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And we continue falling down the rabbit hole of nostalgia with In The Flat Field from Bauhaus. One of my favourite releases from 1980.
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Gave this an outing this morning for the first time this century and it still plays and sounds as good now as it did when I was 15.
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RIP Brian James, founder member of The Damned and damned fine guitarist.
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Looking forward to it.

This time 2 years ago. Field Lines Cartographer and Polypores performing in Newcastle. Excellent gig.
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It was at the Psychedelic Furs gig that the police raided the club, heavy handed, totally unjustified and OTC.. Club as Eric’s closed forever.

45 years ago this weekend at Eric’s, Liverpool.
The Vibrators on Friday and
Killing Joke on Saturday.
What a weekend for less than a fiver including a few pints.
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Two excellent tracks mate.

Used to go and see them regularly when I lived in London in the ‘80s. John Fat Beast comparing. Brilliant!

Still got mine mate 👍

B side to Do It Clean?

They were living through the troubles at the time and this album was the result. There’s enough going on today for people to write/get angry about so yep, I agree with you mate.

Just given it a spin this morning.. set me up for the day that..!

Recorded in Nov ‘78 and released on this day 2nd Feb ‘79. The classic debut by Stiff Little Fingers feat the magnificent ‘State Of Emergency’.
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WOW! That’s excellent mate, the recording is fantastic. I saw them in Liverpool around the same time.

Unofficial release yes, but listed on Discogs.

Killing Joke - Live in London 26-7-81.
‘CHANGE’..
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‘First and last men walk this Earth, but only a few survive.’
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A great live band, especially around the ‘77-‘78 period and definitely on of the best songwriters in the country.

Check out ‘Ghost Town’ his other book. Excellent!

Yes I’ve seen it. Brilliant!!

‘Well, what do you call that noise that you put on.. This is pop’
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This ok?

My top Bowie album

Still love watching the footage of that gig

My ticket for the filming of Shine So Hard in Buxton Jan ‘81. I was 16 and dressed totally inappropriately for the sub zero temps. T shirt and thin camo jacket. It was HOT inside tho.
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YouTube video by Worried Tunes 2 Wah! Heat - Seven Minutes To Midnight {1980}

Not yet 2 weeks into 2025 and we have,
The most costly wildfire in US history,
The coldest UK temperature for decades,
‘That’ inauguration looming and the doomsday clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight..

youtu.be/WOgfZ2A9z8Q?...

My favourite track from them

The country freezes, the weather I associate with the magnificent Joy Division.
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My favourite too