It is the new year so I think we might as well start by saying Happy New Year folks as this blog continues entering its first edition in a new year in a new decade which does take me back to both 2010 and the year 2000 itself with its predictions of computerized system meltdowns.
Last year was a chaotic beeping mess politically which we did keep some track of here as much as that stuff messes my head up because of how a career in politics lead to a nervous breakdown of which the main issue last year was and to a point remains a single six letter word - BREXIT - and the schism that exists between not just people say in families but between areas of country that favoured it such as here in North Staffordshire where almost to a man and woman we favour it being the "Brexit Capital" of the UK and London plus Scotland who very much don't.
The good news of sorts is whatever your personal politics is, we have a Government with a 80 member majority that has passed the withdraw bill so actually after what seemed like an eternal merry-go-round we are leaving with some measures in place until years end while the second piece of leaving - the trade relations with the EU and the means of getting new deals done is resolved which may take a bit longer than a year.
You may not agree it but at least we're going in a direction now.
Many things contributed to the political revolution here where there in the whole of Staffordshire with the Black Country, there only three Labour MP's now:
The feeling Labour had done nothing to tackle our problems nationally for decades in exchange for votes while Independant-Conservative coalition local authorities were doing more plus the wish list of freebies including free internet for all that had us puzzling over how we the people were going to pay for it.
Then there was the character and connections of one Jeremy Corbyn, Labour's leader that couldn't hear the noise and sense the anger of its position on Brexit on our streets but was more focused on radicals who took to social media than everyday Labour supporters plus antisemitism issues in and out the party being main ones.
Politics in the Midlands is always a two horse race.
I did get away for assorted littles events doing some photography which in view of all the above was probably very good thing really as it was driving me mad.
The high street remains a concern where we lost the travel concern Thomas Cook although some shops and staff were transformed to Hays Travel, Poundland shut up shop and HMV almost went but was rescued by Canada's Sunrise Records who want to bring in more Vinyl and a shopping as an experience feel.
If that was the backdrop of the year covered only when I felt up to it, one thing this blog did go on for was reviewing cds specifically Super Audio cds of albums and artists I like aided by cheap and often two album on one cd inexpensive discs that offered better sound quality and often vintage Quadraphonic surround sound mixes that had been out of print for over a quarter century now newly restored by the likes of the Guess Who and Pink Floyd.
I also restored a few choice lps by artists that I regarded as Iconic which in the late 80's and early 90's had been replaced thing lp would just fade away from the collection rather than coming back with new younger fans buying titles rather than downloading them which at one time seemed to be fate of all current popular music.
Despite some issues with artwork quality, the two lp Rhythm Nation 1814 album by Janet Jackson proved to be better than the cheapened "better put it out briefly" original single lp doing justice to her vision.
I did talk a little more on here about the littles community and life although this isn't a littles blog as such because in such a turbulent year with three elections, Age Regression proved to be very needed and its associated activities like colouring and playing with plushies really helped with emotional mess.
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