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Category Archives: Just Runnings
PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED @ Rich Mix
PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED! A VITAL SESSION… THIS THURSDAY 7th November… Swifty & I will be representing at the opening of this collective exhibition event, conceived and curated by freedom loving painter Gina Southgate. OK people.. there’s a £6.00 guest – … Continue reading
LOU REED : WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
LOU REED was a legend. From Warhol’s NYC to the Punk generation and beyond, Lou Reed’s music never failed to resonate. A musical innovator and Chen taijiquan devotee he recently passed away aged 71 as a result of complications following … Continue reading
Posted in Just Runnings, Wushu
Tagged Chen Taijiquan, Chen Xiaowang, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Master Ren Guangyi, New York City, Velvet Ubderground
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Defining Me: Musical Adventures in Manchester
Defining Me: Musical Adventures in Manchester is at The Lowry from Sat 28 September – Sun 23 February. Defining Me: Musical Adventures in Manchester looks to me like one essential exhibition. I discovered the show via http://www.northernsoul.me.uk and an excellent … Continue reading
Afrika70…..Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply Pays Tribute!
Afrika70…..The Baddest Band In Africa – Stereophonic-Supply pays tribute… While it might look like a bit of a vanity overload I couldn’t resist popping off some shots of the stereophonic-supply Africa70 tees while I was in Greece….the light was intense … Continue reading
TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT
TONY ALLEN: MASTER DRUMMER OF AFROBEAT is the focus of a forthcoming autobiography co-written with saxophonist/writer Michael E Veal. Tony Allen: An Autobiography Of The Master Drummer Of Afrobeat is out in September and Tony has got together with saxophonist/writer … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings
Tagged Afrobeat, Drums, Duke University Press, Fela Kuti, funk, Jazz, Lagos, Michael E Veal, Nigeria, Tony Allen
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AT LAST! A SOUNDTRACK TO THE ART OF BUYING REGGAE MUSIC
Finally, a soundtrack to ‘The Art Of Buying Reggae Music…..’ is LIVE on our stereophonic-supply site. Back in October 2011, I posted a piece here that recalled my reggae-music buying missions, during the early/mid Seventies, from Dalston Lane to Seven … Continue reading
BOBBY ‘BLUE’ BLAND – Farther On Up The Road
Another great voice from the pantheon great R&B vocalists, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, passes away at 83. Having been schooled on what’s become known as “Northern Soul” I was inevitably given a couple of post all-nighter introductions to the distinctive husky … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings
Tagged BB King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Duke Records, Johnny Ace, Malaco Records, MCA Records, Rhythm & Blues, Southern Soul
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ANARCHIST – The Malcolm McLaren Generation
Sadly, I missed the preview of this epic documentary film which its director, Phil Strongman, described as the “Apocalyse Now version”. However, he assured me another showing was imminent! Obviously, negotiations are afoot and in the meantime I’m sharing with … Continue reading
Posted in Follytricks!, Just Runnings
Tagged Anarchist, Anarchy In The UK, Cold War, Malcolm McLaren, Phil Strongman, Punk, Sex, Sex Pistols, Viviwn Westwood
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