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A Day In The Life – 27 September 1969
Has it really been that long since my last post? Moving house seems to be a process that never quite finishes. With only a few boxes left to unpack, I don’t feel too guilty visiting the 60’s again. 27 September … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Black Sabbath, david bowie, Dr John, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, I'm Gonna Move Right In, Jimi Hendrix, music, nana mouskouri, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Saint Paul, Sanata, Scooby Doo, Shane, Simon and Garfunkel, Terry Knight, The Who, Van Morrison, velvet underground, vu
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A Day In The Life – 27 September 1968
“I was born the same year the greatest automobile in the history of automobiles was created, the 1957 Chevrolet. Thank God only one of us had tail fins.” ― Michael Buffalo Smith, Prisoner of Southern Rock: A Memoir I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 September 68, Allison Durbin, Baby Please Don't Go, Beatles, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Joe Williams, Carl Perkins, Chicago, CTA, Dunoon, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, I Have Loved Me A Man, Janis Joplin, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin, Mick Taylor, music, Piece Of My Heart, Pink Floyd, Restless, The Who, Tommy
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Nick Cave – live in Auckland, 7 December 2014
It has to be a sign of a great gig, where you can’t stop the songs from going around your head a day later, and after listening to nothing but Nick Cave for weeks, you don’t want to stop. My … Continue reading
Musical Micropause: X
XTC: Making Plans For Nigel (1979) It’s generally a sign that a single has been a major success in the UK if it manages to find its way to New Zealand airwaves, and this was particularly true in the late … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid Of Monsters, Arms For Hostages, For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights, hey Zeus!, John Twells, Making Plans for Nigel, music, VCR, X, xela, XTC, XX
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Musical Micropause: R
Commercially and critically, R surely has to be recognised as one of the most successful letters in the modern musical era. A micropauser is truly spoiled for choice. Open up and say….R! Lou Reed: Dirty Boulevard (live in New York, … Continue reading
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Tagged auckland, Bryan Ferry, Bulgakov, Dirty Boulevard, Glastonbury, Idioteque, Kid A, Lou Reed, Master and Margarita, music, New York, radiohead, REM, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Sympathy For The Devil, Virginia Plain
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Musical Micropause: Q
There’s no way around it. If you wouldn’t recognise Queens of the Stone Age, and don’t know Q-Tip, then Q is for Queen. Queen: Love of My Life – Live (1986) I think my main problem with Queen’s music is … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian May, david bowie, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Love of my life, music, Queen, Roger Taylor, Somebody to Love, The Show Must Go On, Under Pressure
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Musical Micropause: N
New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour (2007) Another band that I’ve discovered through Word and Uncut magazines, the New Pornographers formed in Vancouver in 1999. This track was one of the singles from Challengers, the CD that the were promoting when they … Continue reading
Musical Micropause: L
Luna: 23 Minutes In Brussels (1995) My introduction to Luna was their 1995 CD, “Penthouse”, which includes this track. A lot of bands claim to be influenced by the Velvet Underground, but with their relentless chug I think these guys may … Continue reading
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Tagged jens lekman, lambchop, low, luna, mojo, music, robert plant, silver rider, uncut, word magazine
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Keep on Running – back to Bordeaux: November 1989
Wake UP! What the..?? What is hell is THAT?? It’s pitch black outside. It sounds like a drill? Have I fallen asleep in a construction site? No, that’s the phone, but the ringer volume seems to have been set by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, amsterdam, auckland, Austerlitz, bordeaux, busker, gare du nord, Kronenbourg, lovetown, metro, music, paris, travel, u2
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Musical micropause: D
Some favourites from the D vaults: Miles Davis: Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (1958) This is from the soundtrack to “Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud” and was recorded by Miles Davis in Paris the year before Kind of Blue was released. It has a similar … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud, Bob Dylan, Colin Meloy, Crane Wife, Decemberists, Jazz, Kind of Blue, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie, Miles Davis, music, Nick Drake, Northern Sky, paris
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Musical micropause: C
Four more memories….this time from the C artists: John Cale: Venus In Furs (live) In my previous job a few years ago, I told my boss one day that I would be working out of the office. I didn’t tell … Continue reading
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Tagged auckland, brussels, Cale, Fragments Of A Rainy Season, germany, John cale, jools holland, leonard cohen, live, mainz, music, nick cave, night comes on, right now I'm a roaming, velvet underground, venus in furs
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