2024 / April Slow Train Coming There’s a slow train comin’ up around the bendThe Retune Blog – 26th April 2024Have you ever seen one of those programmes […] Read more
2024 / April Should I Stay or Should I Go? Should I stay, or should I go?The Retune Blog – 19th April 2024When asked about the meaning of the Clash’s hit Should […] Read more
2024 / April The Birdie Song How do you consider the lyrics of a song when it’s an instrumental?The Retune Blog – 12th April 2024If you grew up […] Read more
2024 / April Joy of nothing Dolce far nienteThe Retune Blog – 5th April 2024I’m currently taking a couple of weeks off (OK, offish as I’m still writing […] Read more
2024 / March The Sound of Silence Hello darkness, my old friendThe Retune Blog – 29th March 2024Some songs have become legendary in the stories that have arisen as […] Read more
2024 / March It ain’t what you do It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do itThe Retune Blog – 22nd March 2024A few weeks ago I […] Read more
2024 / March Power in the words The power in the words won’t go awayThe Retune Blog – 15th March 2024As a child were you ever told; sticks and […] Read more
2024 / March I will wait – Revisited Fix my eyesThe Retune Blog – 8th March 2024This Sunday is Mother’s Day and I’ll be speaking in church on the parable […] Read more
2024 / March Who are you? Who are you?The Retune Blog – 1st March 2024I took part in a poetry writing lesson a couple of weeks ago. It […] Read more
2024 / February Elephant Talk Talk, it’s only talkThe Retune Blog – 16th February 2024Do words really matter? In King Crimson’s Elephant Talk we are confronted with […] Read more
2019 / September 13 September 2019 4 mins 5 years 467 words 1 1 Tagged creativity, Generator, perspective, The Holloways Generate the music that makes you feel better The power of perspective through the creativity of music.
2019 / September 6 September 2019 4 mins 5 years 559 words 1 1 Tagged emotions, integrity, Skunk Anansie, Weak If I opened my heart there’d be no space for air. The strength of emotional integrity
2019 / August 30 August 2019 5 mins 5 years 679 words 1 1 Tagged acceptance, One Direction, reality, Summer Love ‘Cause you were mine for the summer. Now it’s nearly over Accepting the reality of the present.
2019 / August 23 August 2019 3 mins 5 years 435 words 1 1 Tagged Choices, decisions, Forever the Sickest Kids, Summer Song This is the night we came alive The importance of making decisions
2019 / August 16 August 2019 3 mins 5 years 350 words 1 1 Tagged challenges, memory, New Kids on the Block, past, Summertime I think about you in the summertime The problem of romanticising the past
2019 / August 9 August 2019 3 mins 5 years 380 words 1 1 Tagged Bon Jovi, Choices, start, Summertime Feels something like summertime A time for fresh starts.
2019 / August 2 August 2019 3 mins 5 years 449 words 1 1 Tagged Choices, circumstances, Ella Fitzgerald, life, Summertime Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Choosing life in challenging circumstances
2019 / July 26 July 2019 4 mins 5 years 479 words 1 Tagged DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince, reflection, summer, Summertime Summertime, a time to sit back and unwind. Viewing the summer as a season to reflect.
2019 / July 19 July 2019 3 mins 5 years 385 words 1 Tagged David Bowie, pressure, Queen, responding, Under Pressure This is ourselves, under pressure. Responding to pressure
2019 / July 12 July 2019 4 mins 5 years 534 words 1 Tagged Blockheads, cheerfulness, Choices, Ian Dury, Reasons to be Cheerful Reasons to be cheerful (part 3) Choosing cheerfulness.