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Music Artist/Track Search & Request Script

24th February 2012 jQuery Music PHP Programming

Last.fm music artist track search and request script

I've been a last.fm user for quite a number of years and with the release of their API (I'm aware this was yonks ago) I wanted an excuse to have a play and get to use it, I'm getting married next year with the intention of setting up a Wedding website where family & friends can visit to get infomation about the day. I thought it would be a cool idea to create an online script where people can request songs for the evening party and thus this script was born. I guess it can be used for any party really where you want to collect song requests in order to create a playlist that will appeal to people involved.

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The Black Keys & Band of Skulls gig

10th February 2012 General Music

One of the great things about living close to and working in Manchester is the brilliant music scene, Mancunians are lucky to have Manchester Academy which is a part of the university's student union and has live music playing in multiple venues throughout the year. Heavy hitters come here and have probably played here at some time or another when they were starting out, a great platform for new talent and a genuinely great place to be if you're into live music.

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Book Highlights of 2011

27th January 2012 Book General

First it was films, then TV Shows and finally Books, as I'm commuting to Manchester most of the week I get a good 40 minutes each way to chill out on the train. Most of last year I used the time to plough through quite a few books on my Kindle, was planning to write a review on the Kindle alone but considering they've been out for a while and everyone knows what they're all about I thought it a bit pointless. If you're a reader or want to read more then the Kindle is definitely a good route to go down, amazing bit of kit and does it's job extremely well. Looking back at my log I managed to read 31 books in 2011 which is pretty good going and will hope to keep that up for this year although my train time is now being taken up by catching up on TV Shows such as Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy on the iPad so will need to get back into the traditional pastime of reading. Now I don't think any of my highlights were actually released in 2011, it's just what I read.

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TV Show Highlights of 2011

19th January 2012 General TV Show

Last week was films, this week is TV Shows. Here's my pick of some of the best TV Shows I've been watching (and keeping track of) so if you've got some free time or need a new show to watch then look no further! Will hopefully be more active in reviewing new shows this year as I keep up my writing and can then use them next year when it comes to another yearly review!

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Film Highlights of 2011

13th January 2012 Film General

Considering how much of a movie fan I am I can't believe that I've not written more about the really good films I've seen. Alas that is now coming to an end, as soon as I watch a fantastic film I'm going to write about it and then post it here. I'll also do these yearly reviews so people can get ideas for good films. 2011 has been a great year for film, I don't always go to the cinema as much as I should to watch them but they do stick on my radar and try to get hold of them when they're released on DVD. Here are a few of my choice picks for great films released in 2011 displayed in the order I watched them with the last one first:

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