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purchase [ The Joshua Tree ] In October of 1987 I purchased The Joshua Tree , so well matched for the most beautifully dark and moody...

Cat Stevens : Father And Son [ purchase ] Unlike my predecessors in this theme, I’m pretty confident that Cat Stevens’ Tea For The Til...

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It's a tricky one this, as, of course, is honesty, weaving a devious path between credibility and risibility. Achieving both, no doubt. ...

Click and listen: Harvest Festival [ Purchase Apple Venus ] When I was informed of the "Harvest" theme that was to take ...

Purchase: Seasons (Waiting On You) I think a lot of folks came to Future Islands via The Late Show with David Letterman. It...

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Somehow, following on from the John Barleycorn post, and maintaining a similarly bucolic theme, this was the only and obvious choice. Su...

purchase [Traffic: John Barleycorn ] If you go way back into the SMM archives, you can see several posts about John Barleycorn - the s...