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New Music Playlist – 5th February 2023

By on February 5, 2023 in Music

I added 12 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-5th-february-2023/pl.u-JPkP3IDKPB

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

Delores Forever – When I Say So – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Versus Savannah – Six Years – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Emily James – Happy for Me – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Inhaler – These Are The Days – Partial album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Sophie Lindinger – Say My Name – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

The Bites – Do Me A Favor – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Jake Swamp and the Pine – Simpson & Banks – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

HUNNY BUZZ – Love Me Like You Used To – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Web Site

Heidrunna – Ycbcc – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Delta Heavy & Lauren L’aimant – Against The Tide – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – Lauren L’aimant Instagram – Lauren L’aimant Link Site

Sick Joy – Painkiller – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Andy Summers – Bring on the Night (feat. 40 Fingers) – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – 40 Fingers Instagram 

New Music Playlist – 29th January 2023

By on January 29, 2023 in Music

I added 8 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-29th-january-2023/pl.u-V9X9pCBb7a

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

dee holt – Better – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

We Are Scientists – Lobes – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Lua Lelia – Home – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Alice Merton – Waste My Life – Single on Apple Music – Instagram –  Website

Zookino – Survive – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

The Allergies – Reconcile – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – Charles Morgan Instagram

Fever Ray – Radical Romantics – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Fe Salomon – Living Rooms – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

New Music Playlist – 21st January 2023

By on January 22, 2023 in Music

I added 13 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-21st-january-2023/pl.u-mJXJrtz4ga

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

Måneskin – Rush – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Cajsa Siik – Artificial Love – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Alessandra – Queen of Kings – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Oliver Sim – GMT (Jamie xx Remix) – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – Jamie xx Instagram – Jamie xx Link Site

Lexie Carroll – violet – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Bonnie Kemplay – Running Out of Things To Say, Running Out of Things To Do – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Gabry Ponte & Alessandra – Dance Dance – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – Alessandra Instagram

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue) [Acoustic] – Single on Apple Music – David Guetta Instagram – David Guetta Link Site – Bebe Rexha Instagram 

Yagua – Monuments to the Unknown – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Charlotte Branson – Hypnotized – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Seany Clarke – Busy O (Kicking’ me Some Ass – Single on Apple Music – Instagram 

WILDES – Other Words Fail Me – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Sutcliffe – Kingdom of Dixit – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

New Music Playlist – 15th January 2023

By on January 15, 2023 in Music

I added 12 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-15th-january-2023/pl.u-aZPRZsPXbm

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

The Subways – Uncertain Joys – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Liela Moss – Internal Working Model – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Unit 47 – Nothin’ At All – Single on Apple Music – Instagram 

Freya Ridings – Blood Orange – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Circa Waves – Never Going Under – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Etta Marcus – Heart Shaped Bruise – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Hazlett – Bloom Mountain – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Phia – Socially Done (feat. Searching for Lil) – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site – Searching for Lil Instagram – 

T.I.G.Y. – World of Want – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Cajsa Siik – Sometimes – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Tilsen – Love of Your Life – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Ane Brun – Nærmere – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

New Music Playlist – 8th January 2023

By on January 8, 2023 in Music

I added 11 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-8th-january-2023/pl.u-JPvY2FDKPB

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

Liela Moss – Internal Working Model – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

The Sweeplings – Fever Running Loose – Single on Apple Music – Instagram 

The Utopiates – Illuminise – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Ticket Site

Skaly – Snow for the First Time – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Mastodon – Link Site

The Mannas – Let’s Play – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Gabrielle Aplin – Phosphorescent – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Tommy Ashby – Floorboards – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Jo-Jo & The Teeth – No More Good News – Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Byolegy – Lazy Sunday Vibe (feat. Anastasia Derkach) – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – YouTube – Anastasia Derkach Instagram

The Kings of Cool – Good To Be Alive – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Web Site

Inhaler – Cuts & Bruises – Partial Album on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

New Music Playlist – 1st January 2023

By on January 1, 2023 in Music

I added 5 new music releases to my library this week. Here is a Music playlist with a selected track from each: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ian-robinsons-new-music-playlist-1st-january-2023/pl.u-mJAzEIz4ga.

There is an Apple Music player embedded below as well. Links to other music streaming services are available via the Link Site URLs for each artist below.

Lucy Wroe – Same World – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Abbey Sage – The Florist – EP on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Leah Marie Mason – Trust Fund Cowboy – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

Standing’ Man – If You Don’t Know What to Do With Yourself – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Link Site

MARYELLE – Wild One – Single on Apple Music – Instagram – Website

Favourite Podcasts from 2022

By on January 1, 2023 in podcasts

Here are the podcasts that I enjoyed the most in 2022. With links to their landing pages or to Apple Podcasts if I don’t have that info.

No Such Thing as a Fish – Homepage

Station Eleven Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Stephen Fry’s All In The Mind – Audible

Jay Rayner Out to Lunch – Apple Podcasts

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry – BBC Radio 4

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape – Landing Page

Countdown With Keith Olbermann – Apple Podcasts

Write Now With Scrivener – Landing Page

Origin Story – Podcast Page

Accidental Tech Podcast – Podcast website

The Rework Podcast – Landing Page

Under The Radar – Relay FM Podcast Landing Page

2022 Walking Stats

By on January 1, 2023 in General

Here is my exercise data for 2022 as recorded by Apple Watch. 

Total steps: 2,774,537

Total distance in Km: 2,485

Total distance in miles: 1,544

Charts and tables with the data are below. I only really started forcing myself to exercise more in April. So with the extra time in 2023, I might be able to hit 3,000 Km.

BTW the data for compiling these stats was exported from Apple Health in CSV format using HealthExport. A fantastic app.

 

Chart showing the number of steps I took each month during 2022. With a point for each month joined by straight lines. And a blue trend line slopping up from about 150,000 steps per month in January to 300,000 per month in December. The chart peaks in the summer months, from May to August.
The number of steps I took each month in 2022
Chart showing the number of kilometres I walked each month during 2022. With a point for each month joined by straight lines. And a blue trend line slopping up from about 140 km per month in January to 270 km per month in December. The chart peaks in the summer months, from May to August.
The number of kilometres I walked per month during 2022.
A spreadsheet table showing the two columns of data that show the number of steps I took and the kilometres walked each month in 2022, with a total number of steps of 2,774,537, and a total distance in kilometres of 2,484.99.
A table showing the steps and kilometres I walked each month in 2022.

Favourite Books Read in 2022

By on December 31, 2022 in Books

I read 36 books in 2022. Here are my favourites.

How To Be A Liberal book cover
How to Be a Liberal
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes
Einstein's Fridge book cover
Einstein's Fridge
Sticky book cover
Sticky
Transformer book cover
Transformer - The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
The Lost Future Of Pepperharrow book cover
The Lost Future Of Pepperharrow
The This novel book cover
The This
Sea Of Tranquility book cover
Sea Of Tranquility
The Anthropocene Reviewed cover
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Immune book cover
Immune