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Happy Birthday Bob
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Happy Birthday Bob: Tanya has a special tribute.[…]

BOB DYLAN LYRIC WATCH – “Sara”
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BOB DYLAN LYRIC WATCH – “Sara”
Now the beach is deserted
Except for some kelp
And a piece of an old ship
That lies on the shore
You always responded
When I needed your help
Hold on! Can you spot, O readers, where the Greatest Pop Po[…]

Pubs and the sun.
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Pubs and the sun. After all, this is England, we don’t get the sun very often, so when we do we like to – in the words of the immortal Sunkist advert (which obviously did not work since you cannot buy said drink any more on these isle) &#[…]

On Anon
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I must have done something really bad in a past life (or maybe in this life) as tonight I have to go to On Anon. As is always the case with having to go to dire places, it’s a work do. I have been there once before, on a family do. The bouncer […]

WEEZER – “Hash Pipe”
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WEEZER – “Hash Pipe”
You want geeky? OK then. At one point in Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s The Ballad Of Halo Jones, the protagonist is exhausted. Her life is going nowhere, she’s fighting in a space war (this being, afte[…]

BOB DYLAN – Anagram Corner
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BOB DYLAN – Anagram Corner
Bob Dylan = Bland Boy.[…]

BOB DYLAN – The Never Ending Tour
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BOB DYLAN – The Never Ending Tour
Happy Birthday Bob. No, really. I mean it. Whatever you say, sixty is a milestone that a lot of musicians don’t make. Look at Lennon. People think he is more of a genius than you. Why? Because he’s […]

We’re whoring for BBC Online today
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We’re whoring for BBC Online today – as the proof finally comes in that Napster and mp3’s are destroying the music industy. Oh, but the proof is that record sales have gone up. Ooops. Whilst record sales have been down for a while t[…]

You’ll be seeing this link in a few places
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You’ll be seeing this link in a few places: Pitchfork sluts for hits and gets Brent DiCrezcenzo to review Tool’s record. I’m linking to it because I think it’s funny (ha ha). My current despair at the very notion of ever writi[…]

Radiohead on for biggest chart hit
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Radiohead on for biggest chart hit: i.e. No.2, behind DJ Pied Piper whose single is called, perhaps aptly, “Do You Really Like It?” Good old BBC Online and their nose for a crucial entertainment story.[…]

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