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Month: September 2016

25th September 2016 Track 1 Comment 2010salternativeart popelectronicaTrack of the Week

4 Degrees

Ten days ago Crotchety Man watched the awards ceremony for the 2016 Mercury Prize on the TV. The scheduling was confusing. At 7 o'clock there was a one-hour program on 'the red button' (a channel up in the six hundreds most easily found by clicking the red button on the TV remote) and this was…Read more 4 Degrees

18th September 201618th September 2016 Track 4 Comments 1970sfolknewsTrack of the Week

Lord Franklin

At the end of the 15th century the colonial powers of Europe started to search for the Northwest Passage, a hypothetical sea route across North America that they hoped would be a profitable corridor between east and west to rival the mediaeval 'silk road' trade routes that connected the Mediterranean region with India and China. Many expeditions were…Read more Lord Franklin

17th September 201618th September 2016 Album 9 Comments 1970sAlbum of the Monthjazznewsrock

Bundles

Bundles of Unpredictable Notes Define the Lasting Essence of Soft Machine For my money Soft Machine were at their best around 1975/6. It was a time when founding member Mike Ratledge was fading out¹ and Karl Jenkins was taking over the reins as band leader and main composer. They released two studio albums in this…Read more Bundles

11th September 2016 Track 7 Comments 2010sdancepsychedelic popRnBsynthpopTrack of the Week

‘Cause I’m A Man

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. John Gray Sometimes it seems that men and women come from different planets. Men are tough and strong; women are comparatively fragile and weak, both physically and mentally. Men are insensitive; women are warm and caring. When they are angry men are physically aggressive whereas women are devious and…Read more ‘Cause I’m A Man

4th September 2016 Track Leave a comment 1990spoprockTrack of the Week

Local Boy …

It's funny, sometimes, how one thing leads to another. For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was lost. For…Read more Local Boy …

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