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DanP commented on the post, Music Videos 1 week, 1 day ago
Not so much music vids becoming diminished on youtube as an art form per se, but many other types of video content being added at a greater rate and quantity. An educator said to me recently that youtube has far […]
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DanP commented on the post, A night as a civilian – Fleet Foxes and The National 3 weeks ago
I saw their last tour at the Opera House a few years back (a middle one since then being axed due to Covid) and, while I loved it – balmy night on the Harbour, positive reception of the Sleep Well Beast album – I […]
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DanP commented on the post, Happy birthday Roger 3 weeks, 5 days ago
And, perhaps as a corollary to that, why Daltrey has received more favourable reviews for his forays into acting than Jagger. (I think even Sting has got better reviews than Jagger!) Even Townshend’s narrative of […]
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DanP commented on the post, Happy birthday Roger 3 weeks, 5 days ago
I feel that, a’la Jagger and Richards, there was a long time in which we were encouraged to see Pete and Keith as the more ‘authentic’, the real spirit of the band etc, while the (admittedly very talented) singer […]
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DanP commented on the post, When did standing ovations become the norm? 1 month ago
Oh, I’d always assumed it was an English, 50s or 60s, Golden Age of Air Travel thing. A civilised round of applause for the pilot whatever the difficulty of landing. In fact, our last flight to London my wife […]
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DanP commented on the post, Needs to be used in a movie… 1 month, 1 week ago
Sidenote: That Go-Betweens vid is among my very favourite videos of all time. Quite a few Sydney landmarks that no longer exist, or are changed beyond recognition. And Forster loitering around George St or […]
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DanP commented on the post, I have seen the future of rock, and his name is……..Justin? 1 month, 1 week ago
We used to see You Am I a lot when they were coming up, I was a student at Sydney Uni, and friends with his sister, and we traced them from lunching time gigs at Manning Bar to playing 7 nights at the Metro, and […]
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DanP commented on the post, Charming behaviour from the artist onstage 1 month, 4 weeks ago
A subtle one, but a gig-killer nonetheless. Smashing Pumpkins at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, post-peak fame years, but still rocking pretty hard and playing enough old to keep the crowd onside, but only just. […]
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DanP commented on the post, 'And on maracas…' 4 months, 1 week ago
Nice! Great song, I remember it well. A sizeable hit too. The shock of recognition of some of those artfully lit shots of Jenny’s back suggest they must’ve featured highly in my adolescent experience of […]
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DanP commented on the post, Do Root Note Plodders feel any shame? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I think Adam would be the first to say he’s the least technically able of the Luminous Times (Hold Onto Love) Hitmakers. On the other hand: Two Hearts Beat as One; New Year’s Day; Lemon; Some Days are Better […]
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DanP wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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DanP commented on the post, "New" Beatles Release 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Just one listen, then straight here! I like it. I think they’ve had to make what would have been a bridge into the “chorus”, but that’s Ok. The outro is lovely. They’re definitely better served by the […]
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DanP commented on the post, Owning your inner plonker 5 months ago
One of the more refreshing things I’ve learned from investigating Buddhism is the idea that none of us is truly separate, that all is a connected and interrelated experience. Like soup, if you will. Accordingly, […]
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DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 5 months ago
Sadly, they only come to Australia every third or fourth tour. It used to be every tour up until Joshua Tree – Australia was one of its earliest hit markets – but then it became prohibitive once the production […]
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DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 5 months ago
No, that was on Real Life, though they’re very much of a piece to my ears. Though SFY still has Mick MacNeil on board. By Real Life they were down to Kerr and Burchill, with Gaynor as kinda in the band but kinda a […]
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DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 5 months ago
I love Street Fighting Years. One of my most played albums. There, I’ve said it. 🙂
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DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 5 months ago
By any objective measure, Beautiful Day is a cracker, but All That You Can’t Leave Behind, and most of U2’s output since the ‘failure” of the Popmart era has had the air of contrition about, crafted by committee, […]
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DanP commented on the post, Wordle Not 5 months, 1 week ago
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DanP commented on the post, A Safe Space for Those of Us Who Like the Post-1978 Rolling Stones 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, but. I think some of those trend-chasing instincts have attained a timelessness of their own in the ensuing years. Some Girls is derided by some as a response to punk but, given their excellence as a unit, […]
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DanP commented on the post, A Safe Space for Those of Us Who Like the Post-1978 Rolling Stones 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Three beers in on a Friday night, what do I reach for? Brown Sugar, nope. Sympathy, No. Midnight Rambler, no. The answer is always Slave off Tattoo You.
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