Comedy Hell that wasn’t
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn receiving my diary update of gigs for the coming months, there was a surprise entry for last weekend, two nights in Liverpool at a new venue called Comedy Hell. This more than remind…
After next Sunday, a breather
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The Academy Awards ceremony on 7 March is the last in a ridiculously long line of awards ceremonies, at least until the autumn, when the Emmys and a whole slew of MTV-related shows f…
Confessing to liking Glee
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I was doing a gig Sunday night in the town of Shirley, about 15 miles SE of Birmingham, and the drive took just under three hours, so I got to listen to BBC Radio 1’s chart show in its entirety. I…
Staying up late on Sunday
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedFirst off, congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for their 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, a game much closer than the final score would have indicated. The Saints were m…
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 …
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