Month: December 2019
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RIP Neil Innes
I wish I had better news these days, and it comes in droves. Neil Innes of Bonzo Dog Band and Rutles fame has just died, and to say I’m gutted is the biggest understatement of 2019. If you don’t know the work of Neil Innes, especially ‘Innes Book of Records’, his solo albums and the…
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oki – Kids in America remix
Starts off slowly but this acid remix of Kim Wilde’s Kids In America by oki not only is 303 squelchy fun, but the video makes a point or three about growing up in the US today and the political landscape.
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RC 315: Eat The Rich For Christmas
Merry Brexmas from the Former United Kingdom! It’s the last show of the year, and because I don’t have a little elf like the big guys I can’t do a canned Christmas ‘highlights package’ and have to actually, well, do a show despite the lack of cheer caused by the insane political climate. So hence…
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RIP Gershon Kingsley
I missed the sad news about the death of Gershon Kingsley in the midst of my Xmas Panic™. 97 though, he had good innings, but with him and Perrey gone, it’s a whole era that has passed. Kingsley is most famous for Popcorn, the track that not-arguably-at-all kickstarted the whole synth boom – first it…
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The Count Sings Gogol Bordello
An amazingly accurate edit of The Count from Sesame Street singing ‘Start Wearing Purple’ from Gogol Bordello. Works perfectly, and I know as someone who has created a few of these how much work goes into it! And Happy 50th Sesame Street – and RIP Caroll Spinney who was the puppeteer and voice for Big…
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