Absence makes the heart grow fonder

... or, alternatively, makes you wonder where the hell I've disappeared to (though perhaps I flatter myself). As you may have guessed, the Christmas and New Year break conspired to cause an unforeseen blogging hiatus, but I'm back in action now and resolving (as I do every year, admittedly) to post more often and more voluminously. The backlog of posts is shamefully large - gig reviews, end-of-year lists, holiday musings, maybe even some book reviews - but here's to making inroads early this year.