Only the Names Have Been Changed Only the Names Have Been Changed Only the Names Have Been Changed is the solo debut album by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones. As Jones explains, "we were recording the sixth Stereophonics album...and in-between takes I started doing these songs off the cuff. Three or four tracks in I realised that this could actually be something…strange how it's always little things that makes big things happen. We didn't wait - it was recorded January 7 and 8 and mastered by Friday the 12th...every song is a live take...we actively decided to make it a bit more filmic. In two days we
Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) Kong". This reflects the fact that the whole trip was a kind of "race against time" effort, and being aware of how many days have passed and how many days are left before the magic number 80 arrives adds extra excitement. An interesting aspect of this trip is that almost 3/4 of the time (59 days) was spent getting around the first half of the globe (Europe, Middle East, Asia, Pacific to the International Date Line) and only 1/4 of the time (21 days) for the last half of the trip (rest of the Pacific, U.S.A., Atlantic). This is also