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Going Through Hell

By 6000 | 6000 | January 12, 2011

Good advice from The Streets with the first single off their fifth and final studio album computers and blues: If you’re going through hell – keep going Even as a fan of Mike Skinner and The Streets, I have to admit that their last offering, Everything is Borrowed left me a little cold. It was [...]

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Stay Together

By 6000 | 6000 | December 22, 2010

An earworm shared and all that: Suede’s Stay Together from 1994. A brilliant track from one of the most underrated Indie bands of that era.

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Left without a reason to stay

By 6000 | 6000 | December 2, 2010

So, here it is. This is it. While the magic of WordPress schedules this post, I will – all being well – be in Norway for my final audience with a-ha. And so, it seems rather appropriate that I should present you with their final song and video, Butterfly, Butterfly – and it’s one of [...]

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Sorry, Michael

By 6000 | 6000 | November 26, 2010

With apologies to Michael Stipe and REM: I looked ahead I’m saw the mountain there You don’t need me to tell you now That nothing can compare You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden a frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around It’s [...]

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One month…

By 6000 | 6000 | October 26, 2010

This time next month, I’ll be boarding a large jet-engined aircraft – vuvuzela in hand – for my trip to Europe on The Last Hurrah 2010 tour. It therefore seems fitting that we should indulge ourselves with a little more a-ha goodness. This one is from their 1990 album East of the Sun, West of [...]

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