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Greg Vandike

By Matthew Rutledge on 10/04/2009

One of my few ‘hipster cred’ indul­gences is cour­tesy of last.fm, when you find that your very own screen name is listed as one of the ‘top listen­ers’. And I’m not talk­ing some main­stream band, I’m talk­ing about some­thing or someone like Greg Vandike, who is all but forgot­ten by almost everyone.

See! Here I am!
Greg […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1979, 1980, flexipop, greg vandike, Music, new wave, pop, UK | Leave a response

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On the thirteenth day my true love gave to me…

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/17/2009

on the 13th day

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Corrugated horse flesh candy in lime marmalade
Dolphin heads in aspic with a butter­fly brocade
Lyre-birds in a stained glass cage, with light­ning rods as plumes
Double-jointed black men play­ing leap-frog on the moon
Sea foam in a snow white shroud, red herrings round its teeth
Puffball spores explod­ing on a bed of burn­ing wreaths
Venus fly-trap tigers […]

Posted in Music, UK | Tagged london, monochrome set, MP3, Music, pop, pop music, post-punk, wordsmithery | Leave a response

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In excess

By Matthew Rutledge on 08/10/2009

There are a lot of bands who “got big” right after the original late 70’s / early 80’s post-punk phenomenon, and many of them were labelled as sell outs or were seen as too main­stream. Simple Minds is a great example — how many people (espe­cially in the United States) have bothered to see […]

Posted in Australia, Music | Tagged 1980, Australia, inxs, MP3, Music, new wave, perception, pop | Leave a response

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