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A loving trek through the adoration of Damon Albarn's career....with other live music, and general music bits. (honestly? it's mostly about Damon Albarn related things though!)
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Blur before Blur: Seymour live at The Square, Essex - 18th December 1989
Oh wow, this is pretty amazing. A video's up on Youtube of Seymour, Blur's first incarnation. You must watch! Baggy jumpers, strange trousers, and Graham's perfectly coiffed hair abound! Link below.Seymour - Superman[via Guardian Music's twitter, and...
Now Graham wants to do a new Blur album?
Oh, it's an emotional roller coaster. In a recent interview, Graham had this to say about the prospects of a new Blur album:"I'm up for it, doing another one - it would be a really interesting thing to do. I don't want it to be like 'Modern Life Is ...
Blur to record new music? blah blah blah...Alex says...blah blah...who cares unless they come to America?
I was recently visiting my parents and found a photograph of myself, circa 1996, wearing a Blur Parklife t-shirt. I might use that photo in some sort of desperate plea to get Blur to come to America. I'm thinking an open letter to Damon, Alex, Dave,...
A Fantastic Guardian Article On Blur
I know it seems like I'm just pasting the latest Blur snippets incessantly on here, mostly without comment. It's been such a rush of Blur news lately that sometimes it's hard to keep up. It's long way from my DaMonday's posts of yore. This gold rush ...
VIDEO: Blur accept their Mojo Honor from some "special" fans
Blur at the Mojo Awards
Blur's 1999 South Bank Show appearance on youtube
If you haven't seen this, it's a pretty great watch. Graham's at his mumbliest and Damon takes us back to where it all began, Stanway School. All in celebration of Blur's 10 year anniversary.I've embedded part one below, click through for the rest. T...
Are Blur going to record a new album?
Oh god I hope so.Apparently Graham told the Daily Star (reeeeeeally?) that it's a possibility."I'd be up for it if everyone else is really into the idea - if it feels good then we will (record again), I'm sure we will."Not exactly a confirmation, but...
A BLUR SONG A DAY: The Universal
Alright, so I'm going to try this thing you see...sort of a reverse hunger strike. I'm going to post a Blur song a day until we hear about a US reunion show. Now, odds are that this means I'll be posting one every day, forever... So really it's until...
at this point it's just pathetic that I won't get to see Blur...
Jeez...you lucky people in the U.K. MORE warmup shows announced...Southend,Wolverhampton and Newcastle...well here's your lucky day.COME. TO. AMERICA (just once...I'll fly anywhere...NYC, LA?? eh?)...
Does this mean Damon likes Vampire Weekend?
There was me thinking fondly on the fact that Damon might have pulled the fire alarm to prematurely end a Vampire Weekend show, and all of a sudden they're opening for one of the Hyde Park reunion gigs!That's the only questionable pick, here's the fu...
Blur's Manchester support acts revealed...and they're good!
Blur have recruited Klaxons (yay) and Florence and the Machine (yay) to support their Manchester warm up show at the MEN arena on June 26th.According to the NME, each of the Blur reunion shows will have different opening acts...It'll be interesting t...
