Indeed. I can remember slagging off the big 'greatest hits' tour the Stones did in 1989 or 1990, I can't remember, and around that time in a singles review talking about how daft it was that Mick Jagger was still playing the randy teenager on record - predicting that he would carry on until the liver spots showed on his hands. I don't think I could have imagined Macca headlining Glastonbury though or the other Sixties giants lumbering on into their late '70s and '80s.
Of course I am older now myself than The Who or Jagger were in the late '80s - just as I am older than the candidates for Tory leader / Prime Minister Unelect. Boris Johnson is exactly one year younger than me (born June 19 1964) but Keir Starmer is 9 months older.
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About the end of the fifth year, Grangousier returning from the conquest of
the Canarians, went by the way to see his son Gargantua. There was he
filled ...
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The pinnacle of that view of freedom, of course, is avant-garde jazz,
which I find by and large a dead loss. It operates on the assumption that
if you r...
RIP J. Saul Kane
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Well, it had to be this one I posted, didn't it?
That macabre sing-song sample - "*did you ever think / when the hearse goes
by / that some day you a...
New Wavest (#3 of ??)
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*Clock DVA *- a name one associates with industrial music.
Well, they were actually on *Industrial Records*, weren't they? Put out a
cassette via them...
RIP Shel Talmy
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One of the odd things about the social media era is becoming "friends" with
musical legends and cult figures that you've never met. Musicians you've
inte...
Futuromania in Rough Trade's Books of the Year!
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"A collection of compelling essays analysing the technological evolutions
which have defined pop and electronic music and how this history
intersects. Fr...
Dream on
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Last week, I found it very hard to get down to the work I was supposed to
be doing. Writing about music felt trivial, absurd. That feeling has
passed - fo...
anti-theatricality + politics (the finale?)
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*A wise person once said: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t
become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” Donald Trump is a clown. Let’s
preve...
RIP Lillian F. Schwartz (1927 - 2024)
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*"Resident artist and consultant at Bell Laboratories (New Jersey)....
during the 70s and 80s Schwartz developed a catalogue of visionar...
haunty ha-ha, haunty peculiar
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Sometime ago, *Vic Reeves* posted this on Twitter - if I remember right,
it's artwork for a tour poster that was nev...
50 Favorite Songs
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(for an Italian publication, 2009)
The Eyes -- "When the Night Falls"
The Beatles -- "Strawberry Fields Forever"
John's Children -- "A Midsummer ...
angel delights
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https://rada-ve.bandcamp.com/track/saturn-rings-songs
*Go on* - listen to that gorgeous bubble bath of synthtronica!
Another vintage release, with a vi...
32 years ago. And they are still touring.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I can remember slagging off the big 'greatest hits' tour the Stones did in 1989 or 1990, I can't remember, and around that time in a singles review talking about how daft it was that Mick Jagger was still playing the randy teenager on record - predicting that he would carry on until the liver spots showed on his hands. I don't think I could have imagined Macca headlining Glastonbury though or the other Sixties giants lumbering on into their late '70s and '80s.
ReplyDeleteOf course I am older now myself than The Who or Jagger were in the late '80s - just as I am older than the candidates for Tory leader / Prime Minister Unelect. Boris Johnson is exactly one year younger than me (born June 19 1964) but Keir Starmer is 9 months older.
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