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Record Review: Adam Ant – Apollo 9

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

Adam Ant: Apollo 9 UK 7″ [1984] Apollo 9 [Blast Off Mix] 3:24 B-Side Baby 4:47 When Adam disbanded The Ants and went solo in 1982 he still had a strong grip on the UK top 10. Two of the … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 42]

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

2016 [continued] From the very first listen, the title song from “Lazarus” [which was the only of the four new songs of that production on this album] made a large impact. The song’s descending hook [complete with a contrapuntal, vertiginous ascending … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 37]

Posted on March 29, 2016 by

2011 – 2012 Nothing happened. 2013 On January 8, 2013 – David Bowie’s 65th birthday, all media hell broke loose as the seemingly vanished star released a video as a precursor to a new album. “Where Are We Now” was … Continue reading →

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Want List: Stephen Emmer – International Blue

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

As night follows day, just a day after posting about John Foxx, I just got a tip from commenter Nick that Midge Ure has come out of his fox[x]hole! An article in today’s Radio Times reveals that Ure has another … Continue reading →

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Bowie Elected Pope; Handed Keys To Planet Earth

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

On January 8, 2013… everything changed. After a decade of lying low, a new David Bowie song hit the web from point zero like a clap of thunder. It was accompanied by an odd video, a handful of photographs and … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Suddenly Reappears On His 66th Birthday!

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

I’ve been long of the opinion that David Bowie had silently retired. After his angioplasty of 2004 he’s been barely a blip on the radar. His last album, “Reality,” looked to be the terminus of his career. With a health … Continue reading →

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Song of the Day: Les Rita Mitsouko – C’est Comme Ça

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Les Rita Mitsouko: C’est Comme Ça US 12″ [1987] C’est Comme Ça [ext. ver] Stupid Anyway By the time that the UK had crashed and burned musically for me in the mid-80s, I began to finally hear some music from … Continue reading →

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