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As someone else said: “Axl Rose, Welcome to the Northside”

Posted in fuckwits, music on Sep 2nd, 2010 7 Comments »

Listen to your woman shouting “Refund, refund” at the end. Classic!

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“Without Us, Song is Nothing”

Posted in music on Aug 27th, 2010 No Comments »

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Inappropriate Reference to Beckett on Bloomsday

Posted in cinema, music on Jun 16th, 2010 5 Comments »

I was just listening to Dave Barker’s I’ve Got to Get Away for the first time and I thought that is sounded familiar.

And then I remembered. It’s a Massive Attack song from their Mezzanine album. Or rather it’s a cover. The original was by Horace Andy & The Paragons. Or was it Dave Barker’s […]

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A FALL SONG FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY

Posted in De-centralisation, Ex Members of Fall, music on May 20th, 2010 7 Comments »

Before I get around to Mr. Smith’s nordrock showband, I should address an issue that will certainly have a bearing on this blog and maybe even post (even though we’re not a dedicated music blog). An issue I first became aware of from this post from Pat in Limerick’s town full of […]

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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Whelans Dublin 7th May 2010

Posted in music on May 10th, 2010 5 Comments »

I knew very little about Hope Sandoval, or the Warm Inventions apart from a few stray things when I went along to the gig in Whelan’s last Friday.
Basically, I knew she was the singer with Mazzy Star whose album Among My Swan I have had for years but which I haven’t listened to that […]

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THE PRESIDENT’S CLOTHES ARE MISSING

Posted in Career Guidance, Grassy Knoll, Streaking, Promo Videos, music on Apr 14th, 2010 6 Comments »

Woke up this morning feeling like Vincent Hanley… hence this meandering post containing five or so promo vids with tenuous connections. My starting point was that recent Erykah Badu vid where she goes all Sinéad O’Connor. In what is apparently a protest against the invasion of her privacy - she proceeds to conduct Operation effin’ […]

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DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION….

Posted in Underground, Trains, music on Mar 29th, 2010 9 Comments »

Another piece of frivolity, this -from Italian graphist Alberto Antoniazzi via that excellent French music blog La Blogotheque
The map is available in various sizes on this flickr page. Should be of interest to trainspotters and rock bores alike. I see comments on the various absentees approaching in my crystal […]

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I’VE A WEE BOY IN THE HOUSE GOIN’ MAD ABOUT IT..

Posted in New Wave, Punk, Norn Iron, Belfast, music on Mar 16th, 2010 2 Comments »

Shellshock Rock Pt 1

A chance find on YouTube - appears to have turned up not long after I did this post on Belfast / Norn Iron punk. Somebody FedEx a case of vintage Buckfast to saintly Japanese person heyohkubo3 and put it on DO Tower’s tab please.
Links to the other 5 parts of the […]

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BARRETT, JOYCE AND HOPE

Posted in Syd Barrett, Hope Sandoval, James Joyce, Jesus and Mary Chain, music on Mar 15th, 2010 No Comments »

[ De Jemser that time he didn’t go down too well Upstairs in The International / Photo Ottacaro WEISS pinched from www.istrianet.org ]
Conventional as Joyce’s poetry is, we have to at least give the man credit for its musicality. Syd Barrett spotted this and gave us his wonderful version of ‘Golden Hair’ […]

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