My Eyeball Stuck On The Plane
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThis last Sunday was my first chance to hear BBC Radio 1’s chart show in almost a month, as I was occupied with being in America, and then moving back to the lovely hamlet of Dagenham …
Back in London
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI’m back in UK after two weeks away, and though it’s not snowing, it still feels really cold here, even with clear skies. In San Francisco, they had the winter weather that they have every couple of…
Postcard From USA
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So it’s already Day 6 of my 14-day journey to California, escaping the tail end of one of Britain’s longest cold spells in almost 30 years. It’s considerably warmer here than in UK, but not e…
Elvis turns 75 — In some people’s imaginations
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Friday, January 8, marks what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. I’m not sure we’d really want to see The King at 75; he looked bad enough at 42. UK TV has been showing do…
A couple of days late — Best singles of 2009
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt’s very pleasant to look at the year 2009 musically, though in my personal life I was happy to see the back door of it. Major upheavals, but at least the high number of really wonderful singles kept me momentarily dis…
So how big a triumph was it?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn one of the all time great shockers in music chart history, “Killing In The Name,” a 1993 recording by the highly political US band Rage Against The Machine, has sold enough copies via download only (an …
Why did they single ME out?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWith almost as much regularity as my inbox, I now go to my junk mail file, and while it’s not the safest thing to open some of the already blocked mail, sometimes it’s hard to resist. I mean, yeah, it’s eas…
Must be Christmas cause the gigs are sucking again
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt’s a dead heat between comics and club owners as to who hates December the most, and yet that’s when we all make the most money. But we sure as hell EARN it! We have to continually perform to various poc…
My favorite Christmas record ever
Published by Rick on Tagged Uncategorized “Christmas Dinner Country Style” by BING CROSBY Capitol 5088
Written by R. Freed/Grace Saxon Produced by Simon Rady
Released December, 1963 Peak Positions: Didn’t chart n…
The Things We Do For Love
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedYesterday, it was my plan to meet comedian Nick Revell around 6:30 at Leytonstone Tube station to drive him and myself to a gig in Great Bardfield, Essex, that even a satnav would have had trouble finding. In…
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