Category Archives: Music

>Over under sideways down

Posted on 3 May, 2007 by jb

>My mate, Martin McWilliam, is a bit of a talent. He’s a ceramic artist, based up close to Bremen. Gets invited all over the world to exhibit his trompe l’oeil pieces and they really are quite exquisite. Big, big pieces. … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 3

Posted on 27 April, 2007 by jb

>Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” is ten and a half minutes of genuinely terrifying industrial noise, a sort of aural equivalent of “Eraserhead”. Like David Lynch’s film, it conveys a chilling, bleak, monochrome dystopia, full of blood-curdling shrieks and clangs although I … Continue reading →

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>Simon says

Posted on 24 April, 2007 by jb

>Simon (8) and Sophie (6), our neighbours and young friends from up the road turned up the other day in a state of moderate panic. Someone gave Simon an iPod with a couple of songs already loaded and forgot to … Continue reading →

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>Through a glass, darkly

Posted on 22 April, 2007 by jb

>Our windows get washed twice a year. Whether they need it or not. Always on All Saints Day (November 1) and Good Friday (which can be whenever, but sort-of six months later). Easy to remember In a less tolerant society, … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 2

Posted on 19 April, 2007 by jb

>Bought the book yet? Shame on you if you haven’t Although John Peel didn’t much care for 31 Songs. But I’ll forgive him. (Did you know that Rod Stewart was John Peel’s best man? No? Then don’t play me at … Continue reading →

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The incredible hulk

Posted on 19 April, 2007 by jb

I kind of like Paul Carrack. I rated Ace for the honest pub-rockers that they were. (I loved any pub-rockers back then – it was like having people play in your living room..) I tolerated Mike and the Mechanics, mostly … Continue reading →

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>31 Songs

Posted on 12 April, 2007 by jb

>“High Fidelity” was the starting point. I watched it twice on the way back from Singapore and would have managed a third time if the IFE hadn’t stuffed up. I watched it again. And again. And again. No-one else I … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask me (about who the * is Alice) #3

Posted on 11 April, 2007 by jb

You’ve all heard of Smokie, right? Smokie, the band that backed Peter Noone (of Hermann’s Hermits fame) in the early 70’s and who – if there were any justice in the world – should have sunk without trace? Smokie, the … Continue reading →

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>Joni @ The Beeb Part 2

Posted on 28 March, 2007 by jb

>So here’s Part 2 (24.9MB 56:00) of “Come in from the cold – The return of Joni Mitchell”, courtesy of the folks at Rogue Amoebaand again with thanks to Croz. To whose semi-collaborative Monday Mix you should definitely listen. And … Continue reading →

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>John Peel @ Bayern 2

Posted on 27 March, 2007 by jb

>John Peel has been instrumental in providing exquisite entertainment, expanding my musical horizons and driving me down the slippery slope to insolvency for going on for 40 years. He still does. Just happened to be listening to Bayern 2 – … Continue reading →

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