Tag: Roberta Flack
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RC 381: This Is My Church / 50th
Recorded on my 50th birthday, this is the church where I heal my hurt. It’s a speed garage special for punk rockers with flowers in their hair (in the pouring rain or buying them for yourself). We also have a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a middle finger to complaining neighbours, various mashups new and old,…
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RC 295: Balls To Xmas
Light up your balls, erect your tree, turn on your lights, drink loads and eat like a horse and do that thing where you pretend to be a stripper with the tinsel (I’ve seen you), it’s Xmess! Xmas (or the holidays or whatever you celebrate, Christmas is just a placeholder here) comes earlier every year…
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Coming Out Part 2 – Falling Down
“The first time ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and stars were the gifts you gave” And the second Coming Out part is about falling in and out of love…from the mid-90’s dance songs sampling Ewen Macoll’s ‘The First Time Ever I Saw His Face’ (via Roberta…
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Eugene McDaniels
Beth Orton on 6Music reminded me of this excellent Roberta Flack song, Compared to What which still sadly is completely relevant: I’d not heard in many years but wanted to know more, and it lead me to Eugene McDaniels, the writer. Originally a pop singer, he became more conscious and politically aware in the late…
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Acid House will NEVER DIE!
Hacienda as pictured in ’24 Hour Party People’ – great film btw …and the Hacienda, and piano house in general. I’m sure at some point acid house devotees will become annoying as punk bores, but with piano house on the rebound a and late 80’s house references on the come back (see Hercules and Love…