The Endless Note

Goodbye

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:18:57 +0000

When I started this Blog I didn't realise how compulsive even addictive it would become, guilt crept in when a day went by without posting and suddenly it appeared to become an obligation rather than a pleasure. Like most people sometimes you nee...

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Blast From The Past - Pub Rock

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:43:42 +0000

The "Pub Rock" scene of the early to mid 1970's was very much London orientated and pre-dated punk as the first rebellion against the pomp of music early 70's progressive rock. This limited scene was as good as it's word "pub rock" lived and play...

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New Music - The B-52's

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:27:10 +0000

The B-52's are back with a new album after a gap of 16 years! Here is the fun filled power pop of the title track.

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Cover Story - All The Young Dudes

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:43:53 +0000

Despite it being a David Bowie composition "All The Young Dudes" is perhaps best know via the hit single by Mott The Hoople. I suppose it will depend upon how fanatical you are about Bowie when you consider which is the best version, well for m...

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The Music Weeklies

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:30:06 +0000

"Last week's biggest-ever New Musical Express awards show at London's O2 Arena should have been a triumph for Britain's longest-serving rock weekly. It was, says the Editor, Conor McNicholas, “one of the greatest nights on my life” watching Kl...

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New Music - Portishead

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:15:42 +0000

Portishead have finally recorded and are releasing shortly their third studio album imaginatively titled "Third" This follows "Dummy" in 1994, and "Portishead" in 1997 which is a work rate that almost makes The Blue Nile look prolific. Has the wa...

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New News - Leonard Cohen

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:36:44 +0000

Legendary singer and poet Leonard Cohen has announced his first world tour dates in fifteen years, to start in June. Following his induction into the US Music Hall of Fame yesterday (March 10), the reclusive singer has announced a mammoth...

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Dead Flowers

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:19:03 +0000

The Stones "Dead Flowers" must surely be the best country song written and performed by a British ROCK band. I was always convinced that it had been plagurised from some american roots song but despite research I can find no known writer other th...

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KT Tunstall

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:42:29 +0000

Friday nights "Later With Jools..."as a compilation of debut performances from all the shows, the best of the evening was KT Tunstall who was completely unknown at the time of the initial broadcast and put on a performance which guaranteed her...

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John Stewart

nobody@vox.com(Helpless Dancer) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:32:12 +0000

John Stewart passed away in January, he was a an American folk maverick who pushed the boundaries of folk and was a major influence on the likes of Dylan as a result of his work with The Kingston Trio. An irony is that his biggest royalty chec...

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