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THE ENGLISH TAPE, SIDE 1 TRACK 4
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THE ENGLISH TAPE, SIDE 1 TRACK 4
DAVID BOWIE – “The London Boys”(no doubt available on the endless reissues of Bowie’s ’66 stuff)
Existentialist mod panic as Dave arrives in the big city and finds his trousers are cut wr[…]

Pop… Pop… Pop Musik!
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Pop… Pop… Pop Musik!: A nice person writes in to ask where nylpm’s name comes from. Well, it comes from M’s 1979 hit “Pop Muzik”, and you can find the lyrics here. I had huge qualms about linking to this site becau[…]

The Funky Page
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The Funky Page: while I’ve not attempted to download any of the RealAudio files, this looks like a nice little personal tribute/resource to “hard funky soul” – includes Pigmeat Markham, James Brown, lots of other good people.[…]

In answer to the band best-of lists
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… I deem it both meet and right to speak about the music and related things I loathe. In an underrated essay from Neil Tennant that appeared in a mid-1992 issue of Details, he discussed hate as a motivating factor for creation and sense of sel[…]

THE ENGLISH TAPE, SIDE 1 TRACK 3
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THE ENGLISH TAPE, SIDE 1 TRACK 3
PINK FLOYD – “See Emily Play” (1967 single, found on the album Relics)
England’s psychedelic elite liked to dabble in their country’s folksy, ritual past, and so trendy, trippy festivals […]

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