Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

RIP, continued ...

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Rodney Bewes (1937-2017), aged 79.   Distinctive-looking British actor, best known for THE LIKELY LADS (1964-1966) and WHATEVER HAPPENE...
Monday, 6 November 2017

Happy Birthday Joni

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74 tomorrow, Happy Birthday to our icon (whom I met in 1972, when we were both in our twenties, as per previous reports at label), Joni M...
Saturday, 4 November 2017

Grace for the weekend

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It sounds like all my clubbing nights rolled into one!
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Thursday, 19 October 2017

RIP, continued

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Danielle Darrieux (1917-2017), aged 100. Madame Darrieux, one of France's premier stars clocked up 140 credits, including several cl...
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Monday, 31 July 2017

Summer chillout

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Its that time when we plan our summer chillout,  with chilled drinks and snacks on the balcony (we are ten floors up in a new apartment b...
Sunday, 9 July 2017

Nineties Nu-Soul Queens ...

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For the weekend: a look back at those new '90s music divas  with their funky grooves that got us going then - line them up: Des'Re...
Saturday, 17 June 2017

RIP, continued

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Martin Landau (1928-2017) aged 89. Landau's most impressive movie role must have been as Leonard in Hitch's NORTH BY NORTHWEST , ...
Monday, 22 May 2017

A week of lists: 30+ albums to love

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"The Sunday Times"  had another of their fascinating lists yesterday: 100 albums to love, . I suppose I could run to 1...
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Thursday, 18 May 2017

Compared to What ?

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The first track on Roberta Flack's first album back in the early 70s. We liked Roberta a lot then, she was up there with Aretha Frank...
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Saturday, 13 May 2017

The ultimate Joni guide

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Nice to find a specialist  Joni Mitchell  magazine when shopping at the local out of town major superstore, one of the  UNCUT  magazine s...
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Friday, 28 April 2017

RIP, continued ...

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We love Talking Heads here and particularly the film STOP MAKING SENSE  - one of those quirky films from Jonathan Demme (1944-2017),...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Brian sings Joni

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One of our favourite singers Brian Kennedy sings Joni Mitchell songs on a recent CD (which I had to acquire on eBay from Australia) A LO...
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Friday, 24 March 2017

Dame Vera

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We were celebrating those veterans like Olivia DeHavilland and Kirk Douglas turning 100 - here is another one: Dame Vera Lynn. Watching...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Pets headline Brighton Pride !

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I was delighted to see that The Pet Shop Boys were the main act at this year's Brighton Pride here on Saturday 5th August, doing ...
Monday, 20 March 2017

RIP, continued ...

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Chuck Berry (1926-2017), aged 90. Indeed one of the pioneers of rock'n'roll whose electric rhythm'n'blues guitar paved the...
Saturday, 4 March 2017

Beatles for sale - in vinyl

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Now that vinyl records are back again - and a lot pricier than they used to be, a new collection of The Beatles albums in vinyl caught my...
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Wednesday, 1 March 2017

RIP, continued ...

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Alan Aldridge (1943-2017), age 73.  Graphic artist whose album covers and posters saw him hailed as a 'Young Meteor' of the Sixt...
Monday, 20 February 2017

RIP, continued ...

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Dick Bruna (1927-2017), aged 89. The Dutch artist and illustrator was the creator of the white rabbit Miffy who featured in all those pop...
Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Joni, out and about again ...

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Adele and Beyonce may have been the headline-grabbers at the Grammys this year, but it was good to see our Nr 1 favourite Joni Mitchell ...
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Saturday, 4 February 2017

For the weekend ....

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Two timeless classics, nuff said.