I have so long wanted to do this post, the bassline, or is it the baseline, of the Stranglers being such a glorious sound. For about 10 year...

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When I read the theme announcement the other day, I thought, how about writing something that discusses how overused the phrase "the ...

Well I made a right pig's ear of that , didn't I? Did all my jiggery-pokery and pressed send, only to realise buddies KKafa and J.Da...

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It seems apt that in the week the new Richard Curtis/Danny Boyle film arrived, to continue this thread in the same vein. So, just as 'Ye...

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Of course I love the Stones. And I could wax lyrical about them forever, having remained, largely, a fan, through hip, happening and happ...

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