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The Prince of Synth Pop
Surely there is only one person who can take this crown, as the Prince of Synth Pop? Who else wrote, or co-wrote (and played on) multiple...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 23, 2025
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Playlist: Alternate Valentines
So, 14th February - Valentine's Day - synonymous with romance and love songs. But you know us, we would never take the traditional route...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 14, 2025
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The Snivelling Gits and the tragedy of Mia Zapata
This story of punk-rock promise and ultimate tragedy, starts oddly enough, in semi-rural Yellow Springs, Ohio (just outside Dayton). My...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 10, 2025
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Shooting Pigeons: interesting music stories (Part I)
We have collated a number of stories from the world of music that we think are quite interesting. Some of them, while not always directly...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 4, 2025
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Playlist: Loving This Life
After fully embracing the blues in our first playlist of 2025, reflecting on what a dismal, torturous month January can be - now we look...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 26, 2025
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Left Of The Dial: the story of The Replacements
Pitchfork magazine once called them the missing link between R.E.M. and Nirvana, so what is it about a band from Minnesota that were...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 21, 2025
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Playlist: The January Blues
January is a time, at least for much of the northern hemisphere, for huddling together for warmth, wondering when you will next see more...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 11, 2025
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Pat Smear & West Coast Punk: Part III
This started out as research for one article, but there was so much interesting stuff all interlinked, that it has actually turned into a...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 6, 2025
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Music In Memorium 2024
Sadly, it's that time of year when we look back and reflect on some of the people from the world of music who have died during in the...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 31, 2024
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Songs from 2024
Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 28, 2024
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Pat Smear & West Coast Punk: Part II
If you haven't read the first part of this, you can catch up here . But make sure you come back and read this afterwards. That first part...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 14, 2024
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Playlist: A Dog is not just for Christmas!
Now, I am generally not one to embrace the festivities - but tis the season, and all that! Like my daughter's college buses - you wait...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 8, 2024
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Playlist: Winter 2
It's that time of year again. The weather in the northern hemisphere has grown colder, the nights are longer than the days, and I try and...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 4, 2024
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Pat Smear & West Coast Punk: Part I
This is an idea that quickly spiralled out of control once I started putting in the research - so much so, that it is going to end up...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 30, 2024
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The Adult Net: an alternative alternative supergroup?
What constitutes a musical supergroup? Well, I'm hoping that most people's definition will be vague enough to go with me on this,...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 17, 2024
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Playlist: Geography 10 - Not my State Capital
Most people have trouble naming the capital cities of more than a handful of countries - but what about US State capitals? Well, most...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 12, 2024
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In Depth: The Cure
It seems apt, given the release of their first new material in sixteen years (not to mention that it was Halloween the other day, not...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 1, 2024
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Playlist: Autumn
Well, right here in the heart of the Northern Hemisphere, as October heads warily towards November, it is clear that we are entering...
jamesgeraghty
Oct 29, 2024
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Steeltown at 40
Everyone knows about that 'difficult second album' syndrome - especially after a successful and well received debut. At the time Steeltown...
jamesgeraghty
Oct 21, 2024
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Thank you for the days
Last week (10 October) would have - no, should have - been the 65th birthday of Kirsty MacColl, had her life not been robbed prematurely...
jamesgeraghty
Oct 18, 2024
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