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>Don’t ask me (about my friend the professor) – #11

Posted on 28 May, 2007 by jb

>I have a friend who’s a professor. Ph.D. Teaches at a university. A real professor. As you might imagine, he’s a pretty clued up guy. There have been some lapses of concentration, though. You risk getting beer that’s a year … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 23 May 2007

Posted on 23 May, 2007 by jb

>Mix and Match #9 [Disclaimer #1: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the original C90s from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Barry Manilow) – #9

Posted on 21 May, 2007 by jb

> The…what?…of Barry Manilow.mp3 – it can’t be the Best of Barry Manilow – the superlative form of the adjective sets “good” as a prerequisite.. – is one hour and seventeen minutes of genuinely terrifying industrial noise, a sort of … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – The End

Posted on 18 May, 2007 by jb

> Röyksopp? The Avalanches? Soulwax? All good stuff and if it hadn’t been for Nick Hornby, I’d be richer financially and poorer musically. And I hadn’t bought a Patti Smith album at that stage. And I wouldn’t have discovered “Hey … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 16 May 2007

Posted on 16 May, 2007 by jb

> Mix & Match #8 [Disclaimer #1: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Warren Zevon) – #8

Posted on 14 May, 2007 by jb

>Please do, actually. I bought the eponymous album in 1976 at Virgin’s first (biggish) store at Marble Arch on the basis of a pretty good review in Rolling Stone (that one of the the Lufthansa crew who lived in my … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 5

Posted on 11 May, 2007 by jb

>Not sure about “Puff the Magic Dragon”… Ian Dury can’t put a foot wrong, as far as I’m concerned.And it’s tragic that he’s only really known for “Hit me with for rhythm stick” and “Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll.” Billericay … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 9 May 2007

Posted on 9 May, 2007 by jb

>Mix & Match #7 [Disclaimer: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to mp3. Snap, … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Waltzing Matilda) #7

Posted on 7 May, 2007 by jb

>Waypoints are sets of coordinates that identify a point in physical space. In the aviation world, they’re sometimes defined as intersections between two VOR radials, or in terms of specific distances and headings towards or away from a radio beacon … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 4

Posted on 4 May, 2007 by jb

>This set is why I like Nick Hornby. OK, they’re 5 songs that would grace anyone’s mixtape. But there’s more. He writes about context. “It’s what happens when people are deified. The eighteenth-century British scholar Edmond Malone calculated that Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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