Music

More Melody Memories
My little review of the Feb 17 Melody Reunion generated a hefty amount of traffic and correspondence – which I would consider surprising except that it only confirms how much...
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February 26, 2007

The iJamming! Weekly Download: Busdriver
You know how occasionally you hear a sample stops you dead in your tracks, leaves you asking, “Why did nobody ever think of using that song before?” That’s how I...
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February 23, 2007

Magical Melody Memories
I’ve never been big on reunions. I’m perfectly glad we don’t have a tradition of high school reunions in the UK, where I always assumed I would stay in touch...
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February 20, 2007

Jam Bands
The rumors that were gathering steam these last few weeks have now turned official. The Jam have reformed. Without Paul Weller. A year ago, founding Jam drummer Rick Buckler formed...
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February 19, 2007

The iJamming! Weekly Download: The Tripwire Podcast 023
It’s been two months since this online magazine’s last Podcast, but well worth the wait. This Tripwire show is Podcasting as it should be – solid blocks of new indie...
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February 15, 2007

Kingston Son: Adam Snyder Gets His Due
In most small cities across America, the opening of a new franchised coffee bar would be greeted by caffeine-stifled yawns of over-familiarity. But then most small cities across America aren’t...
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February 13, 2007

Shut Up and Sing, Creep?
I love these coincidences. Yesterday was also the day I finally got to hear Thom Yorke‘s solo album The Eraser, in full. I’m with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen...
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February 9, 2007

Dexys in America: Remember Us This Way?
Dexys Midnight Runners…a band known on these shores for one song only: “Come on Eileen”, a staple of pub-night and wedding-party piss-ups and so entrenched in the ubiquitous retro-80 muzak...
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February 9, 2007