Tag: Sharon Jones (singer)
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RC 318: Stormy Weather aka Veni VD Vichy
Stormy weather And I just can’t get my poor self together Oh I’m weary all of the time… With the weather of the last week with Storm Ciara and Storm Denis, Valentine’s Day it’s a hopeful episode of Radio Clash, with uptempo uplifting songs as we shout into the storm – I came! I saw!…
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RC 313: Old Age (15th Birthday Part 1)
On this day in 2004 not much happened, Girls Aloud were #1 in the UK with a forgettable single, My Boo (??) by Alicia Keys was #1 in the US Billboard Charts…an actor or two died that had been forgotten or their kids were more famous than them. Looking through the headlines it was a…
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RC 293: Remembering The Receipts
Remember remember the 15th of November…Memories, like the Facebook of your mind, Big Brother loving memories…[CLICK! This post has been flagged for Hate Speech. You cannot post.] An episode about receipts. memories and the fragility of same, from Remembrance Sunday where dumb people claim (wrongly) that much braver people fought for the freedom to wear…
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RIP Charles Bradley
Things are sad for the Daptone family, first Sharon Jones and now if Charles Bradley’s official twitter is correct (and many press outlets now), he is gone too. An amazing voice, and a genuinely difficult upbringing, I’m glad he at least found fame, but 68 is way too young, especially as he only found fame…