Two very good albums. I like both versions of 'Police Oppression' but I have to go with the single B-side as just like 'White Riot' I love that siren too much. Plus the single was my first exposure to the song. Still both are great.
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Do you not have some kind of free streaming service? I'm now amused to think about how you'd react to TJ&J.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 5:13pmI don't have Spotify, thank fuck.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:59pmFire it up on Limey Spotify.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:42pmHas it got any tunes? I like simple things like that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 2:34pm
Almost their entire output. Classic no wave, snotty anti-rock, utterly toxic to Hestons.![]()
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He will obviously find it terrible and tuneless. If he liked it I would be stunned.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:17pmDo you not have some kind of free streaming service? I'm now amused to think about how you'd react to TJ&J.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 5:13pmI don't have Spotify, thank fuck.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:59pmFire it up on Limey Spotify.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:42pmHas it got any tunes? I like simple things like that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 2:34pm
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I hate the fact that I have Spotify (it is free) but it is too useful not to use.
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But it's the possibility that he'll be traumatized—that's the juice I crave.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:31pmHe will obviously find it terrible and tuneless. If he liked it I would be stunned.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:17pmDo you not have some kind of free streaming service? I'm now amused to think about how you'd react to TJ&J.

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Same here mate, cracking song.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:11pmTwo very good albums. I like both versions of 'Police Oppression' but I have to go with the single B-side as just like 'White Riot' I love that siren too much. Plus the single was my first exposure to the song. Still both are great.
In Upstarts-related news, local gangster and ex-Upstarts manager Keith Bell (the subject of Shotgun Solution) died this week, not many tears shed around these parts. A horrible thug.
Also, we have another Xmas gig with the Upstarts in South Shields on Dec 27th, very much looking forward to it.
So what does Marconi playing the mamba mean? "Marconi" is referring to the radio itself. It plays a deadly snake. The snake - the mamba - is slithering from the speakers. Ready to kill greedy corporations. Ready to free the world of all that is evil, and to leave behind only the youthful idealism encompassed by the tenets of rock and roll.
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I just listen to albums on YouTube, everything I like is pretty old and usually on there.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:17pmDo you not have some kind of free streaming service? I'm now amused to think about how you'd react to TJ&J.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 5:13pmI don't have Spotify, thank fuck.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:59pmFire it up on Limey Spotify.Heston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 4:42pmHas it got any tunes? I like simple things like that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 2:34pm
Almost their entire output. Classic no wave, snotty anti-rock, utterly toxic to Hestons.![]()
So what does Marconi playing the mamba mean? "Marconi" is referring to the radio itself. It plays a deadly snake. The snake - the mamba - is slithering from the speakers. Ready to kill greedy corporations. Ready to free the world of all that is evil, and to leave behind only the youthful idealism encompassed by the tenets of rock and roll.
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Yep I've read about Keith Bell being somewhat of a nasty piece of workHeston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 10:48pmSame here mate, cracking song.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:11pmTwo very good albums. I like both versions of 'Police Oppression' but I have to go with the single B-side as just like 'White Riot' I love that siren too much. Plus the single was my first exposure to the song. Still both are great.
In Upstarts-related news, local gangster and ex-Upstarts manager Keith Bell (the subject of Shotgun Solution) died this week, not many tears shed around these parts. A horrible thug.
Also, we have another Xmas gig with the Upstarts in South Shields on Dec 27th, very much looking forward to it.
That's great news re : the gig wish I could attend that. A Xmas gig with the Upstarts and the Report would feel just like old times when bands would play Xmas gigs to alleviate the boredom of a boring 70's Xmas. I hope you have a cracker mate.


