Tag Archives: David Bowie
12 Albums That Rocked My World
Posted on29. Aug, 2010 by Mike.
These twelve ( it was going to be ten ) albums had a huge impact on me as a music fan, I found it hard to pick these and probably if you asked me to pick again today it would possibly be a different list.
As you can see from the list I grew up in [...]
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Glastonbury 1970- 2010
Posted on27. Jun, 2010 by Mike.
Some of the biggest and brightest stars have played at Glastonbury over its 40 year run and it has become the must see UK music festival.
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June Album Reviews
Posted on21. Jun, 2010 by Mike.
June album reviews, including, LCD Soundsystem, Keane Remix, Eli Paperboy, Jakob Dylan,The National and Tracey Thorn
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The Novelty Single.
Posted on25. May, 2010 by Mike.
Love or loathe them the novelty single has been around as long as the singles charts were formed, which do you love to hate?
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February Album Reviews
Posted on04. Feb, 2010 by Mike.
A bumper crop of new albums for Febuary including the latest from Sade her first for almost ten years, Hot Chip with “One Life Stand” and Peter Gabriels first album covering other artists songs including David Bowie, Lou Reed and Paul Simon.
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Top 50 Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)
Posted on01. Jan, 2010 by Mike.
What changes have we seen over the last decade? Probably the biggest change is the way we now buy our music.
Gone are the heady days of vinyl –my preferred music format- the CD now seems old hat as the digital download is fast becoming our musical drug of [...]
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Poetry on Friday…on Saturday!
Posted on19. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
The relationship between music and poetry has always been close so I ´d like to share this song/poem by David Bowie,
Just eight lines of gorgeousness which was included on his classic Hunky Dory album from 1971 [...]
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“Oh You Pretty Things” The story of Gender Bender pop stars. Part 1
Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
Who were the first pop stars to challenge the general publics view on what we now call “Gender Benders” by cross dressing in feminine/ masculine clothes?
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The history of music videos
Posted on22. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
The music Video has been around since the swinging sixties and was initially called the “promo film” and was used to promote bands who could not be in every country when they had a single released. The Beatles were one of the first bands (and best known) to use video for tracks like “Help” and [...]
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