Cynical Canadian writer/bibliophile guy into music, sports (Lifelong Caps/Jays supporter), foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Toronto, Ontario
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Four-Song Peel Session of British pre-New Wave band The Fabulous Poodles from October 3, 1978. Length: 15:13. #RIPTonyDeMeur piped.video/watch?v=2b25iv…
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Tony De Meur, aka Ronnie Golden, has died. He was founder and vocalist of British pre-new wave band The Fabulous Poodles. A favourite of John Peel, the band was known for their witty lyrics and quirky stage antics. The band live in 1979. #RIPTonyDeMeur piped.video/watch?v=1-cgAc…
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Calypso legend Mighty Sparrow has died at 91. One of the Trinidadian’s best-known songs was 1967’s “Congo Man” which touched on topics such as racial inequality, interracial sex & political strife. Sparrow performing the song in 1995. #RIPMightySparrow
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1971 song "Where I Belong" by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Song originally on his debut album Can I Have My Money Back? Can be found on the V/A collection Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-1975. piped.video/watch?v=4_-S63…
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A Donovan vibe on 1968 Sunshine Pop tune “English Sparrows” by American singer-songwriter Paul Parrish. Opening song on his debut album The Forest of My Mind. He would later find fame in Germany in the 1970s as member of soft rock duo Parrish & Toppano. piped.video/watch?v=PvJ-nl…
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Three-Song Peel Session of Birmingham electronic music band Plone from April 26, 1998. Length: 14:21. piped.video/watch?v=cNFxjI…
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2008 song "Endless Summer of the Damned" by British goth rock icons Bauhuas. From the band's reunion album Go Away White. piped.video/watch?v=azHOys…
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Spiritualized performing "Little Girl" live in 2012 for BBC Radio 6. Song on 2012 studio album Sweet Heart, Sweet Light. piped.video/watch?v=Hrqgaa…
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Rhode Island power pop band Velvet Crush performing “Hold Me Up” on Conan O’Brien in July 1994. Opening song on their brilliant Teenage Symphonies to God album. piped.video/watch?v=_26zeQ…
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Sonic Youth performing “Kool Thing”
Live on MTV in July 1992. The song was inspired by an interview Kim Gordon once conducted with LL Cool J. It reached #7 on the U.S. alternative chart. Originally on the 1990 studio album Goo. piped.video/watch?v=NkizHN…
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Full concert of Primal Scream live at the London Astoria in March 2000, promoting the XTRMNTR album. Length: 1:18:12. piped.video/watch?v=8PU9Oo…
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2003 song “Can You Be True?” by Elvis Costello. From the LP North, an album influenced thematically and musically by his blossoming relationship with Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall. piped.video/watch?v=Zd2fh0…
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Four-Song Peel Session of T. Rex from October 26, 1970. Includes "Ride a White Swan". Length: 15:23. piped.video/watch?v=q4z9Y-…
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French actress Marina Vlady has died at 88. Two of her finest performances were in Marco Ferreri’s 1963 film The Conjugal Bed and Godard’s 1967 film-essay Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Vlady in the latter film. #RIPMarinaVlady piped.video/watch?v=UX-n9V…
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Reggae bassist Jackie Jackson has died at 79. He played on such classics as Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites”, and Toots’s “Pressure Drop”. His work on the Alton Ellis 1967 song “Girl I’ve Got a Date”’is a foundational rocksteady bassline. #RIPJackieJackson piped.video/watch?v=UMd8XV…
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Welcome to the 1970s as thrift store used record regular James Last & his Orchestra perform their cover of Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine” live in 1974, piped.video/watch?v=gF2ODW…
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Books bought at ABC Books closing sale - 6 books for $28 (2/2);
Collected Novels and Plays (2002) by James Merrill
New Rolling Stone Record Guide 2nd Edition (1983)
Collected Stories (1984) by John O’Hara
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Books bought at ABC Books closing sale - 6 books for $28 (1/2);
The Complete Poems 1927-1979 (1983) by Elizabeth Bishop
Nothing/Doting/Blindness (1979) by Henry Green
The Dark Stuff -Selected Writings on Riock Music (2nd Ed) by Nick Kent
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