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Ringo Does It Again!

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Alerted by Steven C in the upcoming JOHN&YOKO podcast about the latest opus from Ringo Starr of Rory Storm & The Hurricanes fame I decided to listen to the title track which is constructed from Beatles & Ringo song titles ie the sort of game people play on blogs like this. It is doggerel of the lowest calibre

“I know that we can work it out There ain’t no need of twist and shout And I won’t back off boogaloo Unless you say you love me do”

Makes ‘Drumming Is My Madness’ sound like Penny Lane

See in 1981 with The E Street Band

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The latest live archive release from the Springsteen vault – freshly mastered from the tapes comes Nassau Coliseum from 31st December 1980. Another old bootleg bites the dust.

Well worth yer $12 or whatever

http://live.brucespringsteen.net/live-music/0,12284/Bruce-Springsteen—The-E-Street-Band-mp3-flac-download-12-31-1980-Nassau-Veterans-Memorial-Coliseum-Uniondale-NY.html

The Wit & Wisdom Of Mark E Smith

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That thread about the lousiness of The Fall from the viewpoint of sad old proggers has made me listen to a lot more Fall.

So what are your favourite lines from MES carrier bag (because I saw him take tattered bits of paper out of a Tescos bag on stage to sing a new song)

I was walking down the street I saw a poster at the top I was only on one leg The streets wee fucked – Blindness

How dare you assume I want to parlez vous with you You Gretchen Franklin nosey matron thing – Telephone Thing

When I walk down the street Its always you I seem to meet Long hair down and sneakers on your feet And write letters to the Evening News I clench my fists and I sing this song hey student! hey student! hey student! You’re gonna get it through the head – Hey Student!

Became a recluse Bought a computer Set it up in the home Elusive big one On the screen Saw the Holy Ghost I swear On the screen Where’s the cursor? – Eat Yself Fitter

I don’t have a jack knife it went up the hill I » Continue Reading.

ATM: Ipod Classic – decent replacement?

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My trusty old 120gb Classic IPod is like a pensioner. Its forgetting stuff, stopping every 5 or six songs for a sit down and won’t communicate with my music library anymore. Basically it’s shotgun behind the chicken shed time. And as the recent cessation of manufacture by Apple has driven prices to sillybolllocks levels getting another secondhand on Fleabay is a no-no

Is there a decent alternative? I rely on the big bastard for my frequent road trips round the country so, yes, I do need 17,000 songs at my disposal whilst on the mooove.

All suggestions gratefully received ect

Dammit Peter! The Genius Of Stephen & Hugh

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It’s generally agreed in places where comedy nerds meet that the last great golden blast of classic sketch comedy came from Mr Stephen Fry & Mr Hugh Laurie. No I will not brook any Little Britain (early promise wasted by laziness)

Here’s one of my many favourites – what is yours?

Oh and if you don’t like it then you can sick it in your pimhole, you cloffing pempslider