The Plastic Mancunian

Welcome to a wet and miserable South Manchester where the rain is drizzling down and making my cats wet. You may think this is funny but it ...

Another one of my musical heroes has gone and this is one of the saddest of them all. Neil Peart died on January 7th 2020 at t...

There is a song I by Rush called The Weapon and some of the lyrics are particularly relevant: “And the things that we fear are a wea...

Today’s song is another by Canadian power trio Rush, called Cut ToThe Chase . This is a song about chasing your dreams and ignori...

Today’s song is another by Rush. This is a recent one called Headlong Flight , which basically talks about how being happy about your l...

A progressive rock blogathon wouldn’t be complete without a song from my favourite band of all time, the Canadian power trio that is Ru...

I’m off on my travels again on Monday and I can’t wait. I’m heading west across the pond again but this time, I’m heading so...

I was tempted to call this post Poetry is Rubbish . The truth is that generally I find what’s known as serious poetry genuinely is ...

Following on from my last rant about music, I thought I would be a little more positive in this post. I don’t expect this to be a ...

I love a good meme and I love a good music meme even more. I have discovered yet another one while prowling cyberspace so without...

I have written a number of negative posts about things I dislike, such as golf, opera and Shakespeare. I think it’s about time I ...