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The Perfect Setlist

By 6000 | 6000 | May 25, 2011

It’s always a toughie when a band is touring. They’re out there promoting their new material, but the fans turn up wanting to have a good night listening to their classics. Finding a suitable balance is always going to be difficult, but apparently, there is some thought that goes into it. Here’s how my hometown [...]

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Don’t sit down…

By 6000 | 6000 | May 12, 2011

Feels like someone should have suggested that for me this week. Busy. But no, this is the new one from the Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys: Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair. I’m getting heavy Beatles, I’m getting dark Oasis and there’s a soupçon of The Smiths and a hint of The Pixies in there [...]

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Chasing the sun with Tony Christie

By 6000 | 6000 | August 13, 2010

Because of the timing of the flights on my recent trip up to Durban, coupled with the relative geographical positions of that city and Cape Town and with the addition of a pinch of the turning of the earth, I found myself chasing the sunrise east on the flight out and chasing the sunset back [...]

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