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Aug 2, 14 •
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Rant, The Rhythm The Rebel •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… Old School
Some subjects are stepping stones, and Old School – rap and hip-hop from the day – helped step me up. I didn’t notice at the time, but the story of how rap got into the head of a kid from the Yorkshire coalfields is quite a story in itself.
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Jul 31, 14 •
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British, Rant •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… Yorkshire.
On 1st of August it is Yorkshire Day; when we celebrate the auld county. Eons ago I ran a website devoted to Yorkshire, and once published a charts of the top 50 Yorkshire songs of all time – and I’m highly tempted to roll it out again to remind
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Jul 29, 14 •
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Rant •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… The Vox Continental
The Vox Continental is quite simply the king of keyboard cool. It’s a transistor-based combo organ that came out in ’62 and immediately looked and sounded so rock’n’roll every hipster band had to have it. That reverse harpsichord-style
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Jul 26, 14 •
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Rant, Reggae •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… Dub
I’ve been into dub forever. Never mind all that talk of transplanted psychedelia, it was all about those after hours sessions at Studio One and Treasure Isle, re-cutting instrumental tracks for the emerging dancehall DJ scene.
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Jul 26, 14 •
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punk, Rant •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… Punk Rock
Got into punk via pirate radio, pure and simple. A bad transistor radio couldn’t mute the thunderous drumming and the wide open chords of New Rose, debut single by The Damned.
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Jul 26, 14 •
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Americana, Rant •
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Comments Off on What do I know about… Southern Rock
My the first encounter with Southern Rock fans was Knebworth in ’76. REO Speedwagon fans throwing bottles of piss at Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Now I know that these beery REO fans just looked like the scruffy bedenimed lazy-arses who listened to
A blog for me to let off steam about music.
I've had this idea for a while that there's nothing new under the musical sun, so this blog puts me on a mission to travel through music I haven't heard before, and to re-examine the songs I know and love.