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IanP commented on the post, Hadestown 4 hours, 30 minutes ago
I saw the production at the National on some cheap tickets, while being blissfully unaware of the original record.
I found it unengaging, flat, and more than a little dull. I also wondered if the second half […]
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IanP commented on the post, TV Theme covers 1 week, 6 days ago
New York Dolls making a decent fist of the Courageous Cat theme
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IanP commented on the post, Acts with a US state in their name… 1 month ago
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Randy California
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IanP commented on the post, Acts with a US state in their name… 1 month ago
Georgia Satellites
Ohio Players
Alabama 3
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IanP commented on the post, The gang you wish you’d been in. 1 month ago
Last Gang in Town, Tyla Gang, or Gang War with Thunders and Kramer.
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IanP commented on the post, The Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes (Vinyl Edition) 1 month, 1 week ago
Great review and it will send me scuttling off to the CDs this afternoon when I start to think about cooking dinner.
I’d love these LPs, but at that price I’ll have to stick with the original release.
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IanP commented on the post, Be proud of your political representatives, they deserve your respect. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
It’s not the hope that kills you, but the total and utter despair. I’ve never voted anyone but Labour until the last Euros, when I held my nose and voted Lib Dem.
Johnson or Corbyn? Rock or a hard place doe […] -
IanP commented on the post, Be proud of your political representatives, they deserve your respect. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
And yet Labour can now only convince 18 per cent of the electorate that Grumpy Gramps should be the next PM.
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IanP wrote a new post, Songs you’ll never hear 1 month, 3 weeks ago
These days almost nothing goes unrecorded, unfilmed, and preserved for prosperity.
Unless there’s a boot I’m unaware of, Joy Division doing Louie Louie will always be the stuff of legend, and something I’ll alway […] -
IanP commented on the post, “Breathless” wordy songs 1 month, 4 weeks ago
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It by REM should fit the bill
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IanP wrote a new post, Unknown Pleasures is 40 years old today 2 months ago
A where-did-that-come-from masterpiece I’ve been listening to all day; I haven’t played it for a few years and it’s easily the best record I’ve heard in months.
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IanP commented on the post, Kinks Klaxon 2 months, 1 week ago
Someone makes the same point in the SDE comments only to get a patronising response from the bloke who runs the site.
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IanP commented on the post, Television Film locations I (or anyone else) have stumbled across. 2 months, 1 week ago
The office of MrsP’s architecture firm featured in Catastrophe when the fella tried to become a male model.
I seem to remember spotting at least one member of staff featuring in the background.
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IanP commented on the post, Elvis Costello OBE 2 months, 1 week ago
I saw Billy Bragg this evening talking about his career and his new pamphlet.
He said he turned down an honour, and was disappointed that Elvis had accepted one. -
IanP wrote a new post, Chuck Berry 2 months, 1 week ago
It crops up on iPlayer from time to time, but if you haven’t seen it, there’s Chuck live in London available at the moment.
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IanP commented on the post, Worst/ most disappointing band concert you have ever seen. 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Sigur Ros a few years ago. MrsP is a fan, so I bought us a pair to see them in Brighton and we drove down from London and had a day at the seaside.
I’ve never been convinced, but I went with an open mind that c […] -
IanP commented on the post, Dr John 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The first time I heard Dr John was on the brilliant NME tape Department of Enjoyment. It was just him on his piano playing Dorothy, from the album Dr John plays Mac Rebbenack, and came straight after Paul Quinn […]
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IanP commented on the post, The David Byrne American Utopia Tour Overrated Thread 2 months, 2 weeks ago
You say “New York high brow artsy fartsy” like it’s a bad thing
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IanP commented on the post, Top 3 live shows you’ve seen 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Smiths, Essex University, 18 February 1984. This was before the first LP was released but we knew all the songs from Peel sessions and the Derby Assembly Rooms gig that had been VHS’d off the TV. I saw them a […]
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IanP commented on the post, It’s not everyday that… 2 months, 2 weeks ago
MrsP met Charlie Chaplin when she was a child – a fact I never tire off.
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