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I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles, 1973

LB — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 06:28:42 +0000

For friends in America in these terrible days, a favourite from my childhood, probably because of the combination of Ann Peeble’s voice and the sound effects of the production.

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Iranian singer Pari Zangeneh, song to a sparrow

LB — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:52:44 +0000

Blind Iranian legend Pari Zangeneh sings the song Gonjishkake Ashi Mashi, described by an Iranian friend as “a song of warning to a little sparrow which is coming around too close to people; saying it could be destroyed and eaten in the pool of painting (which is human society).

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It’s Finally Ironic

LB — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:42:09 +0000

Wouldn’t it be ironic to die of laughter when finally exposed to the potentially life-saving correction of a fatally unironic song… Some of the corrections are only barely ironic but let’s not quibble.

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Easy To Be Hard

LB — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:31:33 +0000

Cheryl Barnes singing Easy to be Hard, probaby the best track from the film version of Hair. The song was written by Gerome Ragni, co-author of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.

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this party just took a turn for the douche

LB — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:48:06 +0000

Went to a bar tonight that used to be great, a neighbourhood bar in the old Arts Club Theatre. What happened? 14 sports TV screens happened, a contempo remodel, and all the clientele that comes with that stuff.

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Life on Mars, 1973

LB — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:14:27 +0000

Life on Mars, the BBC TV sci-fi police show, takes place in 1973. But it’s a 1973 of the mind, and this is a matter of plot, not just artistic license.

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Mary Margaret O’Hara

LB — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:15:30 +0000

For those who don’t know, Mary Margaret O’Hara is a cult Canadian musician who produced only one album, the weirdly perfect Miss America, in 1988. It’s said that she never released another album because she’s reclusive, but in fact she never stopped working publicly.

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I got you babe

LB — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:15:20 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day to my valentine and to all the valentines, nuns, freaks, backup singers, everyone.

David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull singing live in 1973 on the US variety show The Midnight Special.

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