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Category: Music

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Stephen Pieper
| May 17, 2019
'It had to be raw and dangerous' – Def Leppard, Saxon and Venom on 80s British metal (the Guardian)
Inspired by punk’s energy, the new wave of British heavy metal helped put the ‘snot and piss’ back into rock music. Forty years on, its leading players tell the story

This brought back some memories. The comments are terrible as usual. There is literally no subject that grown men won’t moan about on The Guardian (or elsewhere for that matter).

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Stephen Pieper
| May 15, 2019
The Quietus | Features | Strange World Of... | The Strange World Of... Gong (The Quietus)
Prior to the release of their second post-Daevid Allen album, The Universe Also Collapses, Sean Kitching talks to Dave Sturt and Kavus Torabi of Gong about ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue

I love the new album.

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Stephen Pieper
| May 8, 2019
The Organ Presents The Other Rock Show - 5th May 2019 from Mixcloud
Marina Anthony presents rhythmically other, entertaining, perplexing and unashamedly progressive sounds, playing music that uses unusual time signatures, song structures and dynamics - sounds that break out of Western music's peculiar obsession with 4/4. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information.

Great show this week inspired by the RIO Festival (site hasn’t been updated) taking place in France this week.

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Stephen Pieper
| April 29, 2019
Podcasts From The Yellow Room 85 from Mixcloud
90 minutes of new music & a few old favourites

Great to have Sid back on Mixcloud.

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Stephen Pieper
| April 23, 2019
16. Billy Bragg from isitrollingbobtalkingdylan.podbean.com
In a specially extended edition, beloved Barking bigmouth Billy Bragg tells Kerry and Luke how he first encountered the works of Dylan in the early 1970’s, “through the portal” of Simon & Garfunkel and Rod Stewart. “Greatest Hits, Volume 2 really messe...
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Stephen Pieper
| April 17, 2019
The Crimson King Seeks a New Court (Rolling Stone)
Fifty years into his relentlessly innovative career, King Crimson leader Robert Fripp is a godhead in a genre he can’t stand. In a rare interview, he opens up about his global quest to break …

Robert Fripp has been in a talkative mood and this is a great read.

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Stephen Pieper
| April 12, 2019

I’ve listened to music all of my life but musical theory is still a complete mystery. Even simple stuff like “a bar of music” is completely abstract to me.

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Stephen Pieper
| March 28, 2019
Caught By The River Mix from Mixcloud
Frances Castle - Clay Pipe Music. www.claypipemusic.co.uk A selection of music inspired by nature and water for The Caught By The River Social Club at Bush Hall. 15th Nov 2015. http://goo.gl/mZwlDz Vic Mars - The Road Through The Village Lois De Pablo - Credits from The Spirit Of The Beehive Tyneham House - Rookery Wood...
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Music lover, reader, tea drinker, film watcher, web dabbler. IndieWeb novice.

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