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Terry Staunton

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over 3 years ago

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      • Mogger Since

        October 26, 2006

      • Age

        46

      • Favourite Movies

        The Usual Suspects, White Heat, The Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon

      • Food

        Bavarian smoky cheese, Thai jungle chicken curry, garabaldi biscuits

      • Top TV

        The West Wing, Seinfeld, Porridge, Hancock's Half Hour, The Cissy Detectives

      • Bookish Dudes

        Nick Tosches, Greil Marcus, Peter Guralnick, Tom Wolfe, Donna Tartt

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      Roy Orbison: The Soul Of Rock 'n' Roll
      about 1 year ago

      Xmas gift problems resolved; this year's essential box set All the bases are covered, as you might expect. Orbison's country and rockabilly beginnings, the formidable 1960s hits and his late '80s star-assisted renaissance share equal billing across the 107 tracks on this box, but a handful of less celebrated and alternate recordings offer just as much of a clue to the man's place in popular mu...

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      Randy Newman talks to MOG about Harps & Angels, Dick Cheney and Roman Polanski
      about 1 year ago

      A giant of a man in anyone's definition of popular music, the great RANDY NEWMAN speaks candidly to Mogger TERRY STAUNTON, in an interview which first appeared in the UK music magazine Record Collector:http://www.recordcollectormag.com/ When Randy Newman finally picked up an Oscar in 2002, after 15 previously unsuccessful nominations, the biggest cheers were not from the A-list audience in s...

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      Privilege
      about 1 year ago
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        I've Been A Bad Bad Boy

      Having already incurred a BBC ban with his nuclear attack mockumentary The War Game, director Peter Watkins pointed his savagely satirical camera at the music business. Privilege, first seen in 1967, focuses on a messianic pop figure manipulated by the authorities to help keep the hollow-headed masses in line. More >

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