There’s nothing Micky McD can’t do.
Italian cafe bringing the 1981-1982 smooth this morning. #NowPlaying, so far:
Funkin’ For Jamaica - Tom Browne
Juicy Fruit - Mtume
Ya Mo Be There - James Ingram & Michael McDonald
Candy rain, comin’ down…
From working with Brian Eno to playing with The Contortions and The Bloods, Adele Bertei had a front-row seat to New York's infamous No Wave scene. She talks to Elizabeth Wiet about noise and melody
Adele Bertei on the Women of No Wave
buff.ly/4tlosLO
"It Takes Two" (1988)
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Samples:
"Think (About It)" (1972) by Lyn Collins - "Woo! Yeah!" vocal break and drum beat
"Space Dust" (1978) by Galactic Force Band - instrumental loop
Hit it.
#Iwannarockrightnow
Great read.
A look back at Giorgio Moroder’s psychedelic synth workout from 'Midnight Express', which leapt off the screen to become a legendary club classic.
West Gate Bridge, late 1970s
A couple of Ford XB Falcons in the lead
(via Tony Beyer, The History Of The Old Lost Western Suburbs Of Melbourne Facebook Group)
Rob Hirst
Midnight Oil
1955-2026
Listen to and watch this machine, especially after 2.53
Nothing ever happens, nothing really matters...
youtu.be/9QzH4KOf9Bs?...
Say what you want about “YCTT” but the power-to-weight ratio of that “Superfreak” sample will never be beaten.
And that’s almost 4 decades ago, btw…
Apologies. Sort of.
Didn’t mind 3rd Bass at all. Liked “Brooklyn Queens” a lot.
Claudia Brücken
(born 7 December 1963)
German singer and songwriter, and lead vocalist of Propaganda
📷: Mike Prior
#NowPlaying this morning at the Italian cafe:
“Georgy Porgy” (1978)
Toto
It will be a good day.
#ImNotSoSystematic
Auction closed. His VW van went for 44K, the bike he rode in the "Tour de France" video 57K, his Kling Klang Studio Sennheiser VSM-201 Vocoder 256K.
Get Yer Yia-Yia's Out!
Yeah, you definitely can’t tell I zoomed in…
Quite impressive given the stadium aspect. Did all the songs expected. Kinda worth the expensive nosebleed.
Some might say…
Oasis
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Nov 4, 2025
I went to Oasis and all I got was a nosebleed.
(L-R) Keith Forsey, Giorgio Moroder, Jürgen Koppers, Harold Faltermeyer - Jürgen's living room, 1979
Happy Birthday to The Great Man™
#PeterDaicos #Thirty-Five #Sixty-Four
Don’t you dare besmirch the name of Herb Tarlek.
Gone too soon
Loni Anderson (Jennifer Marlowe, “WKRP In Cincinnati”)
1945 - 2025
Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek, “WKRP In Cincinnati”)
1942 - 2021
The Domainge - Saturday morning quarterback edition
"Uprock" (Extended Version) (1984)
Rock Steady Crew
Produced by Stephen Hague
Rock Steady… they’re… rockin’ it…
Loucas & Christoforou
Lygon St, Brunswick
July 2015
📷: me
“Shake Your Head (Let’s Go To Bed)”
Was (Not Was)
Lead vocals by Ozzy Osbourne
From the 1983 album “Born To Laugh At Tornadoes”
Can't tune a radio to heaven, you can't live seven lives
(Shake your head)…
Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk)
RAI Telegiornale 1, Italy
July 11, 2025
Journalist: Francesco Cristino
Se io spingo un bottone lui fa una canzone...
Conversely, Traveller is the place where there is an almost 100% chance "Three cheers for..." will appear when something good happens.
