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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 73]

Posted on June 18, 2018

[continued from last post] Where OMD carry forth from the point where they are now is still an unwritten potential future. With “English Electric,” the band were of the opinion that it could be their final album. It was not … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 72]

Posted on June 15, 2018

[continued from last post] So after eight months and lots of travel interruptions, live concerts [including a fantastic OMD gig – my favorite ever, in April], and the occasional off-OMD post to break up the logjam, we stand atop the … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 71]

Posted on June 14, 2018

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from this post] There have been a handful of world class OMD songs on the band’s modern albums. Several songs that were absolutely at the top of the stack … Continue reading →

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The Dickies + The Queers @ The Grey Eagle, Asheville 6-6-18 [part 2]

Posted on June 13, 2018

[continued from last post] The first song was scuttled by a terrible mix with singer Leonard Graves Phillips inaudible for its duration, but the sound was repaired by the second number. Thank goodness. I suspect Phillips had some monitor problems … Continue reading →

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The Dickies + The Queers @ The Grey Eagle, Asheville 6-6-18 [part 1]

Posted on June 12, 2018

I go back a looooong way with The Dickies. It was 1979 when my new friend chasinvictoria was soaking up the various New Wave Samplers that labels were issuing to general neglect from the unwashed masses. Among the music geeks … Continue reading →

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Shock’s Robert Pereno Crafts A Musical Biography With Logan Sky

Posted on June 11, 2018

I recently got the advance word that the perpetually busy synthesist Logan [Visage] Sky was not merely content to issue albums every few months with his musical partner Steven Jones. He was also linking up with a name from the … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 70]

Posted on June 8, 2018

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from this post] “Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang” might have been called “Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang Bloc Bloc Bloc” since it represented a second example of … Continue reading →

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