The Noughties 2000-2009: A Decade That Changed the World 21st Century Decaditis This book highlights the incredible ups and downs during the first decade of the 21st century, 2000-2009. From life changing technical innovations (Wiki, Twitter, iPod, YouTube and the less popular surveillance and CCTV explosion), to the horrors that shook the world - the War on Terror and 9/11. It's all explained here...
Wherein 1958 was a good year Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots, Vaughn Monroe Blue Dress, Depeche Mode Blue Skirt Waltz, Jimmy Sturr Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins Boot-Leg, Booker T & the MGs Boots, Laurie Berkner Bring Your Clothes, Laurie Berkner Button Up Your Overcoat, Dick Haymes Buttons, Sia Chantilly Lace, Jerry Lee Lewis Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Paul Simon & Ladysmith...
I like The Police. I don't much like Sting's solo stuff. I did quite like Fields of Gold mind. And the one about the nuclear bomb. His rain-forest posturing and general liberal wet arty farty ways are a bit annoying as well. But he's absolutely dead right in his criticism of The X-Factor . It is a Karaoke competition and nothing else. It is about generating cash for Cowell Corporation. It is factory...
My vast reading audience...what things come to your mind when you see the word "Brazilian?" Something sexy, yes? Some kinds of jazz? The bossa nova, perhaps? The Braga women? Bebê, você pode conduzir meu carro. Enough supermodels to make a calendar for every day in the year and never have to repeat? Kirsty MacColl's (bless her) final album? And er, uh...y'know? Those are the things...
Even though we're just on the other side of Halloween, the public has already shifted its focus to Christmas. Store displays have shifted, Starbucks has drinks that are eggnog flavored and a handful of lunatics are already considering their Christmas trees. Today marks the first big film release of the holiday season in "A Christmas [...]
News: The BFI have announced the UK DVD release of The Miners' Campaign Tapes on 30th November 2009 priced at £12.99 RRP. These six short films, released for the first time, are described as a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history 25...
The last few books I've read have all been biographical... John PeelKeith Moon Kirsty MacColl Gram Parsons Graham Chapman I really need to stop reading about dead people !
"Let's all meet up in the year 2000 / Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?" Remember that line from Pulp's Disco 2000 ? I loved that song, actually from 1995, because it was so true to life when we were young. W e all used to calculate how old we'd be in the year 2000 and what our lives would be like. For most of us, it did not end up as we'd expected and that's fine. You may not...
Right then Dear Readers as promised yesterday here is a little tale that Top Bloke, Professor Motörhead Alan Burridge shared with me the other day about the following clips; (Warning the following contains of scenes of Eighties Pop) "I was invited to 'The Motorhead House' in London for a weekend which Lemmy, Wurzel, Phil and Pete Gill shared. Phil and Pete were at their Welsh and Sheffield...
IT’S not often that I interview an accordion player for these pages, I must admit. But then it’s not often that Sharon Shannon plays on this side of the Irish Sea.
Today should have been Kirsty MacColl’s 50th birthday. The fact that it’s not makes me only marginally less sad than it makes me angry. If there is a God, I hope He’s enjoying a damn good singalong with her this evening. Posted via email from The Ministry of Truth
The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
It's been a disappointing weekend for our latest group of pilgrims, as they pack their weekend bags into their Shoguns and head off in the rain for Junction 13. This was our fourth "Encountering the Silence of the Night" weekend. Friday night they were to be standing in awe in the Orchard, feeling the quiet and the darkness and receiving them as balm to the soul. This was ruined by the sound...
The forces of Charles Martel defeated the Moors in the Battle of Tours in 732. The Wuchang Uprising, which lead to the end of Imperial China took place in 1911. The Sudetenland was ceded to Nazi Germany by the Munich Agreement in 1938. The Windscale Fire happened in 1957 and London Bridge reopened in Lake Havasu, Arizona, in 1971. Born today: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901),...
The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Kirsty is among the premier rank of Beaker saints. Just for being so feisty, and her singing voice, and the brilliant lyrics. And the cleverness. And "Chipshop". And we miss her. The Beaker Folk have various honorary titles for Kirsty, including "Queen of New York City", "Electric Landlady" and, of course, "Celestine". We call to mind the mystical presence with...
The Pogues play Roseland this Sunday. The show is sold out. Still, you might wanna read this Q&A between Jay Horton and Spider Stacy. -Ed. The Pogues never should’ve existed. Not in 1982, not forcing tin whistle and accordion on the pogo-ing faithful. And it seems faintly miraculous the famed Celtic punk outfit’s core members stayed [...] Related posts: Mic Check: The Pogues See the...
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