Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
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12th January - 18th January The robins are in full throat. It sounds like 40,000 of them singing the same song at slightly different times; none of it syncs up and the effect is jarring. The dawn chorus, magical as it is, naught but a...
5th January - 11th January The first week back at work is over! A few drinks later and the hectic pace is a dull memory; until Monday morning rolls around. I made a big list before I finished for Christmas of the critical things I needed...
29th December - 4th January In a quirk of calendular mathematics, this is simultaneously week 1 of 2026 and week 53 of 2025. I celebrated New Year's Eve with a ceilidh, a beer, and a takeaway with my family. The ceilidh was amazing; so...
On my homepage, I have a carousel of what I call "testimonials" — some nice things lovely people said about me over the years. For the longest time, I'd pick one from the array to display at build time. As part of my work to reduce build...
Understandably different from both Arch Enemy and The Agonist, the new single from Alicia White-Gluz, "The Room Where She Died" is more hard rock than heavy metal. Nice to hear her clean vocals though — a talent squandered by Arch Enemy!...
Following on shortly after the events of "Greenwitch", the fourth book in Cooper's "Sequence" sees our mate, Will Stanton, ushered off to distant family in Wales to convalesce as was the style at the time. But –horror of horrors!– he has...
I have been tracking a few easy goals over the year to see how I fare. All in all, I think I've done well. Unsure if I'll do a 2026 version but this has been an interesting experiment. 1. Don't over-budget on books I have a ton of books...
Happy New Year! Here are a few photos from my phone from the last month with neither rhyme nor reason to the theme. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email: rss@thomasrigby.com.
It's time to put on every winter coat you've owned since '98 and tot up The Quantified Self™ — Buckle in! This year's top ten artists The Cure (92 plays) Orla Gartland (71 plays) Chloe Slater (67 plays) Placebo (52 plays) Arch Enemy (51...
22nd December - 28th December There are definitely two Tawny Owls in the village as I heard a distinct and prolonged call-and-response over some distance; one faint over the fields but the other in a tree right over my head — loud and...
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard I own two Roy Wood singles; this and "Music to Commit Suicide By". This is the more festive. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email:...
[!information] Caveat This is, naturally, not exhaustive. I use last.fm on my phone and my laptop to scrobble music I listen to while I'm on my own. As other people have pointed out, this doesn't capture music listened to with friends...
"Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson Baader-Meinhof Syndrome or genuine omnipotence, I will never know, but this 2013 banger seems to have been everywhere this year. Not many artists can pull off a Christmas song this grand. A modern...
"Baby It's Cold Outside" by Cerys Matthews and Tom Jones The knowing gravel of Cerys Matthews somehow steers this song from creepy to funny. Welsh pop powerhouse Tom Jones also appears. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know...
"Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC Another unmistakable riff; that funky brass, mixed with sleigh bells and scratching, supports a hilarious tale of finding Santa's lost wallet. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your...