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Cheers mate, muchly looking forward to it.Marky Dread wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 6:06amYep I've read about Keith Bell being somewhat of a nasty piece of workHeston wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 10:48pmSame here mate, cracking song.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:11pmTwo very good albums. I like both versions of 'Police Oppression' but I have to go with the single B-side as just like 'White Riot' I love that siren too much. Plus the single was my first exposure to the song. Still both are great.
In Upstarts-related news, local gangster and ex-Upstarts manager Keith Bell (the subject of Shotgun Solution) died this week, not many tears shed around these parts. A horrible thug.
Also, we have another Xmas gig with the Upstarts in South Shields on Dec 27th, very much looking forward to it.
That's great news re : the gig wish I could attend that. A Xmas gig with the Upstarts and the Report would feel just like old times when bands would play Xmas gigs to alleviate the boredom of a boring 70's Xmas. I hope you have a cracker mate.
So what does Marconi playing the mamba mean? "Marconi" is referring to the radio itself. It plays a deadly snake. The snake - the mamba - is slithering from the speakers. Ready to kill greedy corporations. Ready to free the world of all that is evil, and to leave behind only the youthful idealism encompassed by the tenets of rock and roll.
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Billy Bragg, 'Don't Try This at Home' (1991).
"Sexuality" is such a perfectly joyous and pop-tastic song (in no small measure to Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr). I could easily hear Mick with Carbon Silicon or Joe with the Mescaleros covering this.
"Accident Waiting to Happen" is ferocious and heartbreaking with it's Kinks paraphrase: "...you're a dedicated swallower of fascism".
And "Tank Park Salute" is just obvious and harrowing, especially to anyone who's lost their da' recently (as I did July 3 of this year). Being a decorated combat Infantry veteran who, although a bit conservative in his general world-view, couldn't comprehend the world he was living in,in his final 4-5 years, and had bled and nearly lost his life for. At 20 years of age. Because "They" ordered him to. (happy Armistice Day, daddy).

"Sexuality" is such a perfectly joyous and pop-tastic song (in no small measure to Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr). I could easily hear Mick with Carbon Silicon or Joe with the Mescaleros covering this.
"Accident Waiting to Happen" is ferocious and heartbreaking with it's Kinks paraphrase: "...you're a dedicated swallower of fascism".
And "Tank Park Salute" is just obvious and harrowing, especially to anyone who's lost their da' recently (as I did July 3 of this year). Being a decorated combat Infantry veteran who, although a bit conservative in his general world-view, couldn't comprehend the world he was living in,in his final 4-5 years, and had bled and nearly lost his life for. At 20 years of age. Because "They" ordered him to. (happy Armistice Day, daddy).


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Really strong album with great lyrics and tunes.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 9:56pmBilly Bragg, 'Don't Try This at Home' (1991).
"Sexuality" is such a perfectly joyous and pop-tastic song (in no small measure to Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr). I could easily hear Mick with Carbon Silicon or Joe with the Mescaleros covering this.
"Accident Waiting to Happen" is ferocious and heartbreaking with it's Kinks paraphrase: "...you're a dedicated swallower of fascism".
And "Tank Park Salute" is just obvious and harrowing, especially to anyone who's lost their da' recently (as I did July 3 of this year). Being a decorated combat Infantry veteran who, although a bit conservative in his general world-view, couldn't comprehend the world he was living in,in his final 4-5 years, and had bled and nearly lost his life for. At 20 years of age. Because "They" ordered him to. (happy Armistice Day, daddy).
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He wouldn't make it 2 songs in.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 7:04pmBut it's the possibility that he'll be traumatized—that's the juice I crave.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:31pmHe will obviously find it terrible and tuneless. If he liked it I would be stunned.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Nov 2017, 6:17pmDo you not have some kind of free streaming service? I'm now amused to think about how you'd react to TJ&J.![]()
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Headroom, Head in the Clouds. Not really shoegaze, more like original psychedelic/stoner rock. Almost entirely instrumental. The main guitarist reminds me a lot of Levene, esp. circa Metal Box.
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Elvis Costello, King of America. A stellar album that I almost always forget when listing my EC faves
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It is a quality album. In a catalogue as broad and good as EC's it's easy to pass over some great stuff at times.


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