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Tony Kostrzewa: Founder of Red Rhino Records

The post-punk scene of the late Seventies saw an explosion of independent labels linked to record shops. Beggars Banquet, Rough Trade and Small Wonder all started as backroom operations in London stores and respectively launched Tubeway Army, Stiff Little Fingers and The Cure.

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Jerry Dammers on The Specials reunion talk...

“There are still people out there who would love to see the original Specials. They have an idea in their heads about what the original Specials are. If we can live up to that, then we should do it, if we can't, we shouldn't.” Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

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The English Beat: Doors of Your Heart

Doors Of Your Heart: The Beat(The English Beat)(1981) The Beat are: Dave Blockhead, Andy Cox, Wesley Magoogan, Everett Morton, Ranking Roger, Saxa, David Steele, Dave Wakeling.

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New Life in the Ghost Town

"Phill Jupitus celebrates the phenomenon that was 2-Tone music. Thirty years ago bands such as the Specials, the Beat, Madness and the Selecter created a new sound born from a blend of punk, reggae and ska." Hear it while you can. I missed the 2 Tone bands the first time round and I’m really sorry that I did after listening to that inspiring programme last Saturday morning about the interplay of the...

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Who is Gwen's secret crush?

MADNESS frontman Suggs's two daughters were left cringing when their idol Gwen Stefani started rhapsodising about their father at her recent London concert.

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The Beat / Neville Staple – Nottingham Rescue Rooms, Thursday March 6.

A heaving, happy moshpit is always a joy to behold. When the average age of that moshpit is around 45 years old (as well as being one of the largest that the Rescue Rooms has ever seen), you know you've stumbled across something very special indeed. Former Specials and Fun Boy Three front man Neville Staple is 53, and as up for it as ever. Although never exactly the creative powerhouse of either band,...

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Bad Manners & Half Man Half Biscuit

No, not the novelty ska act, but yes, definitely the consummate indie smart-arses from the Wirral. I’ve been battering through new music a bit much recently, so today there will be no newness at all, just some Billy Bragg (previous post), some stuff from the brilliant HMHB and later tonight some vintage indie [...]

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Sutherland Global Services: British Musician and American Executive Team up to Launch BPO Charity Fund

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Smile Train is proud to announce the creation of the Asia-American BPO Industry Fund

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Liverpool Arts: Key Culture Events

MUSIC: Bad Manners in concert, a ska-flavoured band from the 1970s and still going strong. Fronted by the frightening and bald-headed Buster Bloodvessel, hits includ- ed My Girl, Lip Up Fatty and Special Brew. To- night, 8pm, Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead. Tickets £14 (£15 on the door). 0151 647 0752.

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Bad Manners at the Bierkeller BRISTOL 26/12 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5HrQ00IlPM Short clip of Bad Manners with Buster Bloodvessel at the Bierkeller in Bristol on Boxing Day 2007 Author: bunnylovage Keywords: Ska Bad Manners Buster Bloodvessel Bierkeller Bristol Added: January 9, 2008

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Features: Celebrating Calennig

You will have to watch your manners at this year’s Calennig as ’80s ska band Bad Manners headline the celebrations.Frontman Buster Bloodvessel and the band will be welcoming in 2008 on the main stage at the civic centre on New Year’s Eve. Here is our guide to the bands playing the Calennig celebrations this year...

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Review - Suggs “The Platinum Collection”

Add Suggs to that list of amiable rock stars that includes Iggy Pop and Joey Ramone, people who, regardless of whether you're a fan of their music, you wouldn't mind having dinner with them. Suggs is best known as the lead singer of the British ska band Madness, who peaked in the 1980s with hits like [...]

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Skinhead Girls

I wonder what the chances are that Girls Aloud will release “Control of the Knife” accompanied by a video featuring them all in braces and two-tone trousers? Probably not, really, all that high. It's just as well I’m busy writing a paper on the welfare state, otherwise I might have accompanied this post with a [...]

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Now the Japanese re-design the Union jack

According to the Daily Telegraph they invited an online japanese community to redesign the flag along the lines of the approach from Welsh MP Ian Lucas (see blog entry 27th November). The Welsh Dragon is pretty much unknown in Japan but the Union Flag is. This has brought forth some interesting ideas. Firstly this one: The little manga figure [...]

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Madness, Astoria, London

Nice geezers one and all, Madness occupy a unique place in the rich tapestry of British popular culture, somewhere between The Kinks' brand of whimsy and melancholy and Tommy Cooper's magician manqué act, to whom they paid homage in the video for "Night Boat to Cairo".