Since the demise of Absorb in August of 2004, I've quite enjoyed the lack of 'written analysis of music' in my life. Records kept on piling in through the post, despite my pleas with record labels and PR companies to stop sending stuff. That seems to have been reduced down to a trickle in 2005.

Looking back (memory and e-mail) it seems my closure of the site caused quite an amusing reaction. I'd had a reasonable readership to the magazine, both in terms of hits and e-mails. But the date of 21st August 2004 marked 10 years of HTML markup. I'd liked the idea of ending it...a 10 year life span isn't bad for a website.

People thought i'd run out of money (to assume that I earnt a living from it), or I just simply wouldn't go through with it. But it did end and i'm glad it did. Anyway, no need for me to rattle on, for those that haven't read it, Elizabeth wrote a wonderful short piece about absorb, available to read on the site itself.

So it's goodbye Absorb and hello Fail. From the collective to the singular. About music and little else. As Samuel Beckett succinctly put it "Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better." I hope you enjoy your stay.

Oh, and it's good to be using capital letters for a change....