Month: February 2022
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Brandi Carlile covers Pat Benatar
Going through CoverMeSongs Covers of 2021, and this one by Brandi Carlile hit me like a brick. Covering 80’s classics like Pat Benatar is a major plus from me, but when you realise these were rescheduled shows from 2020 that the lockdown delayed, the message of “We Belong’ gets a whole new meaning. I’m no…
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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Face The Mashups & Dance – HallMighty & MarkJMix
Another month, another Hallmighty and MarkJMix album. Disappointed given the title they didn’t drop an Irving Berlin mash but it’s a good collection of mashups – particularly like the first track – HallMighty – Ice Ice Geraldine (Glasvegas vs. Vanilla Ice ft Queen) – not many Glasvegas mashups anymore and this works surprisingly well. Downtempo…
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We’ve Lost Dancing – Fred Again ft The Blessed Madonna
Finally listened to Lloydbrary 250 – yes they reached the big 250 and it’s appropriately called In The Music because so many messages and feels in the tracks included. One of the biggest one for me is Fred Again featuring The Blessed Madonna – Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing). This makes me very emotional, which is…
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Aint No Party Like a Boris Party
As a reminder, when this fucking idiot (Boris Johnson) was having a birthday party with ‘bring your own booze’ and maybe cake (or is the cake a lie?) during the lockdown I was sitting alone on the river drawing this – sample title ‘Simply Having A Wild Thyme’ after the houseboat I was drawing. Note…