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SPARKS - BBC ROCK HOUR #324 & #423 (1982-1983)

“Whomp That Sucker” was released in 1981, with some musicians from the Los Angeles area, actually David Kendrick, Leslie Bohem, Bob Haag had been famous with a local band called Bates Motel (one song on…

JOE JACKSON - CHORUS TV (1980)

On the strength of the release of the third LP “Beat Crazy“, Joe Jackson performed live on Chorus, the famous french TV show in 1980. Nine songs pulled out from the first three albums plus a…

Now, this video is just disturbing.

But damn, I like this song.

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How’s everything? Do you like the new Swedesplease shirt? They’re selling like hotcakes (in Cardiff and Spain anyway).

This is not the official Swedesplease music post of the day. But I did get this video sent to my by Lacrosse. It’s…

Damn. Another overly hectic and superbly busy month has come and gone. In fact, it’s been so damn busy this month that I never found the time to surf in and out of the nooks and crannies of MySpace like…

Satirically touching on the American way, Canadian Invasion showcase what lies underneath the white picket fences, traditional family values and odes to materialism with the new video for “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” Read my review for Canadian Invasion here.
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On return from its first American northern round, HYPNO5E reconsiders the front of the scene with its side project acoustic, A BACKWARD GLANCE ON A TRAVEL ROAD.

“True testimony of the melody range of a group more accustomed to transforming a…

OK, finally here are a few pics from the launch of Clap Your hands and Stamp Your Feet. Building up to the launch there had been a lot of national press, radio and TV coverage in Holland, it was quite…

Well, it’s Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fille de nuit nutritional consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be travelling to San Diego, California, home of lovely Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean. Miss Prejean is apparently…

From sometime in the 60s — and apparently shot as a promotional thing for the Village Voice – here’s more interesting than the legend suggests singer/songwriter/politico/doomed asshole Phil Ochs and a brief video version of his quite lovely folkie chestnut “Changes.”

As…