I head into the study I intend to give my wife a kiss and tell her that I am sorry for being such a lightweight. I am 48 years of age and I really should know by now that drinking the best part of a bottle of rum, six pints and three glasses of wine (I think) is not the ...
After living in NYC for nearly two decades, and having traveled to most of the cities of Europe in that time, a hard realization has become apparent. If it’s LP record shopping you seek, vintage or new, singles or full albums, the best in the world lies right here in the USA. How...
disco, reggae, etc. that got you off your ass to dance – happened. So, I came to punk – of we’re categorizing the band based on when they played ’76-78, and where, NYC and CBGBs – after the fact.
Lloyd tried to play the game but everything got bogged down in record company politics. In the meantime, he got himself in and out of studios to cut songs for compilation albums and pulled together a new band calledThe Negatives, made up of NYC musicians, with who he played with live as...
‘old’ song that it was left off said debut, albeit it seemed to be part of the regular set list for many years thereafter. The debut LP was the piece of plastic that took a by now four-piece Talking Heads to an audience well beyond the confines of NYC, with songs likeUh-Oh Love...
not have been a letdown. Sadly, at the last minute, he was told he wasn’t needed in my neck of the woods and we agreed that we’d merely postpone that pint (albeit I would need to break the news to him when we hit the pub that I’m strictly a wine and spirits connoisseur!!)...
The lead-off single from the album of the same name. Don’t ask me to try and explain this bonkers lyric in which the protagonist begins his week returning to school after a six-year absence before absconding to Spain three days later on the basis that wine, dance and music is the nam...
A-Side: Bed Stuy Spritz“The songs on this side make me want to sit on a fire escape on a breezy spring day in Alice’s NYC neighborhood, listening to her sing and sipping on a spritz.”Bed Stuy Spritz4 oz white wine* 4 oz club soda* 1 lemon rind garnish Add wine to a tall ...
George Benson – In Your Eyes (#7) UB40 – Red Red Wine (#8) David Essex – Tahiti (#10) Rocksteady Crew – Hey You The Rocksteady Crew (#11) Black Lace Superman (Gioca Jouer) (#12) Paul Young – Come Back and Stay (#13) ...