Month: November 2016
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The Hell (Kids Edit)
Loving hardcore metal/indescribable band The Hell at the moment, and especially in these times their attitude to bigots (which you can see from their Facebook isn’t new, if very sweary and take no shit as well – they really don’t give a fuck, and are funny as hell too). And suits my current mood where…
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RIP Sharon King
It seems like 2016’s posts are just a rollcall of the disasters and deaths of the great and good, as we’ve all agreed, fuck 2016. Sadly the latest victim of the Worst Year Ever is Sharon King, an amazing singer with the Dap-Kings. If you don’t know her stuff, check her out, first heard her…
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RIP Leonard Cohen
Just as 2016 couldn’t get any worse, just heard that Leonard Cohen has died. ‘Everybody Knows’ seems eerily appropriate after Trump, but also one of my favourites, ‘Who By Fire’. Yes Leonard, who shall I say is calling? And ‘First We Take Manhattan’ seems oddly appropriate too… And screw it, here’s Hallelujah, can’t post about…
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A reminder in these trying times
Just been called a ‘SJW’ and that I’m the wrong colour and should put on some paint for questioning someone who thinks those attacks on minorities in America are just ‘letting off steam’ even though the link had violent attacks in it. Then got offended and claimed there was ‘anti-white racism’ and that I was…
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Jean Jacques Ondioline
In a follow up to the previous Jean Jacques Perrey memorial post, I’d never heard his album/piece “Prélude au Sommeil”. Ian Fondue posted this excellent list of the greatest electronic albums of the 1950’s and 1960’s (listeners to the podcast and mixes would already be familiar with many of these, I was quite surprised at…
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RIP Jean Jacques Perrey
Sad to hear of the death of Jean Jacques Perrey – synth and electronica pioneer, and creator of some very mad, funny and whimsical tunes. The curse of 2016 strikes again! Many don’t know I did two DJNoNo mashups using Perrey 10 years ago, probably because I made them for my old Multiply site and…