In a thread that wound around the other day, our fellow MOGger Cody B (known to me as Soul Brother #2) posed an interesting question as regards the escalating cost of concert tickets. The gist was this: The expense of a single entry to a live performance is getting so ridiculously high that rock shows – once the playground of rebellious and/or downtrodden youth - will soon be the domain of only.
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Earlier this month, ABC (with original members Martin Fry and David Palmer) performed the entire Lexicon of Love album (along with some other hits) at Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Orchestra. BBC2 broadcast the show over the weekend.Here's a taste of the show -- the bass line is a bit muted, but Martin is in excellent voice. If the Regeneration Tour hits your town this summer, and you ever liked
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...Way back in the days when dinosaurs like Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls and the Thompson Twins ruled the earth's surface, Kidd Video was a cartoon show that used to air when I was a snot-nosed "tween" cutting his teeth in the music-vid age just after MTV got bout-it, bout-it and killed the radio star...every Saturday morning, I'd watch the KV show and follow the marginal-at-best plotlines ...
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Here's a fan video that features the new ABC track "The Very First Time." It's not available for download in the U.S. yet, but UK fans can get it. The song is actually OK.According to ABC fan chatter on You Tube and elsewhere, the single is getting a big push on BBC2.This fan put the new single to scenes from a film called The Deep End.
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I finally figured out that I can use PayPal to buy UK only releases off the 7digital site.So I paid for ABC's new album "Traffic." Martin Fry must be obsessed with autos these days -- here is one of several transportation/traffic/car related songs.I leave it to you decide if Mr. F-R-Y has anything left in the tank.
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