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Timeless cack-handed melodies – talking The La’s and Shack with Iain Templeton
“I’ve kind of been airbrushed out of their history really. I was busking in a band on Bold Street, and someone said, ‘The La’s are checking you out.’ I replied, ‘Ah, fuck The La’s. Syd Barrett meets The Beatles. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Leaves, Catatonia, Chris Sharrock, Don Powell, Gary Lineker, George Davidson, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynki, Gruff Rhys, HMS Fable, Iain Templeton, James Dean Bradfield, John Head, John Power, Lee Mavers, Liverpool, Llangollen, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Head, Neil Finn, Newcastle, Nicky Wire, Pale Fountains, Rachel Diop, Ray Davies, Richard Parfitt, Ringo Starr, Shack, Solian, Super Furry Animals, The Kinks, The Kooks, The La's, The Pool Underground, Tim Finn, Toxteth, Zak Starkey
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Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
I’ve mentioned on these pages before a love of archive documentary films, the British Film Institute restoring, reissuing and reminding us of so many inspirational cinematic moments in recent years, not least treasures from the pioneering GPO Film Unit and … Continue reading
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Tagged 9Bach, A Letter for Wales, Beaufort Male Choir, BFI, British Transport Films, Camera Obscura, Donald Houston, Every Valley, GPO Film Unit, Haiku Salut, Idris Davies, J Willgoose Esq, James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers, Night Mail, Norman Prouting, Public Service Broadcasting, Richard Burton, South Wales, The Magnetic North, Wrigglesworth
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Valley high – back in touch with Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq.
Commercial success doesn’t seem to have changed the pseudonymous J.Wilgoose Esq. Unless of course his excuse of not picking up his phone straight away as he was ‘carrying a cup of tea into the studio’ is shorthand for some rock’n’roll … Continue reading
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Tagged 9Bach, Beaufort Male Choir, Camera Obscura, coalmining, Ebbw Vale, Every Valley, Haiku Salut, Inform Educate Entertain, J Willgoose Esq, James Dean Bradfield, Lisa Jên Brown, Manic Street Preachers, miners' strike, Public Service Broadcasting, South Wales, The Race for Space, Tracyanne Campbell
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