Tag Archives: don’t ask me music

>Bay City Rollers invade a nursing home

Posted on 30 June, 2010 by jb

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>Rage Against The Mediocre

Posted on 23 December, 2009 by jb

> Thank goodness for small mercies. There’s a tradition in the UK that the #1 Christmas song (in recent years, at least) has to be vacuous, innocuous, innoffensive and musically worthless. Most recently, it’s been provided by the winner of … Continue reading →

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>This, that and the other #2

Posted on 12 December, 2009 by jb

> It starts back here with Rock and Roll Doctor, a tribute album to the inimitable late, great Lowell George This – a track from the tribute album, interpreted by one of the creme de la cremeThat – the Little … Continue reading →

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>Now, here’s a treat….

Posted on 8 December, 2009 by jb

> Bayern 2 Radio is one of the best stations I’ve heard. I’ll try and define the magic: Today started off with traditional Bavarian music, mixed with local and regional news, then there’s 90 minutes of current affairs, background information, … Continue reading →

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>There ain’t half been some clever bastards…

Posted on 25 October, 2007 by jb

>When I’m in the UK, I seem to have this mantra. “Stupid bloody Poms. Stupid bloody Poms. Stupid bloody Poms“ You’re constantly encountering dumb rules, imbecilic shop assistants, officious civil servants, illegible signs and basic, grinding thickness. But sometimes, you … Continue reading →

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>Mixed with yellow Chinkees….

Posted on 25 October, 2007 by jb

>London. 1969. Ah, what blissfully innocent times they were…. You could write lyrics like Curly Latin kinkies Mixed with yellow Chinkees and no-one would bat an eyelid. (Well, they wouldn’t, would they? This is the culture that gave us “The … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Pete Townsend….) #27

Posted on 7 October, 2007 by jb

>I didn’t know that Pete Townsend lived in Chiswick…. Stumbled over this just up the road from my fellow aurally-impaired friend. Won’t bore you again with my vague recollections of the Small Fucking Who and the Fucking Faces, but I … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Ivor Cutler) #23

Posted on 6 September, 2007 by jb

>This is a real find. And I can’t imagine that Ivor Cutler could have existed anywhere but Britain.I stumbled over a torrent for “Turn that racket down”, a film tribute to the wonderful John Peel that featured Ivor Cutler (in … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me… (about Attack in Black) #22

Posted on 29 August, 2007 by jb

>Thank you, Quick Before It Melts Thank you, Come Pick Me Up Thank you for introducing me to a band as good as Attack in Black. Punk? Yes a bit.Alt.? A lot. Sounds (I know one doesn’t say this, but … Continue reading →

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>The best (and worst) of 1972

Posted on 23 August, 2007 by jb

>I didn’t have the stomach for 1975 this week and 1976 looks even worse – depending on whose version of the Billboard Top 100 you look at, it’s either “Silly love songs” (at least agree with me on this one, … Continue reading →

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