Apparently, Pavarotti has asked for his ashes to be scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. And when that’s full…
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Nazi Pop Twins
Do you remember Prussian Blue? They are a pair of blonde twins, Lynx and Lamb Gaede, who appeared, aged about ten, in a Louis Theroux programme about the US white supremacist movement. They wore t-shirts with a smiley-face Hitler logo and sang sweet songs about how much nicer life would be if it wasn’t for… Continue reading Nazi Pop Twins
Buying Digital Music
It looks like 7digital have won the race to be the first web site to sell EMI’s non-DRM MP3 audio files. Or, at least, they’re the first one I’ve heard of that claim to work in any browser on any operating system. I shall be testing this theory tonight and, if it works, then I… Continue reading Buying Digital Music
Pop Quiz Answers
I’m really surprised that no-one got the first question. Wikipedia had all the information that you needed. Question 1 (the easy one): What connects Queen’s “Sheer Heart Attack”, Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” and Emerson, Lake and Palmers “Brain Salad Surgery”? Notice that I didn’t say that I was talking about songs or albums.… Continue reading Pop Quiz Answers
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…
…that the media was full of articles that started “It Was Twenty Years Ago Today“.
Pop Quiz
Because a conversation on IRC just reminded me of one of them, here are my two favourite pop quiz questions. Feel free to answer in the comments. People who were taking an interest in music in the 70s and 80s may have an advantage. Question 1 (the easy one): What connects Queen’s “Sheer Heart Attack”,… Continue reading Pop Quiz
Buying EMI Music
EMI announced some weeks ago that they will be making their music available online without DRM. I’d really like to support that initiative by buying their music. But as far as I can tell, the DRM-free music is only available through the iTunes Music Store. And the iTunes Music Store only works on Windows and… Continue reading Buying EMI Music
Cooking Vinyl Compilations
Probably only of interest to me, but I’ve put together a page which lists all of the Cooking Vinyl compilation albums. As I’ve written before, Cooking Vinyl were the label who really introduced me to world music, and their compilation albums are a great overview of their catalogue. If you’ve got any information to add,… Continue reading Cooking Vinyl Compilations
Torn
I’m probably coming to this very late. I’m sure you’ve all seen it already. A few weeks ago, I recorded the Amnesty International Secret Policeman’s Ball, but I hadn’t got round to watching much of it until last night – when I discovered this. “Torn” is, of course a great song and David Armand‘s interpretation… Continue reading Torn
The Beatles – Love
I’m not quite old enough to remember the Beatles when they were still recording. My earliest memories of Top of the Pops date from just after they split up. But when I started getting interested in music they were still a very recent phenomenon and their influence was felt in every discussion about music. They… Continue reading The Beatles – Love