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Found Rory's old mixtape the other day, while freeing up some space on this PC I'm on, atm. So I've been listening to this lot:

 

1 Madvillain - Bistro

2 Mission of Burma - The Ballad of Johnny Burma

3 Toots and the Maytals -- Pressure Drop

4 Animal Collective - Fireworks

5 Britt Daniel - Let the distance bring us together again

6 Mclusky - to hell with good intentions

7 wire - kidney bingos

8 Charlotte Martin - Obstacle 1 (Interpol Cover)

9 Justice - Phantom II

10 The Dodos - Fools

11 The National - Available

12 Spoon - Book that I write

13 Liars - Houseclouds

14 Les Savy Fav - sweat descends

15 dEUS - Smokers Reflect

16 The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands

17 Tim Vanhamel - Sometimes I Feel I wanna Run

18 A Place To Bury Strangers - To Fix The Gash In Your Head

19 Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross

20 Band of Horses - Funeral

 

You'll have to Spotify, of course.

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Found Rory's old mixtape the other day, while freeing up some space on this PC I'm on, atm. So I've been listening to this lot:

 

 

3 Toots and the Maytals -- Pressure Drop

19 Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross

 

 

You'll have to Spotify, of course.

 

That'll do me nicely !

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All the People... Blur live in Hyde Park 2/7/09 - by....well Blur obviously.

 

Was at this one, fantastic night. Great fun to relive it!

 

Parklife indeed !!

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Oh dear.

Are you sure you don't mean Coldcut?

 

If I was pretending to be cool then yes. I have some of their choons but I do not love them.

 

However this will reaffirm my coolness:

 

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Jackson Browne and David Lindley - Love is Strange.

Lovely live double CD

 

 

I ordered that a couple of days ago from Amazon - along with the deluxe 2-CD remastered re-issue of Exile on Main Street. Should be delivered tomorrow!

 

BTW, did you see Browne and Lindley during their recent UK concert tour?

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Here's one for you:

 

 

I'll not say who it is but give it a listen and whilst listening have a think about how far we have supposedly come. This music, like punk and rock n roll, is from the hearty of people who are ****ed off with politicians, royalty rulemakers in general and the like.

 

Well, I like it. Actually, it almost brought a tear to my eye ('almost' I said).

 

Nice call hamster. F**k me, Billy didn't mince words did he..? So refreshing to hear that nowadays, when attitudes have hardly progressed a single iota. I have a Billy Bragg album around somewhere. I'll dig it out, or go Youtubing.

 

EDIT: Off my album - It Says Here

 

Love it! Billy Bragg is my all time musical hero. Well I always felt it was good to be able to sing better than one's heroes.

 

He taught me to play guitar, helped me over many a relationship breakup, gave me a life-long love of language, showed me the relevance of politics and drummed into me the importance of compassion for your fellow man.

 

I don't always agree with him but love him or hate him, very few people can craft a lyric like this man.

 

Very relevant following the election his

is a general comment on the apathy of the electorate, and specifically a call to arms to remove Thatcher's conservative party from power.

 

This clip taken from "The Tube" from the Red Wedge era and is complete with guitar/amp failure near the end.

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Been watching a lot of French TV recently with my French exams coming up, and came across this guy performing on TV5 (who do a show called Acoustic in which they get a lot of bands in to do sessions, think Jools Holland but with more garlic).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_L9Vz2Alk

 

I like him, although he's quite bubblegum. He sounds kind of like a modern day James Brown imo...

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Miles Ahead by Miles Davis (1957) - the first of several collaborations with Gil Evans (composer, arranger and band leader). Davis is the soloist; Evans arranges and conducts a 19-piece big band. Great stuff!

 

 

album-miles-ahead.jpg

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I ordered that a couple of days ago from Amazon - along with the deluxe 2-CD remastered re-issue of Exile on Main Street. Should be delivered tomorrow!

 

BTW, did you see Browne and Lindley during their recent UK concert tour?

I have also ordered this.

I am seeing them at The Royal Albert Hall in June. I first got into JB`s music back in the early 70`s when I saw him play "For a Dancer" with David Lindley on "The Old Grey Whistle Test". 1976:-

 

2006:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12E3EgTXk1A&feature=related

 

I was immediately hooked and have been ever since. Have all of his albums and "Late For the Sky" is my all-time favourite album.

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I have also ordered this.

I am seeing them at The Royal Albert Hall in June. I first got into JB`s music back in the early 70`s when I saw him play "For a Dancer" with David Lindley on "The Old Grey Whistle Test". 1976:-

 

2006:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12E3EgTXk1A&feature=related

 

I was immediately hooked and have been ever since. Have all of his albums and "Late For the Sky" is my all-time favourite album.

 

 

I saw the two of them in concert at The Riverboat (a folk club in Toronto) ca. 1973. I'm also a big fan. My favourite albums are Late For The Sky (from the early period) and I'm Alive (from the more recent stuff). I have to admit that I lost interest a bit in his more overtly political period on the 80s (Lawyers in Love, World in Motion, Hold Out, Live in the Balance). I much prefer his songs about personal relationships.

 

Browne's and Lindley's tour continues across the U.S., after they're done in the UK. No dates announced yet, though, for eastern Canada. I hope they make it to this part of the world!

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Just seeing what old favourites Youtube can find for me :

 

Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side

Feargal Sharkey- A Good Heart

Undertones- Here Comes The Summer

The Buzzcoc ks- Promises

Members- Sound of the Suburbs

The Clash- I Fought The Law

The Clash- Rock The Casbah

Arctic Monkeys- Baby I'm Yours

Sham 69- Hersham Boys

Tourists- So Good To Be Back Home

 

A good place to finish...

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If I was pretending to be cool then yes. I have some of their choons but I do not love them.

 

However this will reaffirm my coolness:

 

 

Job done.

Posted
****ing hell that makes me feel old.

 

Remember seeing them at The Joiners in 93, they were f*cking superb, the 'shrooms helped I imagine. Not that I advocate the use of psychedelics.

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Transglobal Underground - Dream of 100 Nations

 

Lovely sounds.

 

 

Am first listening to LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening and am liking.

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Goldie - Timeless

 

Tried listening to that again not so long ago. Apart from the majestic Inner City Life, the rest just doesn't sound that good anymore IMO.

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Remember seeing them at The Joiners in 93, they were f*cking superb, the 'shrooms helped I imagine. Not that I advocate the use of psychedelics.

 

****ing hippy.

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