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Living for pleasure alone... (Free subscription) | 03/18/2010
A brace of sad news today with the passing of Charlie Gillet and Alex Chilton. I always liked Charlie's shows even though if I'm honest he didn't always play stuff I liked but it was always refreshing to hear someone who genuinely loved the music he was playing. I only recently heard Big Star I must admit for years I confused AC with Alex Harvey and only recently via Stuart Maconi had the 2 separated...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/14/2010
A contemplative goat weaves a tale of mermaids, love-struck soldiers, unicorns and the hapless would-be inventor of a self-cleansing toilet in a remote part of Ireland in World War I. Alex Harvey directs the ACT master of fine arts class of 2010 in...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 03/13/2010
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Canada When your voice is shot from trans-Atlantic jetlag and a cold virus, your guitar gear was partly damaged en route and the howling rain is keeping the audience away, what's a girl to do? If you're England's Gemma Ray , then you sing the blues. The Jimmy Page -approved femme fatale is appearing solo at Canadian Music Fest in support of her latest album, the ethereal...
It's only rock n roll (Free subscription) | 03/13/2010
Track Listing 1.01 A-Ha - Cry Wolf 3:57 1.02 John Farnham - You're The Voice 4:56 1.03 Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth 3:57 1.04 Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France 3:55 1.05 Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) 3:54 1.06 Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme 3:30 1.07 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F 3:03 1.08 Boomtown Rats, The - Like Clockwork 3:27 1.09 Men At Work - Overkill 3:47 1.10 Kayak -...
Birkdale Lib Dems blog (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
I was out delivering at the weekend and as usual I had my little portable radio with me. I came across a programme about the Confessions of a Witch . The women in question was Isobel Gowdie who came from the NE of Scotland around the town of Nairn . The trials of witches make good drama. Arthur Miller's play the Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts and is based on the Witch Trials of 1692. Isobel...
talk talk talk (Free subscription) | 02/27/2010
Fog settles over Cypress but snowboarders still race the men’s Giant Parallel Slalom qualifiers on way to 16-man final. Hard work and courage cannot be stopped by a little fog. Fog settled on Canadian Brian McKeever’s eyes, so to speak, leaving him peripheral vision as he was beginning his cross-country ski career. He worked hard, winning golds in the Paralympics and strived for greater...
cowsarejustfood (Free subscription) | 02/23/2010
who in the hell is tom jones? i was shacked with a 24 year old girl from new york city for two weeks – about the time of the garbage strike out there, and one night my 34 year old woman arrived and she said, “i want to see my rival.” she did and then she said, “o, you’re a cute little thing!” next i knew there [...]
Wrinkled Weasel's World (Free subscription) | 02/12/2010
In about 1988, when Young Weasel was a toddler, we would listen to " Man in a Jar " together, from the SAHB album, " The Impossible Dream " YW loved it. Neither of us got to see Alex and the band live, but what footage there is shows how much energy and sheer spine-tingling excitement he generated. My other favourites were " Action Strasse " and " Faith Healer "...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 02/11/2010
The son of a skiing legend is out to make a name for himself
Nog's Blog - I blog therefore I am (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
Roland, who knows stuff, tells me we saw Drury live during the Kilburn and the High Roads days. I must admit I don't remember but we did see a lot of bands (and drink a good deal of beer; good or otherwise). I know Roland saw Bowie on a night I was elsewhere and we saw The Who in 1976 at the Kings Hall, Belle Vue - Roland queued for more than 24 hours for the tickets. We saw Ted Nugent to see The Steve...
From the Guardian: G2 | guardian.co (Free subscription) | 01/19/2010
The latest show from aerialists Ockham's Razor features a giant hamster wheel, five injured performers and a healthy dose of danger Ever since Frenchman Jules Léotard wowed Victorian audiences with his new-fangled invention, the flying trapeze, circus performers have happily perpetuated the illusion that they whoosh through the air with the greatest of ease. The three members...
Sparks In Electrical Jelly (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
Broadcast and the Focus Group – Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age and the tour cd Mother is the Milky Way. They seem to be developing a positively Beefheartian way with titles. Belbury Poly – From an Ancient Star. Loved the synthesiser music for model railways. Stereolab – Chemical Chords. Looks like it might be their last, alas. Trembling Bells – Carbeth. Wild folk,...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
Well, it's Friday -- and more to the point, both New Years Day and the first day of a new and as yet unnamed decade -- and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental Delta of Venus coiffeur Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to Wasilla, Alaska, for a Christmas party with former Gov. Sarah Palin and brood. I understand that former First Dude Todd Palin (Secessionist-Hell) will be carving the traditional...
Sir Charlie Palmer (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
http://www.mediafire.com/?wdunjxz3nje This collection of obscure British acts of the 60s & early 70s,features groups who never made any real impact at the time. Also acts which did not make it to the shelves either, it is a very good collection. Tracklist: 1. Kidrock - Ice Cream Man 2. Los Brincos - Nobody Wants You Now 3. Rhubarb Rhubarb - Moneylender 4. Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - Bedazzled...
Cameron K's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/24/2009
A real classic from the late great, Alex Harvey.
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