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Remembering Robert Calvert

His MySpace page reads – Despite the fact that most people view Robert Calvert as a rock musician, Robert actually viewed himself as a poet and a writer. It is of course easy to see where the confusion arises as Robert was for many years a member of British rock band Hawkwind. Robert recorded numerous albums with the band between the years 1971 and 1978 including important releases such as Space Ritual and Quark, Strangeness and Charm .
I just stumbled across his page while browsing and had forgotten how much I liked Quark, Strangeness and Charm and Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters ( sadly lost this album) – will have to re-order from Amazon as I miss it.

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Hawkwind – Quark Strangeness And Charm

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Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have created a modern album with modern references that has surely added another stripe on their musical sleeves and confirmed, to me anyway, that they should be regarded as troubadours of modern music. Read more…

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Sparklehorse singer Mark Linkous dies

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Sad, sad news. I hope he had a wonderful life.

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Mike Rutherford – Smallcreeps Day

mike rutherford smallcreeps daysUncleRaveyDavey got me thinking about the 80’s – and why I hate it so much.

But then I remembered that it wasn’t all that bad, with this album being one of the reasons – more to come I think, especially when URD starts the discussion going by emailing me why he loves the ’80’s (come on Ravey!).

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Pat Methany – some more samples for you

Methany Secret story

Secret Story
(1992)

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Pat Methany road to you
The Road to You (live 1992)

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Charlie haden
Beyond The Missouri Sky with Charlie Haden (1996)

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I was told once by a so called music-expert that Pat Methany made music for lifts – mmm.

OK there are two ways to listen to this guy – either you put it on to relax to and just chill out with friends and vino and you have this as soothing background music or you put on a pair of good quality headphones and listen, really listen to the music. Its the second approach that provides the most pleasure – try it and let me know what you think.

I do know that if I was in a lift and this guy was playing I’d be going up and down all day.

Hope you enjoy the samples

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