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NEWS FEED: Surely this is what Camp X-Ray is for
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NEWS FEED: Surely this is what Camp X-Ray is for
Obviously I have a soft spot of Cat Stevens, or Yusef Islam or , (actually is it not a touch suspicious how many names he has had, like he was on the run). He used to be a musician, realised how rubbis[…]

I Hate Music lyric watch #22: R. Kelly – “I Wish”
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As you know, I have a particular dislike of ANY songs with the word If in the title. But even Midge Ure has been eclipsed in stupidity by R.Kelly’s latest mid-tempo yawnfest.
If I was a psychic
I’d know our love would last
Because I&#8217[…]

News feed: Musicians get instruments stolen
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News feed: Musicians get instruments stolen
Stolen, but note, not destroyed. They all have the “Distinctive” Scottish Chamber Orchestra sticker on the side, if you do stumble across a cello and apicolo in a ditch. Distinctive like a turd,[…]

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