Exactly one year ago, I was sitting in this same chair, in the same room, looking out of the same green window, and listening to the same band (Mumford & Sons if you must know) when I first created this blog, mainly to counteract the boredom and loneliness of my lovely girlfriend being on holiday (something else which is the same a year on, unfortunately). Not a lot might have changed in that respect, but I certainly feel a lot’s changed for me. Going to Uni, making new friends and hearing a whole heap of new, brilliant music and trying to share it with you.
So here’s hoping for another verdant year of musical goodness, and a whole lot more to force on any one of you hapless enough to fall upon my page in your travels. I know this is slightly ridiculous, but thank you to anyone who’s leant their support through comments or real-life tangible communication, to anyone who actually reads my posts after getting here from Hype Machine and most of all to Cat for supporting me and knowing when to call me a music snob and stop me becoming even more irritating and self-righteous than I already am. But I still don’t like Lady Gaga 
July 11, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Happy (blog) Birthday, Joe! from us all @ 100b
July 12, 2009 at 12:58 am
You’re not that irritating Joey and your taste in music is impecable!
Congratulation! I love you, now go listen/review to Journal for Plague Lovers, it’s awesome xxx
August 2, 2009 at 12:24 am
I remember the start! The email! God it’s come a long way. I actually love this blog. You get so much of your own taste.
August 3, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Cheers guys, it’s nice to see both 100b and DSM back in action too, you were two of the blogs I really wanted to emulate when I started, so this post is kind of down to you in part