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I remember very clearly the first time I heard this record. I was a DJ at the Saints and Sinners in Glasgow (Now KIng Tuts) and had received a promotional copy of it. It was 1984 and to be honest I wasn’t keen on much of the music I was playing at the time. The ‘new romantic’ vibe was still happening and although that threw up a few decent records, like punk it was really just a fashion thing with music piggy backing it (stands back for alternative view).
Anyway I listened to this and it spoke to me i
Aug
22
Aug
22
It’s one of those ‘has the world gone completely mad?’ moments. I heard an article about this on the radio while I was on holiday and I had intended to do a piece on it before now. Did you read the heading wrong? no you didn’t. This sport is a combination of the twin skills of chess and boxing. It has the snappy combined title of Chess Boxing
Aug
19
Aug
19
For Richard (see comments on Scotland Goes Pop 6).
Here we have footage of Jimmy McCullough with Thunderclap Newman, Stone the Crows and a newspaper cutting (at the end) about him being in the band Blue. Wiki may indeed have some duff info Richard but not on this occasion it would seem.
Especially for Fern Cake (see comments on Scotland Goes Pop! (4)) This is Blue from 1977. The band comprised former members (at one time or another) of The Poets, The Marmalade, Stone the Crows and Wings (Jimmy McCulloch). Perhaps the most surprising thing about them was that their first single Little Jody was enthusiastically promoted (and produced) by John Peel!
They actually sued Blue (mark 2 boy band) a few years ago for the right to be known as Blue as they are still apparently on the go playing Britis
Stone the Crows’ (the band name came from Led Zeppelin’s manager Peter Grant. It was his comment when he first heard them) star shone briefly between 1970 and 1973. The axis for the band was provided by Les Harvey (brother of Alex who tragically died on stage in 1972) and Maggie Bell. The heart went out of the band with Harvey’s death and Maggie Bell went on to have a solo career. It really is a mystery why Maggie was never a bigger name as she had the demeanor and presence of a star. She’s often be
Aug
18
Aug
18
My correspondent 1st Lady says she ‘doesn’t inhale’ (see comments on Optical Illusion) and this brought back memories of the Clinton furore in 1992 when he was running for president and said he’s tried marijuana but ‘didn’t like it and didn’t inhale’. I wonder from the clip below if we can deduce that Barack Obama is more honest than Clinton or if times have simply moved on?
(readers may wish to avoid the next comment which is in extremely poor taste)
Coming soon: Monica Lewinsky says s
Aug
17
Aug
17
When I was a youngster (admittedly many years ago now) in Scotland, everything was so much simpler. One parliament, one electricity company owned by the state, one gas supplier owned by the state, one telephone company owned by the state, one mail company owned by the state, two main political parties each with a fairly clear ideology. It was the age of the train and the state owned the trains and the track. Remember being patronised and spoken to like you were an idiot by Jimmy Saville? there’s even some
Aug
14
Aug
14
Surviving sound problems (not to mention a broken string), one of my favourite blues songs.
Aug
12
Aug
12
It was jackdeighton (in the number ones thread below) who said he shared a birthday with a name that I confess I had almost forgotten, Jan Akkerman. Here he is with Focus from 1973 and Hocus Pocus. The keyboard player/yodeler (Thijs Van Leer) is comical on this.
Aug
11
Aug
11
The 70’s soul icon was found dead in his apartment at the weekend. He was well known for his completely over the top stage persona and double-entendre lyrics (one album with Millie Jackson was banned by several radio stations in the 80’s as I recall). Perhaps his two most famous pieces of work came via tv programmes. Number one was his theme for Shaft (see below) and the other his voice was that of the chef in Southpark.
Looking at the video though it would seem Isaac didn’t miss a trick in marketing
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