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Julian H. Cope

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You boring ****s.

 

some of us prefer stuff that does not require the listener to be pilled up to the eyeballs. Only joshing, I expect that peopel from our era are quite likely pilled up for medical reasons, which does in fact make us boring I suppose as there is a world of differnce between choosing to take drugs and having to take them.

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Just heard about the death of Chris Sievey of the Freshies/Frank Siddebotham.

 

so listening to a few Freshies singles. Always loved the Freshies take on life, my kids even loved "octopus" when they were young.

 

Really talented bloke, who made some terrific records. "Wrap up the rockets" sounds as fresh and relevant as it did when it was released.

 

My Tape's Gone.

 

R.I.P.

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Listening to a ton of old-school hip hop lately. Biz Markie, MC Shan, Kool G Rap & Polo, Marley Marl, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Run DMC, Roxanne Shante, Ultramagnetics, 3rd Bass, Boogie Down.

 

And incidentally, if anyone would like to hear me spin loads of this sort of stuff, as well as rap and hip hop from every era, I will be doing my thing in Goblets on the 10th of July - it should be a cracker.

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Handel - Concerti Grossi, op. 3 (for string orchestra). Played on period instruments; conducted by Christopher Hogwood. Lovely stuff!

 

Heard some of this recently

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroque-Gypsies-Romanian-Traditional/dp/B002NTSMMO

 

 

Absolutely fantastic stuff. If you like your baroque you should enjoy it,

 

Also good was this

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bohemian-Rhapsodies-Fell-Clarinet-Quartet/dp/B003NSKBLO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1277643715&sr=1-1-spell

 

Although not yet released.

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Grimethorpe Colliery Band on Radio 2 ( listen again ). ( My son plays for them :) )

 

What a coinicidence! I watched the film Brassed Off last night, which includes the wonderful music of that band (called the Grimley Colliery Band in the film).

 

The band also played on Roy Harper's 'When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease'.

One of the most moving and evocative songs ever written.

Full of allegory........

Have a listen.

 

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The band also played on Roy Harper's 'When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease'.

One of the most moving and evocative songs ever written.

Full of allegory........

Have a listen.

 

 

 

 

Thanks. Yes, I'm very familiar with that track. I'm a big Roy Harper fan - got half-a-dozen of his LPs on vinyl. I didn't realise, though, that it was the Grimethorpe Colliery Band on that track. By the way, in North America the HQ album was re-titled When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease and the cover art and photographs have a cricket theme. I used to play that track a lot when I was a DJ for my university's radio station.

 

 

 

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