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Censorship in Texas – Sally Mann photos seized.
It’s sometimes hard to know just what is going on in the US. For all its outward talk about free speech and standing up to censorship, increasingly this seems to be compromised by stories of books and art being removed…
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Hotels
Over the past 10 years or so I have been awarded the opportunity to travel with work to places I would never normally have been able to visit. In addition to lots of flights, this has also meant staying in…
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Smartphone Swatter for those irritants at gigs!
100% agree with Mr Ramone. Number of gigs I’ve been to where people are holding phones (or even iPads!!!) for minutes at a time to record the show.Don’t mind if you are getting a photo (with flash off of course),…
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Ricky Wilson – B52s
In a way, I loved music so much, that any attempt to learn how to play an instrument (piano, guitar) always ended in frustration due to my impatience in not being able to play like Oscar Peterson, or for guitar Ricky Wilson.…
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50 Years of Hip-Hop Samples
The ever excellentย @tracklib comes up with an absolute blinder of a video. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Breaking down some of the greatest tunes sample-by-sample
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Bollock-Faced Foghorn of Ignorance
Without a shadow of a doubt, “bollock-faced foghorn of ignorance” is the quote of the day on Twitter. Well done Mrs Ess!! Because the European Union is in Europe taking the lead, you bollock-faced foghorn of ignorance. — ๊งเผบMrs Ess เผป๊ง…
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Sweet Memory Sounds
DJ Derek A great article from The Guardian (2016) archives giving some background to the life and death of ‘DJ Derek’ Serpell-Morris. The 1994 BBC documentary below is a lovingly crafted look at his main love, Reggae, and the Bristol community he…
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Skinhead Reggae Boss Sounds
Yet another great selection of tunes by Selecta Waynazz. If you are in anyway interested in reggae, rocksteady, ska, roots & dub then check out his other mixes at the links below Mixcloud Youtube Tracklist
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Bradford
Bradford is right next to Leeds, yet for some reason we never think of visiting, so we did..
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Foggy Sunday Afternoon
Bank Holiday Sunday, the weekend of the Kings Coronation, and a day trip to Whitley Bay to try to avoid anything to do with it! Glorious sunshine in the city centre, but down at the seafront a cool wind and…
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Whitstable, Margate & Dungeness
Vacation down on the South coast. Staying in Whitstable for the first time in 20+ years and finally got to visit Dungeness.
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Huntsville
One of the best memories of Huntsville was arriving in the dark late at night, driving down I-565 to my hotel, and in the distance seeing a full size Saturn V rocket illuminated by the freeway. If you are in…
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Long Beach
Fleeting visit to do some work with an oil company, making a change from the usual universities and colleges I normally deal with. Also managed to seek out some rather excellent tacos.
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New York
I had been working up in Westchester County, but that left me with a Saturday for my first ever trip to Manhattan. A very cold day, but safe to say New York was everything you wanted it to be; Can’t…
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Heavy Trash
Always been annoyed that I never got round to seeing The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion when they toured, so when Jon Spencer turned up in Leeds with his other band, Heavy Trash, this was a must. Perfect band to see…
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Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Kid Creole & the Coconuts performing on the last day of Vamos! festival in Newcastle upon Tyne on a wet and cold June afternoon
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