Don't think the Stranglers could cross the road without consulting some obscure biblical lore about road crossing, developing a conspiracy theory about traffic management, offending some random passer by, etc.
reading matters 2: keeping it in the Family
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Our Kid with a Rabbit Holed about the wacky world of the Young
Wikipedians who are frenziedly writing the second draft of music history.
(The first draft...
folk versus glam (1 of ??)
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Hubert Parry: "in true folk-songs there is no sham, no got-up glitter, and
no vulgarity"
Folk is associated with naturalism - the i...
faves of the 2010s
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(Tracks not full lengths)
Ke$ha – “We R Who We R”
Ke$ha - “Backstabber”
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round"
Rangers – “Golden Triangles”...
Acen apex
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This video for the Monolithikmaniak mix of “Window in the Sky” - only to be
found in this fuzzy, off-TV video cassette recording - is some kind of
audio...
asignifying craft
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… a new millennium style of pop writing / rock criticism that is cautious
about reaching for significance and concentrates instead on a kind of
inventory...
Visual Music - a lecture, by me
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*Visual Music - a talk at the Tate Modern, July 27 2018*
*Presented by 4:3 as part of the Uniqlo Tate Late series*
There is a subset of experimental ani...
Corduroy Psychedelia
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Interesting piece at *Split Infinities *on a band that is getting talked
about at the moment but written before all the are-they-or-aren't-they buzz
"Am...
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
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In honour of the new RHCP doc, which is focused on Hillel Slovak, their
tragically-died-young guitarist, and in further honour of Flea's jazz ...
Futuromania - the paperback
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The paperback edition of Futuromania has just come out
Older eyes will recognise the graphic design's nod to this best-seller of
the 1970s
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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...
Absolutely could not do anything in a straightforward manner.
ReplyDeleteThere's a rather amusing interview with them in Canada here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7IO1--F-hM
I did this post for you Phil.
DeleteIt is funny, JJ's squeamishness about being judgmental.
Don't think the Stranglers could cross the road without consulting some obscure biblical lore about road crossing, developing a conspiracy theory about traffic management, offending some random passer by, etc.
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