Playlist: Great Opening Tracks
A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...
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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
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
Feb 3
Playlist: Geography 6 - Glasgow
Scotland has always provided a rich source of musical pleasure over the decades, but Glasgow alone has produced myriad great bands,...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 3, 2023
Playlist: Day Of The Dead
November 1st and 2nd is a holiday period particularly important in Mexico - known in Spanish as el Dia de Muertos or el Dias de los...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 31, 2023
Playlist: Ultimate 80s
The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...
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jamesgeraghty
May 17, 2023
John Giblin, bass legend, dies aged 71
We found out yesterday, that bass player extraordinaire, John Giblin, had passed awy on Sunday (14 May) at the age of 71, after 'a short...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 11, 2023
Playlist: Celebrating 100!!
I noticed the other day that this site was approaching a milestone - and so today, we celebrate the 100th post!! And what better way to...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 9, 2022
The Goosebumps Playlist
Every so often a song comes along - and no matter how many times you play it - ten, a hundred, a thousand - it gives you that strange,...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 14, 2022
New Gold Dream at 40
New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83. 84) was Simple Minds' sixth studio album, released on 13 September 1982. It is my favourite album of theirs....
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 6, 2022
Playlist: When I Was A Teenager
In this playlist I am looking at albums that I discovered during my teenage years. These are ones that are hugely important to me,...
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