Terry Hall's getting the band back together: 2-Tone ska revivalists the Specials will reform, full lineup in tact (minus Jerry Dammers), for a string of UK shows in April and May of '09. View the dates here , and imagine what it will be with Terry's take on "Gangsters" with Lily Allen from Glasto last year.
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The weekend doesn't always mean a break from work for me ... I'm self employed and am camped in front of my computer most hours of the day (admittedly I have to make up for hours that I've lost due to mogging, but this seems a small price to pay in exchange for sanity). But I'm heading to a friend's birthday celebration tonight, then I have a show (The Ponys) downtown tomorrow, so it's looking...
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The Specials just confirmed that all 7 original members have reunited the legendary band! They've been rehearsing and plan to rehearse all through the summer. No live dates have been booked yet, but they told BBC Radio that they hope to tour in September/October. Vocalist Neville Staple said:"We're just seeing how it goes. You don't wanna go out there as some old geriatrics – not me. What we.
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Until this pans out with concrete evidence, I would have to say OOPS!This story reached the president and Obama has been quoted saying that the Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates last week when they responded to his house after a woman reported a suspected break-in. (article)I'm not sure if that helps. I mean, hey... he could be right, or wrong about it. But with the media r...
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The Specials frontman Terry Hall is in high spirits after a few rehearsals with the band's original lineup according to a great interview on Billboard today. The beloved UK ska band is preparing for a string of UK theatre shows, their 1st in 25 years. The latest news features what material The Specials will perform on this tour. Hall told Billboard, "We're going to play just the first and se...
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From the *somebody's-been-drinkin-a-little-coffee-today Dept:*...Long before those simple-assed commercials I saw a year or so ago were being aired, I got turned onto "*the Specials*":http://mog.com/CrashPryor/blog_post/16351 by the tune "Blank Expression" from their eponymous LP that came out after they'd changed their names from the Coventry Automatics and started dropping songs...years after...
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1979, white boy english ska. The comedown from punk, less violent but still pissed off, looking for a job, a place to hang out, looking for a future. The Specials summarized what British youth were going thru, but everyone had a good time listening. While more famous for "Free Nelson Mandela", which is a bit later in their career (after lineup changes) the early Specials records are arguably th...
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...it's been *crazy hot* for the past week and change...which started me thinking about global warming, how it seems to be getting hotter and drier every year a couple of days ago, tens of thousands of LA County area residents were sitting in the dark over the weekend...I was not one of them...I'd forgotten, however, about being back in the south and how that humidity made you want to choke peo...
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Is anyone else stateside ready to pack it in? No one is around this week to get any work done.
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Irie! Some UK New Wave ska revival mon! I love this vid!
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Traffic and desktops and bills...oh my!Classic reminder of a world created by humans to grind the people down. More iron in irony these days as our quest for happiness seems to be lighting the proverbial fire under our own arses. A sizzling moment to reflect upon as we listen to the lyrics of this classic track by the Specials.Ranging from politics to their relentless message to all rudies for ...
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I think I may have finally found a use for MOG, which I seem to abandon every few months for lack of anything to do with it.So while I sort through all the old music I've got sitting around that no one seems to have heard and start ripping some of my Dap-Tone stuff to the computer, have a song everyone seems to be vaguely aware of but never really heard.
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The Specials – due to play Oxegen main stage this Sunday – are returning to Ireland for two more dates as part of the final shows of their thirtieth anniversary tour. They play Dublin Olympia on November 14th and St George’s Market in Belfast on 16th.RelatedPet Shop Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction &…
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Another one that ring true I'm afraid. They did do some jolly stuff as well though:)
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It’s funny what you find when you’re trawling through your old Specials stuff.
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