Insince.re, the blog of Clive Murray

I have been making stuff on the web for thousands of years, and that is a cast-iron fact.

I am going to try not to make this another 3000+ word rant, I swear, but there has to be some preamble.

So, having successfully recorded a playthrough video for my short piece “Resurrection”, the next logical step was to try and do a full-length song.

It has been a while before I came before you with anything new, aside from belching thousands of words at you and calling it “Album of the Year”.

2024 was a year.

New thing alert!

K is for… KXM Photo borrowed from unsungmelody.com, credit: Sebastien Paquet[1].

2023 was one of the worst years of my life, and you can take that to the bank.

2022 was a while back now, I realise, but I’ve had other things on my mind in 2023 besides ranking my favourite albums of the previous year. 2023 did, in fact, suck.

Friends, neighbours, ladies, gentlemen, literally anybody who will listen… I have finished my album.

I’m working on an album.

TL;DR I made a new thing!

Well, this is annoying.

Hey there!

Hello.

This blog may disappear for a while.

So, the time has come at last to tell the full story of my most recently acquired guitar.

Are you still out there?

J is for… Al Joseph I first became aware of Al Joseph through a couple of YouTube videos and Instagram clips, and then a friend playing me one of his solo albums.

Most electric guitar players (and many acoustic players also, I suppose) use a pick, or plectrum, when playing.

I is for… It Bites Images used with absolutely no permission.

Well, that was definitely a year.

A long time ago I released an album.

It’s been a while, I’m aware.

Observant listeners could be forgiven for wondering where the hell the Indigo Down lockdown video is that I promised you all last year.

Well, yes.

I’m having a bad day today.

So, some time about 2010 I joined a band.

😳 Remember 2016?

Hi gang, I’m still here.

A good pal of mine is blogging their way through COVID-19.

H is for… Daniel Hope Image from Daniel’s website, © Nicolas Zonvi Once again, it’s not all rock and metal round here at Murray Mansions.

The band I was in in 2005 played The Marquee.

Maybe you heard something about a virus…?

…your call is important to us.

Those year things just keep on coming, don’t they?

Solving my mirror cube in 4:06.

Further adventures in cubing!

I’ve had a brand new hobby for over 6 months now, and I haven’t written a word about it on here, which is rather remiss of me.

G is for… Jon Gomm Image from Jon’s website, taken by Marc Mennigmann, used with permission I became aware of Jon Gomm some time in the early 2000s, as he was on a Usenet (remember that?)

Small point of order – I have retroactively changed Clive’s Album of the Year 2011.

Me aged 22.

Sometimes I post stuff on here that doesn’t sound very happy, or not like I’m in a very good place.

Keith Flint (2019) Stephanie Adams (2018) Kate Spade (2018) Anthony Bourdain (2018) Verne Troyer (2018) Margot Kidder (2018) Chester Benington (2017) Chris Cornell (2017) Keith Emerson (2016) Lil’ Chris (2015) Robin Williams (2014) Phillip Seymour Hoffman…

F is for… Frost* Image borrowed from the Frost* website with absolutely no permission Frost* are a funny one to be honest (and tricky to italicise in Markdown, but that’s my problem).

Half & half Sweet & Low Crisco Bear claws Varsity Ivy League Valedictorian 401k Carrot Top Spanx The GOP The Hamptons Cabo Churros Bangs

E is for… Elbow (Image by Evita wiki via Wikimedia) OK so first let’s get this out of the way, I absolutely hate that Manchester scene crap from the 90s.

A: I mean gestures for f***’s sake B: …but more specifically A: generally, though B: overall, you mean?

D is for… The Dead Daisies (Image sourced from Wikipedia) Meh, rock supergroups.

C is for… Cloudkicker (Image on loan from Cloudkicker’s Bandcamp) In around 2011 I discovered a number of heavy instrumental acts who rocked my bell, among them Scale the Summit, Chimp Spanner, Sithu Aye, the mighty Plini and Cloudkicker.