Christmas songs are all rubbish, right? Wrong. Everett True has managed to find a whopping 30, and presents his findings as a handy double CD sized extravaganza right after this dotted line... - - -Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' (2007)Sparkling wit from the Chatham poet (and a killer riff): "My father walked in pissed through the ...
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Sad circumstances: Guitarist Dorian Cox had a stroke in June and notes at MySpace "unfortunately I do not know when / if I will be well enough to play guitar again." We wish him and the band the best. Here they are at the dog show , in happier times.
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A couple months ago we told you the Long Blondes called it quits after guitarist Dorian Cox had a stroke. Well, with the assistance of the SaeboFlex, a device that "helps patients by supporting their wrists and helping them grasp and release objects," he may be able to play guitar again. Read the story and a nerdy comments thread about the misuse of the word "bionic" at Slashdot .
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After Long Blondes guitarist Dorian Cox suffered a stroke in June that paralyzed the right side of his body, calling into question his future as a guitarist. Since he plays leftie, a paralyzed right hand means no fretwork. However, Cox...
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MOGstars 8 out of 10Emerging at the end of 2006 with debut album Someone to Drive You Home, The Long Blondes were one of the first of a slew of bands to emerge from the UK with a heavily retro-tinged sound. The record exploded with sixties styled guitar pop that combined youthful abandon with a wry and knowing sense of humour. 18 months later and things have changed a fair bit for the band – tw.
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I've gotten about 2 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours. I just finished the night of a thousand stupid server problems.My new job responsibilities have got me stressed out like no one's business, and I'm responding by eating my stress, along with some chocolate chip cookies. It's times like this when I wish I didn't know how to bake, it would make the temptation so much easier to shake.Oh, don...
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Another weekend without makeupAnother evening to myselfWell, I guess that I won't be having the time of my life tonightWhere do you go when you've finished work?You should have been home an hour agoI've got your tea laid out like some kind of fifties housewifeWell I feed youBut I need youTo make a little more effortI don't like giving you the third degreeI just want what's due, what's due, what...
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Sigh. I give up.I will never be able to introduce Melissa to music ever again.Strange thing is, when we first met, we mostly listened to the same music. In fact, she's the one that turned me on to Front 242, by sitting me in front of her stereo and making me listen to "Headhunter". She had all manner of rare Depeche Mode remix cassette singles, and a ton of Cure posters (which I appropriated in...
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Have you ever had a CD for a REALLY long time and never gotten around to giving it a fair listen, then once you spin it...you hit yourself in the head repeatedly for your stupidity because it is so good?That was me with the Long Blonde's album...I have read many glowing mog posts about the band, but they just never clicked with me...until last week. That was another great thing about driving c...
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Yes!! Kate has killed me and how. This cd is incredible. I have this creepy feeling that she crawled inside of my head and figured out what I liked and then bitch slapped my music collection. Honestly, my music is cowering in the corner, feeling all inferior, and all these newcomers are swaggering around like they are the shit, and well, they kind of are (isn’t that the worst kind really?)..
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It's time for me to intorduce y'all to yet another great Yorkshire band. Meet the lovely ladies and glorious gentlemen of "The Long Blondes":http://www.thelongblondes.co.uk...The aim was to form a fantasy pop group: Nico, Nancy Sinatra, Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor. Sexy and literate, flippant and heartbreaking all at once. With this in mind, the Long Blondes went falling and laughing headlong i...
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You guessed it, another indie-pop band hailing from Sheffield. This time it's The Long Blondes, who seem to be playing Pulp in the latter day parody of the mid-nineties, andhave also been called "South Yorkshire's answer to Blondie". More arty than the Arctics, and not feeling the need to employ full dialect and accent, the songs are stylishly and intelligently put together and are also good f...
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I finally broke down and decided to post about my girly obsession with Sheffield's The Long Blondes. A self-described "fantasy pop group", The Long Blondes combine the energy of a '60's girl group with the punk enthusiasm of the Slits. The band has a bunch of 7" singles out and one four song 12" I found at Amoeba the other day. They recently signed with Rough Trade and are in the process of ...
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The Long BlondesSomeone To Drive Your Home Rought Trade Six out of ten starsYou can’t listen to The Long Blondes without thinking about the past: Their edgy, hooky sound falls somewhere between punk, post punk and new wave. And their front woman is clearly enamored by the likes of Debbie Harry, Nico, Edie Sedgwick and Nancy Sinatra. Seems the British, punkish five-piece are smitten by retro/cou.
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British combo The Long Blondes debuted a new song, "The Unbearable Lightness Of Building," at the London art museum, the Tate Modern, this past Sunday, April 1. The song is exclusively featured at a listening post in the museum in front of the artwork that inspired it, Jannis Kournellis' "Untitled" from 1979, according to the museum's website.Jannis Kournellis' "Untitled."It will be availble fo...
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