Tag: obituary
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Myths and Tropes: Delia Derbyshire After The Workshop
Discover the hidden artistic gems of Delia Derbyshire in this in-depth article by David Butler. Learn about her work outside the BBC and her haunting film scores.
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RIP Gary Haisman
Nearly topping the charts just over 30 years ago, We Call It Acieed – the cry of Gary Haisman who also rapped on this seminal UK Acid House single – as much as D-Mob later disowned it. Also promoter, style icon and dancer and in my mind a legend. (via Ian Fondue) . (via Ian…
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RIP Kevin Ayers
Just heard the sad news about the death Kevin Ayers, formerly of Soft Machine and many genius solo albums…(17 in fact – only listened to a few of them!). Here he is in 1972 performing one of my favourite tracks of his, May I? with The Whole Band on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Oh! How it hurts In the wardrobe of my soul in the section labelled “shirts”
I’ve been on a Viv Stanshall kick (again) recently because a kind listener (reader? what is the collection noun for podcast and blog listeners? poggers? pistener? err..anyway thank you Julian it made it through the snow!) sent me some Viv rarities as a result of the ‘Viv and Neil’ podcast I did last year inc…