Roy Stannard's Blog

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January 2010

  • The best undiscovered Indie love song ever?

    When you’re sick and tired of everybody lying to you you just want to walk away….. walk right into better days if you can just stop wanting it….. it will come to you I know you try….. but don’t try too hard when I see you cry….. it breaks my heart I won’t stop loving you…..… Read more

  • Roy Stannards Top 25 Albums of 2009

    Roy Stannard’s Top 25 Albums of 2009 1.          Wild Beasts – Two Dancers 2.          Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why there are mountains 3.          Grammatics – Grammatics 4.          Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances 5.          Richard Hawley – Truelove’s Gutter 6.          Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 7.          The XX – The XX 8.          Bombay… Read more

  • Quitting the Fear Factory

    My colleague Andrew Sercombe and I had a great conversation over lunch last Tuesday about people’s fear of stepping out and following their heart in pursuit of their true passion. I came up with the title of the blog – Quitting the Fear Factory – that seemed to encapsulate that feeling of petrified stasis. Andrew… Read more