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nicktf commented on the post, The greatest "difficult 3rd album" is… 2 years, 5 months ago
Either Man Who Sold the World or Hunky Dory would win it for me.
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nicktf commented on the post, The greatest "difficult 3rd album" is… 2 years, 5 months ago
Likewise. The end of Musical Box is one of the finest things ever put to tape.
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nicktf commented on the post, Pay attention at the back, Jenkins……. 2 years, 5 months ago
Let’s not forget that Boney M also taught us that Ma Baker was the meanest cat
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nicktf commented on the post, Pay attention at the back, Jenkins……. 2 years, 5 months ago
Or as Sheryl Crow rather neatly put it – “She was born in November 1963, the day Aldous Huxley died”.
C.S. Lewis also died on the same day.
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nicktf commented on the post, From brawling boomers and incestuous Italians to sapphic sirens and secretive Victoria – a brief history of the duet 2 years, 5 months ago
Joe Jackson and Captain Kirk! (Shatner’s Bassoon sadly not featured)
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nicktf commented on the post, Last night a DJ saved my life…well, nearly. 2 years, 5 months ago
I probably haven’t seriously listened to the radio in 35 years, but back in the 80s, Peel was too esoteric for me but I did enjoy Annie Nightingale’s show, also Tommy Vance’s Friday night Rock one. Another […]
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nicktf commented on the post, EVERYBODY PANIC NOW 2 years, 5 months ago
Your Portland correspondent here. Well, Keane are still playing tonight, so that’s something (I have tix, but can’t go, due to unexpected child commitment, grr). Costco had 100-deep lines for water and toilet […]
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nicktf commented on the post, The Brits 2 years, 6 months ago
As someone who remembers exactly where they were when the legendary Mick Fleetwood/Sam Fox hosted Brits went down (I was at home, in front of my telly, watching the Brits), I’ve never needed to see it again – not […]
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nicktf commented on the post, A New Day Yesterday:UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s 2 years, 6 months ago
I do love a Mellotron, I find myself watching this from time to time, just to remind myself how nuts the instrument is
Her blog about vintage synth repair is strangely fascinating too
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nicktf commented on the post, Hard to Handle the life and death of The Black Crowes: A memoir 2 years, 6 months ago
Please, please, please consider the audiobook version, read by Steve.
Not only is he an excellent narrator*, but he conveys the absurdity and rage of having to share space with the brothers Robinson, and how […]
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nicktf commented on the post, Unfillable shoes 2 years, 6 months ago
I can’t bear the Grateful Dead, but I have Deadhead friends who are very pleased at how well John Mayer stepped into Jerry Garcia’s (I would have thought unfillable) shoes.
I’ll let somebody less biased […]
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nicktf commented on the post, Better without the vocal 2 years, 6 months ago
I wondered if Jimmy Page was having a little pop at Robert Plant by releasing a few vocal free mixes on the recent (I’m old, everything is recent) remasters.
I think the strongest candidates for instrumental […]
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nicktf commented on the post, Maria McKee Klaxon 2 years, 7 months ago
Saw her a couple of times at the impossibly tiny St Bonaventures in Bristol. She was, both times, spellbinding.
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nicktf commented on the post, Recruitment. Seriously. 2 years, 8 months ago
I think if you are asked the “What makes you unique” question again, “I am reasonably smart, and in the right situation, nimble on my intellectual feet and quick witted.” makes for a pretty good answer, though I […]
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nicktf commented on the post, Rare and weird ailments 2 years, 8 months ago
Ouch!
A friend of mine contracted shingles which developed an affinity for his tear ducts – eventually they scarred shut and he had surgery to add two tiny pieces of pipe which enable his eyes to drain into his nose.
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nicktf commented on the post, Talented offspring 2 years, 8 months ago
Roger Waters’ son Harry is keyboard player in dad’s touring band.
Lily Allen, daughter of Keith
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nicktf commented on the post, Talented offspring 2 years, 8 months ago
Zac Hobbs is the RT grandson, and for anyone who wants to learn the RT playing style, I can highly recommend throwing a few bucks to his Patreon – he (as well as being horribly young) really nails grandad’s technique.
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nicktf commented on the post, Correct grammar in song titles 2 years, 8 months ago
Led Zeppelin managed to mangle “Soiree” somewhat with “South Bound Saurez”
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nicktf commented on the post, And now Clive James 2 years, 8 months ago
Huh, Clive James also crashed into me dashing between his Taxi and Fortnum and Mason.
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nicktf commented on the post, ATM: Resetting DVD region-coding on a PC? 2 years, 8 months ago
I used to use this program https://www.redfox.bz/en/anydvdhd.html to unlock the DVD, then rip it with Handbrake.
Caveat – the program did disappear for a few years, but now seems to be back and supported again […]
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