ManicMammy's Blog

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Happy Birthday Fionn

My baby son was 2 yesterday. Time has flown. He is big for his age, no longer a baby but a little boy.  He has very blond hair and big blue eyes. He has few words: “truck”, “tractor”, “car”, “all gone”, “where are you?” being his favourite ones. That said, he has no difficulty in [...]

Review of “We were dead before the ship even sank” by Modest Mouse

“We were dead before the ship even sank” by Modest Mouse When its good, its very, very good, when its bad its just noisy. I love Johnny Marr. Well, ok, not really, but I do think he’s just brilliant on the guitar. I grew up on The Smiths and have found it increasingly difficult to [...]