PinnedCal W. StannardAnnual Music Review 2023: Year Of The ClimbThis time last December I wasn’t up to writing much in the way of closing out the year. In many ways I think the only reason I was able to…47 min read·Dec 22, 2023--1--1
Cal W. StannardShard#12: Letter from DaddyI love you in your waking Bleary yet so anew Your eyes adjusting as they might That piercing brand new blue2 min read·Aug 15, 2023----
Cal W. StannardHalfway Home: The Best Songs of 2023 So FarSix months ago I wrote that “in 2022 I found myself getting really fixated on sounds and lyrics and needing to hear them over and over…9 min read·Jun 23, 2023----
Cal W. StannardShard#16: Wreck My CarI took out a loan and bought us a car The first either of us had owned It would be the chariot for our child We’d carry her gently every…2 min read·Apr 27, 2023----
Cal W. StannardShard#14: BOTHMy life is a rocket ship, flying through space Unmanned, low power, intergalactic waste Hurtling silently through the yawning vacuum…2 min read·Mar 29, 2023----
Cal W. StannardMusic Review 2022: The Last YearPrevious years’ write-ups have begun with me allowing myself the indulgence of commenting on the year itself — what’s happened in wider…36 min read·Jan 10, 2023----
Cal W. StannardShard#11: keep my wife’s name out your f***ing prayersNone of the advice is good Will I do more damage than my shadow would Should have finished mine before starting hers I’ve let us all down2 min read·Nov 21, 2022----
Cal W. StannardShard#8: do you wanna be in loveDo you wanna be in love again in love again with me ‘cos every time I look at you I know what I want to be1 min read·Jul 14, 2022----
Cal W. StannardShards#5-6: Terra IgnotaMy lockdown stretches on without end I wake, break the foil, eat what’s inside like it’s advent Thinking back to when they worked, was a…2 min read·Jul 3, 2022----
Cal W. StannardShard#7: Depression gownI keep an old depression gown, slip it on from time to time It warms me in the winter, then shades me from the shine It smells a little…2 min read·Mar 15, 2022--1--1