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I’m a Local Government lifer, Musician and Linux dabbler. This is a large and sprawling disorganised mess - a bit like me really. I’m interested in lots of things at the same time but a LOT of music. I’m not really doing this for any particular purpose other than being an old-ish dog learning some new tricks

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  • Jan 26, 2025
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Mbongwana Star - Shégué

Mbongwana Star is a band from Kinshasa, Congo. Of the seven members of the band, two of them (Coco Ngabali and Theo Nzonza) were among the founding members of Staff Benda Bilili.



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  • Jan 26, 2025
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Peanut Butter Conspiracy - I'm Falling

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy was an American, Los Angeles-based, psychedelic pop/rock group from the 1960s. The band is known for lead singer Barbara Robison and for briefly having Spencer Dryden of Jefferson Airplane as a band member.

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  • Jan 26, 2025
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Vivian Stanshall - Spreading His Light

Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield’s album Tubular Bells.

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  • Jan 26, 2025
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Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse

“This Be The Verse” is a lyric poem in three stanzas with an alternating rhyme scheme, by the English poet Philip Larkin. It was written around April 1971, was first published in the August 1971 issue of New Humanist, and appeared in the 1974 collection High Windows

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  • Jan 26, 2025
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Tom from Myspace

On the rise and fall of Social Media.

Thomas Anderson is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company.

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  • Jan 25, 2025
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Connie Converse - Father Neptune

Elizabeth Eaton Converse was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known under her professional name Connie Converse. She was active in New York City in the 1950s, and her work is among the earliest known recordings in the singer-songwriter genre of music

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  • Jan 25, 2025
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Television Personalities - Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out - Radio Sessions 1980-1993

This new collection brings together classic radio sessions from Television Personalities, the masters of DIY post-punk and indie pop. Featuring two 80s BBC sessions that aired on John Peel and Andy Kershaw, along with a super rare 1992 WMBR set, this double LP features covers of Buzzcocks, The Raincoats and Daniel Johnston with previously unreleased songs and a bonus download WFMU session from 1993

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