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Paxman



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Twisted Fact of the Day:

Dogs can't decipher size. That's why little dogs are mean.

 

Watch Envy!!

 



Platinum Big Pilot

 

The Day In Rock

No. 1

1969 Diana Ross, Supremes and the Temptations UK 45

1975 Linda Ronstadt; Heart Like a Wheel US LP

1986 Whitney Houston: How Will I Know US 45

1986 Sade: Promise US LP

Births

1941 Brian Holland (Dosier/Holland)

1944 Mick Avory (Kinks)

1945 John Helliwell (Supertramp)

1947 David Brown (Santana)

1951 Melissa Manchester (Midnight Blue)

1959 Ali Campbell (UB40)

1960 Mikey Craig (Culture Club)

Deaths

1966 Nat 'King' Cole

1968 Little Walter (US blues performer)

1981 Mike Bloomfield (Blues Project)

Miscellany

1957 Irvin Field premieres his Greatest Show of 1957 tour in Pittsburgh. Bill includes Chuck Berry, Clyde McPhatter, Fats Domino, Lavern Baker, Moonglows, Five Satins. Runs until 5 May.

1957 Filming begins on Tommy Steel Story - the rise to fame of a modest London lad. 1958 First Dick Clark Show broadcast on US TV, featuring Connie Francis, Pat Boone, Chuck Willis and Jerry Lee Lewis.

1962 Dion's The Wanderer hits UK chart.

1964 Meet the Beatles begins an eleven-week run at top of US LP chart.

1971 The Who first perform Lifehouse Pete - Townshend's new rock opera. It failed, although some songs were recorded for The Who's next LP.

1972 Anti-bootlegging law comes into effect in US.

1975 Supertramp debut on UK chart with Dreamer.

1977 Glen Matlock fired from Sex Pistols. Sid Vicious joins.

 

Happy Birthday to one of my all time favorite drummers, Mick Avory of the Kinks.

 

What’s in the CD player?

 

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

 
  1. "Introduction" – 0:41
  2. "The Contenders" – 2:42
  3. "Strangers"* – 3:19
  4. "Denmark Street" – 2:01
  5. "Get Back in Line" – 4:01
  6. "Lola" – 4:11
  7. "Top of the Pops" – 3:39
  8. "The Moneygoround" – 1:46
  9. "This Time Tomorrow" – 3:21
  10. "A Long Way From Home" – 2:26
  11. "Rats"* – 2:39
  12. "Apeman" – 3:51
  13. "Powerman" – 4:17
  14. "Got to Be Free" – 3:01
 

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

"Lola" gave the Kinks an unexpected hit and its crisp, muscular sound, pitched halfway between acoustic folk and hard rock, provided a new style for the band. However, the song only hinted at what its accompanying album Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 was all about. It didn't matter that Ray Davies just had his first hit in years -- he had suffered greatly at the hands of the music industry and he wanted to tell the story in song. Hence, Lola -- a loose concept album about Ray Davies' own psychosis and bitter feelings toward the music industry. Davies never really delivers a cohesive story, but the record holds together because it's one of his strongest set of songs. Dave Davies contributes the lovely "Strangers" and the appropriately paranoid "Rats," but this is truly Ray' show, as he lashes out at ex-managers (the boisterous vaudevillian "The Moneygoround"), publishers ("Denmark Street"), TV and music journalists (the hard-hitting "Top of the Pops"), label executives ("Powerman"), and, hell, just society in general ("Apeman," "Got to Be Free"). If his wit wasn't sharp, the entire project would be insufferable, but the album is as funny as it is angry. Furthermore, he balances his bile with three of his best melancholy ballads: "This Time Tomorrow," "A Long Way From Home," and the anti-welfare and union "Get Back in Line," which captures working-class angst better than any other rock song. These songs provide the spine for a wildly unfocused but nonetheless dazzling tour de force that reveals Ray's artistic strengths and endearing character flaws in equal measure.

 

 

 

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Food

 

Hummus

 

Zoom Zoom

 



Goldenrod 

 

Babe  

 

Alyssa Milano

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Art

 

Jamie Reid  Stag