Category Archives: Music

>Rigor mortis in turdis…

Posted on 7 February, 2009 by jb

> Or: Gravity ate my hard drive. It wasn’t from a great height and I don’t think it even hit the ground, but the rapid deceleration a) buggered the drive spindleb) severely stuffed the surface of the diskc) probably shagged … Continue reading →

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>The day the music died…

Posted on 2 February, 2009 by jb

> Bit of a problem. My 250GB external drive fell off the desk the other day. In fact, EVERYTHING fell off the desk – Mac mini, USB and Firewire hub and 2 other drives. I managed to grab the monitor… … Continue reading →

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True stories – Ron Wood

Posted on 2 February, 2009 by jb

> Ron Wood’s in his dressing room with whichever band it was at the time – Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Stones (where he’s still “The new boy”..). Manager pops his head around the corner and says “Oi, Ronnie. The police … Continue reading →

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>So much for that, then….

Posted on 11 December, 2008 by jb

> I thought it’d be a pretty cool idea to digitise my old C90 mixtapes for people to listen to online – explain the rationale for the selections and sequences, drone on a bit about why to this day I … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 25 November 2008

Posted on 25 November, 2008 by jb

> The Honeydrips – (Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Lack of Love Tore Us Apart – Dreams End Remix)  SS Cardiacs – Age of Navigation from Fear the LoveGoo Goo Dolls – American Girl (Live) from The Concert … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 18 November 2008

Posted on 18 November, 2008 by jb

> ZZ Top – (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree from ZZ Top’s First AlbumThe Rolling Stones – Angie from Forty Licks Cheap Trick – Can’t Stop Fallin’ Into Love from Greatest HitsShe and Him (ft. Zooey Deschanel & M. … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 11 November 2008

Posted on 11 November, 2008 by jb

> Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4 from Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1970Pattern Is Movement – Bird from All TogetherGreen Day – Emenius Sleepus from DookieLindisfarne – Fog On The Tyne from Fog On The TyneJosh White – … Continue reading →

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>The ties that bind

Posted on 6 November, 2008 by jb

> Back when I was a high-powered executive (I think that’s what it was, anyway), the CIO of a major American airline invited himself and a sizeable retinue over to look at some kit that we’d promised him would revolutionise … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 4 November 2008

Posted on 4 November, 2008 by jb

>   Elvis Presley – (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear from The Complete 1950s Masters Vol 3The Toys – A Lover’s Concerto from Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1965Nanci Griffith – Are You Tired Of Me Darling from Other … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 21 October 2008

Posted on 21 October, 2008 by jb

> Emilio Pericoli – Al Di La from Billboard Top 100 Hits of 1962Rick Danko, Jonas Fjeld & Eric Andersen – Blue River from One More ShotMassiv – Blut gegen Blut from Blut gegen Blut Re-ReleaseCopeland – Chin Up from … Continue reading →

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