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Living with…The Ukrainians…for a week
Even the DJ had deserted me Last weekend the good people of the UK emerged from winter hibernation to realise there could be sunshine and warmth. There was an outdoors that could be enjoyed. All...
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Now That’s What I Call No81bob’s World Volume 1
A few notable things happened 30 years ago. Firstly, the Smiths released their first album and started a brief but oh so influential journey in music. Secondly, it’s 30 years since Brighton and Hove...
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Countdown No 9: Singing Smiths songs in Ukrainian
Sadly locked indoors this summer trying to work through ‘stuff’ I had my radio for company. Jarvis Cocker seemed a good choice. A little bit different. It shouldn’t be too predictable. Except he...
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Catching up on forty years. 1978: Teenage kicks – The Undertones
Lurking under the sheen of ABBA, Boney M and the hit songs from Grease lies a song that in 1978 probably said more about life than the music that they constantly play (to misquote The Smiths). I...
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Catching up on forty years. 1986: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead is probably the best album ever made and on that very short list to join me on a desert island. And for that reason there has to be only one place to go in search of a song. But...
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