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Here Comes A Saturday

By Matthew Rutledge on 01/02/2010

For the first Saturday of a new year (and new decade, as well), I give you a song from 3 decades prior, in 1979. Yet it is just as relev­ant and just as lovely as ever.

Cowboys International — Here Comes A Saturday (1979)

Posted in Auld Wave Syne, Music | Tagged 1979, 2010, cowboys international, Music, new wave, new year, obscuro | Leave a response

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I’ve got lines across the world

By Matthew Rutledge on 12/08/2009

Eddie & Sunshine — Lines

Posted in Music | Tagged cabaret, dark wave, eddie and sunshine, MP3, Music, new wave, obscuro | Leave a response

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Jona Lewie sounds like everything (even Erasure)

By Matthew Rutledge on 10/18/2009

Jona Lewie. Most people my age or of any age have no clue who he is, and those who do know him know him for one song, “You Will Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties”. His one or two hit wonder status obfus­cates the fact that he churned out several years worth […]

Posted in Auld Wave Syne, Music, UK | Tagged jona lewie, MP3, new wave, obscuro, singer-songwriter, UK | Leave a response

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Cardiocleptomanie

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/02/2009

Pas De Deux — Cardiocleptomanie

Posted in Auld Wave Syne | Tagged cold wave, flexipop, french, new wave, obscuro, post-punk, synthpop | Leave a response

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