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Introduction A while ago on the Album Review Thread, @Saddleworth2 mentioned that he’d be interested in using the breaks between regular album reviews, or possibly starting a new thread, to discuss which year was the best for albums. Around the same time, I’d been mulling over the idea for yet...

Has any body suffered from this? I’ve had blocked ears a few times, but it’s usually wax-related. After a flight over Christmas, my daughter has had an ear infection and is down to a very low level of hearing. The doctor says that it will clear up over time, but naturally my daughter is...

Happy new year everybody. This thread has proved popular with a few posters these last two years, so let's start a new thread for this year. The main contributors to the 2022 version were @Paladin, @ob, @JRockBlues, @stoneblue and @FogBlueInSanFran has indicated that he wants to get involved...

Welcome to another new Blue Moon music thread. The idea for this one was proposed by @Mancitydoogle, and I agreed to set this up and run it along with Mr Doogle and @Coatigan. Here’s what you need to know:- The Basics Each playlist runs for 2 weeks. Each week, somebody will come up with a...

Album of the Year Thread - 2022 Thanks to everybody who has contributed to this thread. Final Result Here are the 19 finalists in contention for the Blue Moon Album of the Year 2022. 1. Listen to the albums and send me a PM with your ordered top 10. 2. Do not post your list on the thread...

@ob @Paladin @JRockBlues @stoneblue @bennyboy It's a new year. so let's have a new thread. For one reason or another, I didn't read over Christmas but started a new book yesterday. A few of us enjoyed contributing to the reading thread last year - sharing our good and bad reading experiences...

Blue Moon Top 100 Bands and Artists Pos Artist Total #Votes 1 The Beatles 71 24 2 The Smiths 71 20 3 The Rolling Stones 65 21 4 Oasis 55 21 5 Pink Floyd 50 15 6 David Bowie 49 17 7 The Stone Roses 48 19 8 The Jam 36 12 9 New Order 34 15 10 Led Zeppelin 34 12 11 Genesis...

Another music voting thread! Several people have commented that the randomizer in @BlueHammer85 's Top 1100 album review thread isn't doing a great job of selecting albums. Some people have suggested that we'd be better selecting the albums ourselves. I would argue that the randomizer is doing...

I'm hoping somebody can help here. To cut a long story short, my wife has an appointment for a scan at the gastroenterology department at Salford Royal this weekend. Whilst the appointment is confirmed, due to an admin cock-up, she hasn't received a letter. My wife is in a right state because...

Like many people, most of my favourite music is from years ago. However, I regularly listen to new albums and have found a lot to like this century. Here's a list of my favourite albums from this year - I listen to rock/Americana/folk/blue/country most of the time, so it might seem skewed. 1...

Anybody missing the multiplex that carries BBC News HD and BBC 4 HD (Freeview) from Winter Hill? Did a manual retune and the channels don't show up. There was some note from the BBC about the need to retune on 4th November, but I didn't see BBC News HD as being one of the channels affected.