February 2011
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Lucky 13: Nevermind - Nirvana. 1991
A random stab into the shelf of vinyl nominates this as the first taxi off the rank.  1991 was a cracking year for music and this was crowned the best of the year by many including the NME and the Village Voice. I actually prefer Kurt and Co’s debut ‘Bleach’ to this as it just feels more raw and distinctive, but this is still a solid-gold classic and was pretty...
Feb 23rd
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Lucky 13
On his show on the London, UK radio station Resonance FM, producer and writer and Joe Boyd selects tracks from every thirteenth record in his vast collection. He essentially jumbled them all up one day and now sees what comes up as the thirteenth choice. A great idea that I am delighted to pinch! Stay tuned for my first selection!
Feb 23rd
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Songes: Coraline… En anglais. Page 1
Aha! A tease! This page is silent. Still lovely though  :)
Feb 22nd
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Songes: Coraline... En anglais.
Songes: Coraline is a graphic novel written by Denis-Pierre Filippi and illustrated by Terry Dodson, yep, the bloke from the X-Men. It was published in 2006. It is a beautiful book that is set in Edwardian period France and tells the story of a young lady called Coraline Doucet who is hired as a governess to a small temperamental boy who lives in a grand château in the countryside. All is not...
Feb 21st
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