Month: February 2017
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Paranoia in America
As you might have guessed from the last post I’ve been revisiting past eras to find music of resistance for today – the UK and Trump situation isn’t a new one, resisting Thatcher, Nixon, Reagan and Bush v1 and v2 created a lot of music pertinent to today. One of those is The Au-Pairs with…
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Give the fascist man a gunshot
Should you punch a Nazi? Really? This is my response. Credit To The Nation and Chumbawamba, sadly as current as it was in 1993. Always loved the steal from one of my favourite Pet Shop Boys songs, too. Odd video, like One Little Indian didn’t check the lyrics and thought ‘this is a foot-tapping number,…
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End of the World mixtape from Alan Moore, Greg Wilson, Kermit & Mandrillifesto
I don’t really know how to explain Greg Wilson’s new mixtape for Super Weird Substance featuring Alan Moore, Kermit, The Reynolds and more…so either read the background or just listen to it. It’s amazing. (via Ian Lloyd & Jez Biggs)
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Ballet Zoom – Rescate Espacial (Space Rescue)
OK fallen down another internet rabbit hole, this time a Spanish Pan’s People dance troupe called Ballet Zoom. To say they are odd is an understatement, but the cosmic funk/disco of Space Rescue is also a really good song! Love it…the dancing is rather frenetic though. Seems they released a few records, like Pan’s People.…
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San Francisco Disco Preservation Society
Listen to DJ Mark Watkins – Live At The Polk Gulch Saloon (SF) – Early 80’s byeightiesDJarchives on hearthis.at DJ Jim Hopkins as the San Francisco Disco Preservation Society is preserving the 80’s and 90’s club history of San Francisco by digitising and posting cassettes and reel-to-reel tape of DJ mixes. It’s a fascinating look…