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- Record Review: EBN-OZN – “AEIOU [Sometimes Y]” US 12″
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- Poll: The Bowie Compilation Album To Have When You’re Having Only One [part 2]
- Poll: The Bowie Compilation Album To Have When You’re Having Only One [part 1]
- Record Review: It’s Immaterial – Space UK 12″
- Want List: Jesse Rae’s Scot Funk Singles Haunt For 40 Years
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Want List: Collecting The Sparks Techno Pop Periphery – #2 Gleaming Spires
Hilly Michaels was cut adrift when Sparks went to Europe to record two albums with Giorgio Moroder without a band. After their 1979/1980 releases, Sparks decided they wanted a band again, so they came back to The States and found … Continue reading
Posted in New Wave Compilations, Record Review, Want List
Tagged 1980, Bates Motel, David Kendrick, False New Wave, Gleaming Spires, Sparks
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Record Review: Robert Palmer – Clues EURO CD
Robert Palmer: Clues EURO CD [1991] Looking For Clues Sulky Girl Johnny + mary What Do You Care I Dream Of Wires Woke Up Laughing Not A Second Time Found You Now I had a strange approach to Robert Palmer. … Continue reading
I Was A Token New Waver…
I’ve written in the past about the curious phenomenon of False New Wave®, which got pretty rampant during the salad days of the trend. We were treated to the spectacle of rawk stars a generation older adopting the colorful plumage … Continue reading
REDUX: Faking It Files – More False “New Wave”
January 21, 2011 Little did I know the hornet’s nest I was to stir up with my last post on this topic! Honestly, I was pressed for time and grabbed the first theme I could run with – hastily. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Blast From The Past, Uncategorized
Tagged False New Wave, Rod Stewart, Steve Miller Band
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REDUX: Faking It Files – A Gallery Of False “New Wave”
January 18, 2011 ‘Round about 1978-1979 there was something in the air that even established, coke-enhanced rock royalty were catching wind of. Their irrelevancy. Once you’re on top, there’s only one way to go from there. Let’s face it, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Joel, False New Wave, Huey Lewis + The News, Linda Rondstadt
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The Triumph Of False New Wave: Alice Cooper – Clones
Alice Cooper: Clones [We’re All] US 7″ [1980] Clones [We’re All] Model Citizen From time to time we’ve paused to excoriate the flabby, aged rockers who have tried , with varying levels of failure, to hitch their wagon to the … Continue reading
Faking It Files: Mr. Roboto Proves Waterloo For Styx – Millions Cheer
Styx had sold millions of copies of their late 70s albums. They could have kept grinding them out like sausages. What possessed them in 1983 to mount an elaborate tour/album based on an incomprehensible concept album storyline a good six seven … Continue reading
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