Strike Curious Poses (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
In 2009 "They Don't Know", the song written by Kirsty MacColl, will be 30 years old. it is a song forever associated with her but, unbelievably, it was never a chart hit for her. When it was being released in 1979, there was a strike at her record's distribution company which effected the singles sales. There is more on the song's history here . Kirsty's version would also never appear on a solo album...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
in post A Shoe-In For Performance Art of The Year from Fusion 45 .
Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun! (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Kirsty MacColl singing "In These Shoes?"
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
DO you remember those audio books you used to get as a kid? You’d listen to a tape while flicking through the pictures and reading the accompanying passages as your parents hoped in vein it would send you off into a dreamy sleep.Well, The Pogues’ new all-encompassing boxset is a hark back to childhood days gone by, except instead of Hans Christian Anderson make believe, the London-Irish collective...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
in post For dermahrk: Kirsty MacColl from MOG Most discussed tracks .
The Vanity Press (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Let's have some music. Kirsty MacColl, "Free World" (1989).
vaguely.org (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
If you are old enough to be buying wedding presents You are probably too old to be humming Kirsty MacColl songs under your breath in public. (even if you too young to actually remember when they came out). If you are old enough to be buying wedding presents You are probably too old to measure your relationships in days and weeks. And ignore any letter that [...]
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Commercial free music on your own personal radio station.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
In The Pogues’ breakthrough 1988 single “Fairytale of New York” (download), songwriter Shane MacGowan and guest vocalist Kirsty MacColl portray a codependent couple. He’s an aging alcoholic, gone beyond repentance, no longer even able to summon up an insincere promise to change. Her devotion to him has destroyed her patience, ruined her health; his devotion [...]
LUSTY LADY (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
In this free world baby Got to take it got to grab it Got to get it up and shag it* In this free world -- "Free World," Kirsty MacColl So, needless to say, I've had a really crappy week. But in some ways an uplifting one, an educational one, a perspective-putting one. I think it's really easy to let things happen to you, to watch life pass you by and never really question why you're doing things or...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Scout’s honor, I had no idea this mix even existed until a few months ago, when it popped up on an ‘80s remix message board I frequent. Always a big fan of the song – and sporting a mild crush in my early teens on Tracey Ullman in that ‘50s school girl outfit in the [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
in post Footwear: In These Shoes? from Star Maker Machine .
Nothing To Do With Arbroath (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Today. And it's been a while. I thought I'd bore you shitless senseless with a few tunes on a Sunday morning, again. Here's the ever smiling, gorgeous, talented, Sharon Shannon performing Cavan Potholes with the Big Band. And here she is with Bruce Molsky, Jim Murray and others, playing Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Bit Further Into The Fire. That's the back room of a pub I'd liked to...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Today for the fifth Thursday in a row, the legislature will not be conducting business. Since they aren’t conducting business, why should I? Instead, here is a list of some songs on my iPod: “On the Greener Side” - Michelle Shocked “Siente Mi Amor” - Chingon “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)” - Hank [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
in post Randy Newman - Sail Away (plus some other great tunes) from Ceci N'est Pas un Blog .
