The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Neil Clark: In the 1960s, European cultural influences were everywhere in Britain – from the pop charts to television screens. Not any more
Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Brigitte Bardot photographed by Michel Bernanau in 1968 Brigitte Bardot participated in various musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Zagury and Sacha Distel, including “Harley Davidson”[1], “Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait“[2], “Bubble gum“[3], “Contact“[4], “La bise aux hippies”[5], “Je Reviendrais Toujours [...]
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
WARNING: FABULOUSITY LEVELS APPROACHING CRITICAL ZONE Amazing psychedelic agogo fantasia featuring Brigitte Bardot, Sacha Distel and Serge Gainsbourg on electric sitar. [via Contact Has Been Made ]
Boring Like A Drill (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Yes, it is a little weird flying direct from the resorts of Coolum and Coolangatta back to a leafless London where the sun sets a little before 4 pm. This is not procrastination, this is a warm-up post after arriving home and trying to write coherent, self-contained posts about the antipodean trip. Before I left, I finally got around to putting some music on my dad's old iPod so I'd have something...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
It's been a few years since the Pope of Mope has graced the District with his presence—four to be exact—and in the meantime, many of us have managed to see him play in other nearby locales. As a matter of fact, a few DCist staffers caught the Moz’s Halloween show in Baltimore, at the relatively intimate Ram's Head Live—a date that was rescheduled due to Morrissey ’s string of cancellations this past...
Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2007
[ Cross-posted ] A very nice chap by the name of Apollo introduced me to Dizzler , a media player that allows one to stream (legally) music, video and radio. It's pretty good and I incorporated it into my Facebook page, after programming in a bunch of songs, two videos and one radio station ( Rix FM in Sweden). It's not without its faults. Monica Zetterlund, one of Sweden's top jazz artists, isn't...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/30/2007
Pool B: Australia's second choice side made dozens of errors, but stretched away after a tight first half.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/30/2007
Sarane Ferret, Django Reinhardt and Others Gypsy Jazz Proper Records 2007 This wonderful 4CD collection of Gypsy jazz--an Aladdin's Cave of rarities, curiosities and lesser known virtuosi of the genre--covers the first twenty or so years of the music's history. Disc one starts in 1934, with future Quintette Du Hot Club De France stars guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli's first...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 05/22/2007
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