The Mark Ellis Blog

I know that we all like to listen to a bit of music whilst we're out and about, especially on the journey to work.  However, not everyone wants to hear what your listening too.  I've had a few bus journeys recently where someone else's music has been very much in my eardrums and that's just nee good whilst I'm trying to tweet or read the Metro paper ! I had a trip down to Chester the other morning on the way to work and heard Rihanna booming out of the person sat in front of me's headphones.  I wonder if he was going to the concert at the Stadium of Light and I should have mentioned our extra 78's to get him home after the gig !!!  Anyway, when I got to Chester, I made the swift change onto the Pronto to get to Gateshead and there was a bloke sat halfway down the bus and I could still hear the hoosey-hoosey music belting out of his headphones. We must be creating a country of totally deaf people and presumably when they get to those mature years (as me m...