Month: March 2012
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I would be in exile now but everywhere’s the same
Loving Phil Ochs music at the moment, and just watched There But For Fortune documentary about his life, and this song just resonates especially the lines about ‘I would be in exile now, but everywhere’s the same’ and ‘But every town I wander there’s a billboard on a throne’ about commercialisation, globalisation and alienation. I…
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Dancing became our way to communicate
Everytime I hear that Joe Goddard ‘Gabriel’ track I hear this song in my head – the best speed garage* song ever created by Roy Davis Jr fr Peven Everett from 1997. No lie. If you disagree maybe it’s. a. lon. don. ting. (which was also ace, Scott Garcia gets props too). Just love those…
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Peter Weyland at TED 2023
The little glimpses I get the more I get excited about this movie.
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The glamour of radio
Everyone thinks radio must be glamorous like this: but it’s actually closer to this: (that’s Pirate Radio Welsh style – first Plaid Cymru broadcasts 1959) with the quality of guests like this 😛 So glamorous! Pics via The Passion of Former Days blog.
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How to clean a vinyl record with wood glue!
Seems crazy spreading wood glue on your record but apparently works. I don’t know if I’d try it on really valuable records, but basically the science is that wood glue won’t stick to vinyl but will still to the crap that ends up in the grooves…certainly for those digital rips probably essential…