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Bytes From the Big Apple: A Script, a Cast, a time and a place.
31st March 2011 | 5 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
In terms of originality and inventiveness, January 12th 1960 will forever stand as an indelicate date on the entertainment calendar. Not because Emile Ford and the Checkmates were topping the charts with 'What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For'. Not because "Tommy the Toreador" was doing the rounds across the U.K. And not because the strong arm crooner Don Arden was busy emceeing the Gene Vincent Show on...
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The Ministry of Sound Radio
18th March 2010 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It seems that hardly a day goes by without the finger of suspicion being pointed at the BBC. Googling and gossip is at an all time high, and the nation’s chattering classes and nattering networks are abuzz with criticisms and carping. The Corporation’s unfathomable remit and the indelicate quality of its output top the list of tetchy topics. Equally prickly are the budgeting excesses, ageism, political bias and that old...
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Bytes From The Big Apple: The Grand Wizard of the Fretboard
14th August 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
So there I was, checking out the merchandise in the gift shop at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Downtown Manhattan. I'd just done the tour and learned how David Byrne, Patti Smith and The Ramones had all but invented the music. This was indeed a revelation, as I'd been led to believe that people with names such as Bill Haley, Fats Domino and Little Richard had...
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