February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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[mind blown]
The supporting act for The Jam for 5 straight nights at Wembley Arena on their 1982 farewell tour was… Big Country. Someday I’m going to finally sit down and write why I think The Seer is one of the great under-appreciated albums of the late 1980s. Until then, here’s a photo of the ticket, which doesn’t really prove anything.
Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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If Jamie Oliver opened a New Order-themed...
Thanks to jasontheexploder for the Joy Division menu inspiration here. For context, see here, although the story about Jamie finding master tapes turns out not to be true. Let’s Go (Munchies For Me): Salads & B-Sides Leaf Me Alone Temp-tater-tion Whirled in Motion (remixed veggies) True Glace Nineteen Sixty-Peas Plate of the Nation: Entrees Shell-fish Shock Sub-sandwich-culture Love...
Feb 18th
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If Jamie Oliver started a Joy Division-themed...
jasontheexploder: Dis-hors d’oeuvres New Prawn Fades Love Will Tear Us Apartichoke No Loaf Lost Candi-dates Atrocity Eggshibition Entree-zone Dead Soles I Remember Dumpling Cheese Lost Control Unknown Plantains Hearts (of Palm) and Soul Chaatmosphere Dessert (Closer) Flans-mission all dishes prepared by chef Martin Hammett (see here for context)
Feb 18th
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Elvis wanted to record "I Will Always Love You"
In the wake of Whitney Houston’s death, I went looking up “I Will Always Love You,” which brought some interesting information. Elvis Presley wanted to record the song, but when Colonel Parker discussed their usual terms (Elvis got 50% songwriting credit for any tune he recorded), Dolly Parton took her song and walked. Dolly apparently did write it for Porter Wagoner, whom she...
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Deluxe to Digitize 36 Years of Austin City Limits...
Deluxe Media Services and MediaRecall, subsidiaries of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., have been engaged by Austin, Texas, PBS Station KLRU, to digitize and archive its legendary music program, Austin City Limits. Distinguished as the longest running music program in television history, Austin City Limits exists on more than 8,000 hours of tape featuring 450 finished programs and over...
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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The awesome answers of Bon Scott, pt. 1
Interviewer: "Are you AC or DC?"
Bon Scott: "I'm the lightning bolt in the middle."
Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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I'll bet you didn't know...
Kenny Loggins was a roadie for The Electric Prunes, the creators of the classic tune “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night.”  It’s true!
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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“I firmly believe that both the Kurgan and Def Leppard were quoting Neil Young...”
– Playmixt, on Neil Young’s likely unwitting influence on both Def Leppard and the filmHighlander.
Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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Random Thoughts
If your band is named Cream, shouldn’t all your records be named things like: Coconut Whipped Heavy Boston (live LP maybe?) Banana (got any others?)
Feb 1st
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