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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
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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
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Farewell Slim Dunlap
December is already a bad month for sad music anniversaries (Stuart Adamson, Kirsty MacColl and Terry Hall all died in December, amongst...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 19, 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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Playlist: Teenagers
It was a random song on a playlist I had on in the car yesterday that I hadn't heard in a while, coupled with the fact that there were...
jamesgeraghty
Sep 1, 2024
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The Perfect Indie Pop Song
What does it take to create the perfect indie pop song? Well, I suppose you first need to decide what constitutes an indie pop song....
jamesgeraghty
Jul 29, 2024
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Robert Pollard
Time for our occasional dip into the game we like to call Six Degrees Of Kevin Shields. As ever, we need some sort of musical reference...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 13, 2023
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Playlist: Real People
So, there are songs with made up names in them and there are songs about real people that the wider world won't know (parents, ex-lovers...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 15, 2023
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Playlist: Bad Weather 2
The first playlist of the new year - and it seemed appropriate (especially looking out of the window as I write this) for it to be our...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 8, 2023
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On This Day (2 October): Let It Be
No, not that one! Chaotic. Dysfunctional. Awkward. Discordant. Cheeky. Rocking. Essential. Just a few of the words I can use to describe...
jamesgeraghty
Oct 2, 2022
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