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THE ANONYMOUS® SHOW (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Like an itch in your headphones
Thomas Dolby
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Putting Rules On The “Intent” Rule
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I might be in the minority here, but I support the idea behind the “intent to blow the whistle” rule. Refs are human and that means that they need to take time, however minuscule it is, to comprehend what they’re seeing, grab the whistle, and blow it. That part makes sense. That being said, I think last night’s Brad May no-goal was a pretty spectacular job of backpedaling by...
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Readers recommend: Songs of desperation
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Last week was all about music inspired by too many taurine-based beverages. This time we want you to suggest songs that are begging for it When it comes to last week's thread, as the man once said, "I feel good". And as he also said, "yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaooooo, hit me". Not to mention, "if you don't hit that triangle on the down beat not only will I sack you, I'll hunt your...
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If you had to pick two decades of music...
Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
If there would have been more than 10 poll options available, I definitely would have included more... I chose 70's and 80's. It was a very...
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How I Sleep At Night
Cobb (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nocturnes. I have a fairly long playlist which starts almost always with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. I first started to go to bed every night to Beethoven back in 92. It's odd how I got into the rap criticism stuff last...
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New Broadcasting Tower
The Mill (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It’s a big day for WXYC today; the University radio station just switched broadcasting towers. The new tower is located in Chatham county and now provides 1200 watts where the old was only 400. I tuned in just after the switch to catch the dj on air play by request, appropriately, Radio Silence by Thomas [...]
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Earworms, I got earworms
Daisy's Dead Air (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
They've been listening to the 80s at work, and now I have 80s Earworm disease. And what were you doing when you first heard these songs? Nostalgic interlude! ~*~ One Of Our SubMarines - Thomas Dolby ~*~ This is a great video; a lovely snapshot of London in the 80s. British readers will swoon with nostalgia! :) West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys ~*~ You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
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Time Keeps On Slippin' Slippin'...
Analog Industries (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I just received an email that Plinkton was approved for the App Store. Now, rest assured that this blog won't turn in to an iPhone Cock Fest like other music gear blogs you know and used to love. It just so happens that all this coincided, time-wise, thus making the site seem somewhat iPhone-centric. Whatcha gonna do? I'll do a short video and explanation of what Plinkton does later today, but it...
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Field Work — HR Song of the Week
The Word (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
“Better brush up on my field work. Better brush up on my field work. Gonna get my fingers dirty.” So begins a song about research into unscrambling the code of the world’s creation. Listen to the song as performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Thomas Dolby about the importance of “field work” in our society.
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The Spectrum Of Exception
Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
"Problematic liminal whiteness is a hallmark of the bad-white-body film." --Gwendolyn Audrey Foster 1. Thomas Dolby- I Scare Myself (Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks) 2. Deer Tick- Still Crazy After All These Years (Paul Simon) 3. Deer Tick- Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones) 4. Rollins Band- Ghostrider (Suicide) 5. Soft Pink Truth- Real Shocks (Swell Maps) 1. Hood Internet- Just A Friendomania (Classixx...
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The BBC's The Great Leap Forward
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
" The Great Bleep Forward : Presented by Andrew Collins As a follow-up to BBC Four's Synth Britannia programme there's another chance to hear a series made by 6 Music in 2004 in which Andrew Collins explores the development of electronic music. The story of modern music is one of subversion and experimentation, of heroes and villains. But what if we've got it all wrong? What if the real subversives...
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Thomas Dolby & Friends: Circumnavigating ‘The Flat Earth’
Failed Muso (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Last night, I got as giddy as a schoolgirl when I read this post on the blog of Thomas Dolby, musical & technology pioneer. Gig Announcement ‘Gig’ announcement! October 19th, 2009 Announcing: THOMAS DOLBY AND FRIENDS: Circumnavigating ‘The Flat Earth.’ Union Chapel, Islington, London Feb 28th, 2010 I won’t copy the entire text as you can nip across to Thomas’...
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The Great Bleep Forward
Retro Thing (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
BBC Radio 6 is rebroadcasting The Great Bleep Forward - a four part series from 2004 that looks at the birth of electronic music. The Beeb blurb says, "The story of modern music is one of subversion and experimentation, of...
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‘Gig’ announcement!
Thomas Dolby's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Announcing: THOMAS DOLBY AND FRIENDS: Circumnavigating ‘The Flat Earth.’ Union Chapel, Islington, London Feb 28th, 2010 The other night I met up for a drink with my friends from the Flat Earth live band I took with me on my world tour in 1983-84–Justin Hildreth, Matthew Seligman, and Lesley Fairbairn. We thought it would be fun to get back [...]
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Synth Britannia - what did we think ?
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
I can't believe noone has already started this thread. I've just got round to watching it and have to say I really enjoyed it though was a bit disappointed as I'd thought it was the usual 3-parter rather than a one-off. It certainly took me back to the late 70s/early 80s, which suddenly seemed soooo long ago and a bit bleak. And didn't people look so young - Depeche Mode looked about 12, especially...