Playlist: University + 30
It is hard to believe, but somewhere around this day thirty years ago (yes, really), I attended my university graduation ceremony! I...
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Jul 3
Double Nickels at 40
"The Minutemen's classic double album is unlike any punk record, or double album, before or since. It is a compact explosion of ideas and...
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Jun 27
Cosmic Thing turns 35
June 27 1989 saw the release of one of the great 'let your hair down' records of them all. Yes, Cosmic Thing by the B-52's came roaring...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 17
Playlist: Going to College
There are many times when I really feel my age - but this last weekend, I really felt it on account of taking my daughter to look at her...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 9
It's All About The Bass
After focusing on my favourite drummers a few months back, this time it is all about the bass. The bass player is often the hardest...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 5
The Enigma of the Sundays
They came. They conquered (a bit). They went away. They came back again (briefly). They disappeared again (possibly indefinitely).......
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 1
Playlist: Geography 7 - Europe
Yes, it's time for another playlist, and this time we are off to mainland Europe. Here we have ten more interesting (well, eleven...
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jamesgeraghty
May 18
Playlist: Something Fruity
Most songs written have fallen into one theme or another - there have been songs about love, day and night, good and bad, life and...
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jamesgeraghty
May 14
Were Talking Heads the ultimate alternative dance band?
I have been listening to, and enjoying, the Talking Heads since the mid-80s - but it never occurred to me until very recently...... they...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 30
Playlist: A to Z of the 1980s
It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 28
In Depth: Peter Asher
The next few weeks has a few fairly random anniversaries with one central connection - and that seemed a good enough reason for our next...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 14
Playlist: Covers 4
For this playlist it's time to delve back into the cupboard of cover versions. We all know there are plenty of terrible and mediocre...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 9
Reckoning at 40: Welcome to Little America
It is often written that bands who put out a critically well received debut album, then face the daunting prospect of the 'dreaded second...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 2
Muscle Shoals: The Sound of the Swampers
The history of Muscle Shoals as a hotbed of artistic creation is an interesting one, where one studio became two, and totally put this...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 27
Playlist: Married to the Band
Is being a married couple in a band a good idea? Does it help with creativity, or lead to creative tension? Here are ten bands that...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 17
Playlist: st PATRICK
Well, we've done all Irish playlists before, so for this March 17th we needed a new twist.... I know - we'll pick bands that have a...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 9
The I.R.S. Playlist
Don't fret if you are an American reading this - we are not doing ten songs about the US taxman! This is I.R.S. Records, founded in 1979...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 27
"The Ambassador for Cultural Exchange": the life and times of DJ Derek
We were recently down in Bristol. We were wandering the back streets around St Pauls, a suburb immediately on the north side of the city...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 24
Playlist: Dragons and Lanterns
We're a bit late in celebrating Chinese New Year, which fell on 10 February this year. But fret not - in addition to this year being the...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 18
It's Just A Trick Of The Light: Great Songsmiths From The South
For some reason, I have always struggled to get to grips with poetry, which is perhaps somewhat strange considering the passion I have...
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