Category Archives: music

Bowery Boxing Day – Dec 5, 2010

December 26, 2024 – 9:50 am

From 2010 Boxing Day is celebrated on the day after Christmas mostly in the UK and host of occupied nations dominated by the British Empire such as Australia, Canada, Ghana, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Kenya, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. For years I thought ‘Boxing Day’ was traditionally the holiday on which the […]

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Never MIA My Friends

December 3, 2024 – 12:24 pm

Barney Johnson, David Russell, Philippe Brook et moi. 1990s. The years were rough on this band. Barney I knew from Hurrah nightclub in the 1970s and and Philippe from Paris in the 1980s gone. Two years ago I came close to joining them and leaving David Russell, the youngest of us all, the only one […]

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Hippie Peace Soliders Mix

November 12, 2024 – 12:42 pm

hawkwind with Lemmi

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Anarchy in the UK – CBGBs

October 17, 2024 – 9:04 am

In November 1976 the Sex Pistols released ANARCHY IN THE UK on the UK. The revolutionary punk song was immediately banned by the BBC. The British authorities were worried about the sensibility of the royalists. Within the week ANARCHY IN THE UK was # 1 on the charts without getting any airplay. Describing the social […]

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Tubas In Space

October 8, 2024 – 9:38 am

I always thought that there would be no tubas in Space. Too big, too heavy, use too much oxygen, but on a Star Trek episode some crew member played one in the holo deck. I googled ‘tuba star trek’ and discovered the Star Trek Voyager theme featured a tuna. Google search also revealed that no […]

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