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Month: December 2009

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 31, 2009

Three kings for Christmas 2009

The three that I am talking about are, of course, Elvis, Michael… and Orson. Elvis is enjoying his usual festive attention, with an upcoming night of television shows and celebrations on January 8th of what would have been his 75th Continue Reading …

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 28, 2009

The end of the noughties

The BBC recently published its portrait of the decade. As the first segment of the new millennium draws to a close, what is interesting about such retrospective bouts of listmania is how little individual music performers or acts figure in Continue Reading …

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 22, 2009

Public Image Limited – Manchester Academy, 19th December 2009

Well, I guess it all began in ’78 when Johnny Rotten morphed back into John Lydon and decided that he would stick true to the artistic values of romanticism: pushing the musical envelope and staying true to your spirit. The Continue Reading …

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 12, 2009

Mark’s posts on Geography

The Tragically Hip (Canada’s house band link fandom and nationhood) Don Cherry: Canadian Patriot (The hockey commentator who has become a national icon)

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 12, 2009

New York Dolls – Liverool Academy, 9th December 2009

The New York Dolls are living (off their) legends as the most depraved specimens to terrorize early 1970s New York. Somewhere in the evolutionary chart between Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler, there was their lead singer, David Johansen. Johansen had Continue Reading …

By Dr M Duffett / Posted onDecember 3, 2009

The The Tragically Hip – Manchester Academy 3, 2nd December 2009

You’ve got to love the Canadians. They say, “aboot” instead of “about”, love ice hockey, have names like “Gord” and drink Molson’s beer, so that we don’t have to, but – as I found out from doing my masters degree Continue Reading …

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