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Greg Vandike
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 […]
On the thirteenth day my true love gave to me…
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 […]
In excess
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 […]