Alex Markham
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Music, short fiction and travel, all with a touch of humour.
Stories (41/0)
The Secrets of The UnWeather 2
He had two choices and neither was good. Something bad had happened at this village called Heethroe; an electric tingle of danger rose up and spiked into his tired brain. He could stay or leave and hunker down in the woods. But the unweather was closing in fast.
By Alex Markhamabout a year ago in Fiction
The Secrets of the Unweather 1
The day began badly and got worse. The two vagabonds who woke him before dawn were after his food and money. He had little of either and now he had none. It was careless to sleep in the woods but he’d been tired and the next village was several leagues away.
By Alex Markham2 years ago in Fiction
5 Myths About Buenos Aires You Should Ignore
Throw away those Buenos Aires guidebooks and ignore the travel blogs — they’re all wrong and possibly even dangerous. I’ve come to the conclusion that Buenos Aires travel blogs are written by those who’ve never been there or those who stayed in the tourist areas and in tourist hotels only.
By Alex Markham2 years ago in Wander
McCartney’s Greatest Post Beatle Songs
Some people continue to claim Macca has done nothing significant since 1969. This opinion is not borne out by the facts. Maybe this view is due to the occasional piece of nonsense he puts out such as, Mary Had A Little Lamb and that damn Frog Song. A Lennon filter might have made him see sense before getting into the studio.
By Alex Markham2 years ago in Beat
Songs That Influenced Classic Pop Hits
An angry George Harrison was found guilty in court for having plagiarised He’s So Fine by the Chiffons for My Sweet Lord, albeit subconsciously. The reason he lost was, once My Sweet Lord is put into the same key as He’s So Fine, the musical structure is identical.
By Alex Markham3 years ago in Beat
What The Hell Do They Put In The New Jersey Water?
There's something strange going on in New Jersey and it's been going on for years. Throughout history, we’ve seen clusters of expertise develop suddenly in a geographical region. We saw the industrial revolution kick off in Britain and the technological revolution on the West Coast of the USA, for example.
By Alex Markham3 years ago in Beat
Thank God for Deus Ex Machina
I stared over the lip of the volcano. The venting gases and Earth tremors were not supposed to be happening. I knew the volcano was technically active, but it hadn’t erupted for over a century. There was no report of any predicted seismic activity. It was why I was there, taking the opportunity to say I’d been to an ‘active’ volcano and look cool on Instagram selfies.
By Alex Markham3 years ago in Fiction