to drink their own urine, however, and they’ll be straight… Read More

On the 4th of June 1976, the Sex Pistols played to a room of 30 to 40 people in a tiny club in Manchester. After being subjected to jaded glam rock for most of the ’70s, the small number of gig-goers craved something new. They got it. They were so influenced by the performance that… Read More

Sometimes the claims made in advertisements don’t quite pan out. For instance, a few years ago, an advert for Kellogg’s cereal stated that “Eating a bowl of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal for breakfast is clinically shown to improve attentiveness by nearly 20%.” This was so wrong, that the brand had to pay out around $4m… Read More

I’ve decided it’s about time to lose a little bit of weight. Not too much, just enough to make me slightly less cuddly than I am right now. As you might have guessed, I don’t really need to put too much thought into how I set a weight loss diet up for myself, but it… Read More

When I was a much younger man I used to smoke, until one day, at the age of 22, I decided it was time to stop. I didn’t feel the need to announce this to anyone or make a fuss, I just did it. However, one of my, then, friends found out and decided that… Read More

I’ve seen some crazy shit in gyms. People doing curls while standing on Bosu balls to someone trying to use dumbbells and the leg press at the same time. I once watched a guy set up numerous boxes, cables, and chains in a rack before attempting to squat about 250kg with the intricate setup. After… Read More

When I was a kid we used to go on holiday to Wales every summer. One time, I remember looking out of the rain-speckled window at the sodden field outside our caravan, wishing I was allowed to play outside and cursing the UK weather. Our holidays weren’t always damp, though, some of them were scorchers…. Read More