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Remix, Cut ‘n’ Paste, Mash-Up and Edit

by on 07. Dec, 2011 in Documentaries, DVD, Hear, Records, Remixes / Edits, The Eighties, Video

As I navigated the winding country lanes on my way to the M5 from Minehead, where I'd been playing the Sunday night 1.00am-3.00am closing slot / graveyard shift at the inaugural ‘House Of Fun’ weekender, I was pleased to discover that there was a programme on the radio about the JFK assassination 48 years ago in 1963. Always a subject of fascination, this would help me whittle away half an hour of journey time as I weaved onwards towards the motorway.

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Living To Music – Michael Jackson ‘Off The Wall’

by on 29. Nov, 2011 in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, General, Hear, Living To Music, Records, The Seventies

This Sunday (Dec 4th), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/

Even though it's almost two and a half years since his death in June 2009, Michael Jackson remains ever-newsworthy. Only recently, the trial of the physician who administered the drugs that killed him, Dr Conrad Murray, came to a conclusion with Murray convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

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Living To Music – James Brown ‘Live At The Apollo’

by on 30. Aug, 2011 in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Records, The Sixties

The oldest Living To Music inclusion to date, recorded on October 24th 1962, before Martin Luther King made his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, before JFK was assassinated, before Dylan released ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, and just as The Beatles had started out on their recording career (their first single, ‘Love Me Do’, released just a few weeks earlier). In a modern context, this is ancient history, yet its influence is still felt today, even if people don’t realise the full gravity of Brown’s legacy.

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Elizabeth Taylor

by on 28. Mar, 2011 in Film, Read, RIP, The Eighties, The Fifties, The Forties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties

Having suffered ill health for some time, screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor died last week, aged 79.

Born in London in 1932 (of American parents), Taylor was a true Hollywood icon, a legendary violet-eyed beauty who was also a fine actress. Having become a child star, due to her appearances in ‘Lassie Come Home’ (1943) and the following year’s ‘National Velvet’ (her co-stars being a dog and a horse respectively), her reputation was further enhanced via roles in films including ‘Little Women’ (1949), ‘Father Of The Bride’ (1950), ‘A Place In The Sun’ (1951) and ‘Giant’ (1956), where she appeared alongside James Dean and Rock Hudson.

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Five Super Soul Songs From Super Bad Brad

by on 06. Sep, 2010 in Black Culture, Hear, Misc, See, The Seventies

Soul is not something you acquire, it’s something you either have or you don’t, and sometimes you can find it in the most unlikely people.

It’s over a decade now since I was first introduced to the truly extraordinary talent that is Super Bad Brad, via Dermot Doran, whose father, Eamon Doran, founded the famous pubs in Dublin and NYC, which bear his name. Dermot had run off some VHS copies of Brad, who he’d got to know over in the US, singing ‘Ben’ and ‘You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine’, in order to amaze and entertain his friends. One of these tapes becoming essential viewing in our household, and something we’ve shared with numerous appreciative visitors down the years.

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