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Consecutive Compendium of Culture – Rai, r&b, ragtime, rap, rave, reggaeton, renaissance, riot grrrl, rockabilly, rumba – reach for ridiculously rewarding refrains

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The return of the regular request to reply with a rendering from your repertoire of remarkable records
This time it’S the pirates’s favourite – R

Anything, be it musical, litereary, cinematic, televisual, artistic – is much appreciated.


Dante Gabriel Rossetti with an ill-advised mis(s)adventure with a Chapman Stick…

To start, here’s Rammstein – Rosenrot – love their teutonic sensationalism.

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  5. One day I’ll get you lot listening to Nino Rota’s soundtracks for Fellini’s films. Gorgeous sunny melody exquisitely orchestrated – little jazz combo, strings, brass, accordion, what’s not to like?

  7. And one more from me, Australia’s greatest singer, Renee Geyer. She’s been singing this since she was about 18, she’s now in her 60’s and as good as ever.

  11. Post one, get one free time.

    Swedish princess of electro-pop, Robyn, with Norwegian techno pioneers Royksopp.

    She played in Stockholm at Popaganda this weekend: a festival in an outdoor swimming pool complex.

  14. Has an Afterworder ever achieved the ultimate accolade, a mention on the Compendium?

    Time for us to honour that Prince of the Pakora, that Flirt from the Yurt, Silver Surfer of Cyberspace, that Phantom of the Thin Places and pin up of boho chicks from Brisbane to Barnsley.

    Rob C!

  15. Rico Rodriguez

    Let’s have a blast from the Cuban-born master trombonist, well known from his years with the Special AKA and his own classic instrumental roots and dub albums.

  17. Robert Crumb as Jan Lööf drew him, everybody knows Robert Crumb’s style, so, I thought that it might be interesting for our fellow swedish afterworders to see a strip that depict him by the author of Skrot-Nisse.

    I noticed many similarities in his style, but the personal of Hellstone (who sell some of his art when they don’t sell guitars) don’t agree with me…
    What do you think ?

    http://www.seriegalleriet.se/galleri/007468.jpg

  18. Renegade Soundwave were a key early influence on my tastes (and those of the Chemical Brothers apparently) from the electronic side of things.

    From the sample-heavy electro menace of “Kray Twins”

    through the White Riot-sampling Acidic rush of “The Phantom”

    to the dub workouts like “Women Respond To Bass”

    Sticking with the R theme, Recommended.

    • Am helping you along with Abba’s Ring Ring! Check out those outfits – I think that Agnetha has on previously uninvented leg ware with those orange flappy things.

  26. Each of these is *an* An R, how about “The R”, from Eric B and Rakim?

    Couldn’t find this remix on YouTube so just gave myself a ten minute crash course in Windows MovieMaker and uploaded it.

    (“The R” (Dave Dorrell and CJ Macintosh remix) – Eric B and Rakim)

  28. Seeing as they were mentioned in the OP…this is the pre-Annie Haslam version of the band and the track that attracted my attention when it appeared on the Bumpers compilation LP.

  33. “Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics: The legend of Man – a rock ‘n’roll band” by Deke Leonard

    If you haven’t read it already, you’re missing a treat.

  35. The least AW-friendly band ever, I reckon, but I have a guilty soft spot for Rancid. Yes, they are derivative rubbish, but they are so passionately and completely committed to being derivative rubbish that it goes full circle and becomes great fun

  39. Longtime cyberstalkers of mine will know of my devotion to the novels of Robertson Davies. They are marvellous works, erudite and entertaining with a tantalising undercurrent of mysticism, with the happy knack of making you feel cleverer than you really are for the duration of your reading. His Deptford & Cornish Trilogies have given me some of the greatest pleasure I have ever had reading books. He died almost twenty years ago, and I suspect he may be beginning to slide into obscurity, but do yourself a favour and pick one up. You won’t regret it. (AW favourite Chris Brookmyre is also clearly a fan).

  44. No REM yet? A bit obvious I suppose.

    Anyway, I was answering a questionnaire in the week and one of the questions was “What’s your favourite music video?” and I went for this.

    (“Imitation of Life” – R.E.M)

  47. Pugh Rogefeldt, the man, the myth, the musical genius.
    Här Kommer Natten:

    (sorry if I posted Pugh under P already, but he’s good enough to post twice)

  50. The temptation/instinct (for me at least) is always to delve into the back catalogue for these alphabetical threads, so here’s something a bit more contemporary.

    (“Sicko” – Rex The Dog)

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