the gathered thoughts of Richard Pinnell

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How do you choose the
soundtrack to a mid-life crisis?

As pathetically unoriginal as it may sound I made myself a New Years resolution to lose some weight and try and get fitter. I've never really had to worry much about this kind of thing throughout my life, having remained the same weight for my first thirty or so years. Over the last eighteen months or so though I have begun to pile on the pounds, and like so many others I ate too much at Christmas and now feel the urge to have my first bona fide mid life crisis and worry about my health. So, after ...

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Favourite Albums of 2007

So its that time of the year again... Every year I ask myself if I should be doing this or not, but what the hell its just a bit of fun, and if you can't have fun this time of year when can ...

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Yearning to listen

After spending all of the summer sat about doing little else but sitting about contemplating my navel and listening to music the return to work this last month has been a bit of a shock to the system. The ridiculously early start to my working day (out of bed at 4.30AM) has meant that my usual preferred listening time, late in the evening has become impossible to maintain as I'm now sound asleep by 11PM. Listening to music in the late afternoon / early evening is a very different kettle of fish. There are more distractions at this time of the day. Obviously there is still some daylight about and more activity from outside the house seeping in. This isn't ...

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Busy busy busy

Been a while since my last post, sorry. This has been for a few reasons, the primary one being a lot of work in getting ready to return to work, but also I've been writing a bit for ...

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