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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Enola Gay
Let the record state that I freakin’ love O.M.D. and synthpop in general. Sooooooo 80s. So me. Posted in music, videos Tagged: 1980, 80s, enola gay, omd, synthesizer, synthpop ...
I want a ticket to anywhere
Posted in music, videos Tagged: fast car, tracy chapman ...
Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo
The other evening I was walking to the tube station – through the madding crowds – to get home after a hard day at work. I work in professional services but our office is in the very heart of London’s West End (i.e. theatre, enterta...
You can call me Al
A man walks down the street He says why am I soft in the middle now Why am I soft in the middle The rest of my life is so hard I need a photo-opportunity I want a shot at redemption Don’t want to end up a cartoon In a cartoon graveyard Bonedi...
Ooohhhh sometimes
It’s that time of year again, the work Christmas party. Tomorrow in fact. The women take it very seriously. Lots have booked hair and make-up appointments for tomorrow, during the day. All bring dresses and heels in. It’s an evening do. ...
Come up and see me – make me smile!
An old favourite that never ceases to put me in a glass-half-full mood. Posted in music, videos Tagged: cockney rebels, make me smile, steve harley, totp ...
Tape deck
(via lovegifs) Yes, they seem quite dinosaur-like nowadays compared with mp3s and music on CDs. But I liked having tapes. I liked taking time to make compilations. For myself, and others. I liked going to the effort of hand-writing the label and the...
I ain’t missing you… at all
Posted in desperately seeking steven, fragments of the past, friends, music, notes to self, videos ...
Take on me, take me on
25 years after forming, A-Ha announced that they were splitting today. I remain transfixed by 80s music. Such a formative decade for me. Music such as theirs brings it all back. Then: Now: Posted in music Tagged: a-ha ...
Call me Mr Vain
I’ve gained 14 lbs in the last year. I need to lose it. Not yet sure how. Re-joining a gym would be a start… Watch this space. Posted in health, music Tagged: culture beat, diet, mr vain, weight ...
Hope there’s someone
Was watching some obscure music programme last night, on BBC4, about bands signed to the Rough Trade label. There were same great bands – The Smiths, Libertines, The Strokes, Pulp – among others. This came on at the end and I’d not ...
Lang Lang at the RAH
I was at the Royal Albert Hall this evening seeing Prom 56: Staatskapelle Dresden. The highlight – and the reason it sold out rather early on – was that Lang Lang – Chinese prodigy and one of the greatest pianists of his generation ...
Boys of summer
I am in Cambridgeshire on a 2 day mini-break visiting friends. This entry is one I set to auto-post whilst I’m away. I love this track. Always have. Posted in music, videos Tagged: boys of summer, don henley ...
Get me away from here (I’m dying)
Spent much of the night coughing which doesn’t make for a good night’s sleep. The fever is gone though. That finished about mid afternoon yesterday. I’m calling the doctor when the surgery opens at 8am. They’re diagnosing by p...
It really really really could happen
I remember when this came out. I was a university student in the United States. Among other things, I wrote for the (daily) student newspaper. Readership: 50,000. Dwarfed the paltry thing I’d come from in the UK which was weekly and rather alte...
Cry little sister – thou shall not fall
Posted in music, videos Tagged: 1980s, cry little sister, gerard mcmann, lost boys, soundtrack, vampire ...
I want to ride on a white horse
… I want to ride on a white horse. Posted in movies & films, music, videos Tagged: bruno, goldfrapp, music, ride on a white horse, sacha baron cohen, supernature ...
Will I be handsome, will I be rich?
Doris Day – 1953. Posted in music, videos, youtube Tagged: doris day, que sera sera ...
Protected: Isn’t it ironic?
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They call me Atreyu
Posted in movies & films, music, videos Tagged: 1980s, 1984, atreyu, limahl, neverending story, soundtrack ...
Just like honey
Posted in music, videos Tagged: jesus & mary chain, just like honey ...
More than this
Posted in music, videos, youtube Tagged: 1980s, brian ferry, more than this, roxy music ...
Spotify
A colleague at work told me about this. Totally free, legal, streaming music, no buffer-lag, huge catalogue, tiny download. The only catch? You have to be a UK (or Swedish) resident. It’s called Spotify. It’s brilliant! The interface is a...
Video Responses Welcome
I’m meant to be working but really struggling on this, my third day working from home. Climbing the walls in fact. My foot is mostly better but not 100%. I didn’t feel like commuting into town when I have no meetings anyway (though do hav...
1980s mashup
A thank you to Derry who pointed me in the direction of a 1980s mashup tune which I’m digging. Mashups are combined from multiple sources, blended together. This mashup combines such timeless tunes as: Madonna - Like a Virgin Cher - Believe W...
What a beautiful day
Click to play I’m 18 going on 19. It’s 1994. I’m starting university way up in the north of England at a redbrick university far from home. Life had changed so much in the preceding two years. I’d been at boarding school for ...
