This is Not a Holiday

[Short of time? Read the haiku review instead] Music is a major part of world travel: samba in Brazil, salsa in Cuba, and heavy metal in Madagascar. I say this because one day, as we were strolling through the streets of Antananarivo, we came across a group of long-haired, skinny-jeansed, patch-sewn denim jacket-wearing metalheads chattering animatedly and playing each other air guitar riffs. Fair play – we’ve all been there. It looked as though they were still in early 90s M

[Short of time? Read the haiku review instead] I know what you’re thinking: What a narcissistic, pretentious, self-promoting tool, reviewing his own book. Well, yes and no. Mainly no, I hope. Think about it – how many authors actually submit their own work to a serious, public self-review (not that this one is serious by any stretch of the imagination)? I can’t think of any. Sure it’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but then isn’t this whole gear review blog basically a sham? Let’s gl