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Shake It Shankar

Posted on Monday, 06/21/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Not quite the Synclavier, but… The Indian Shankar Drum Ganesh Machine!

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Havaianas

Posted on Saturday, 06/19/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

One of the great things about being married to a South-American girl is you get to discover all sorts of music you previously hadn’t really bothered with. These days Barry Towers is bugging the neighbours not so much with Frank … Continue reading →

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Indian of the Tribute Group

Posted on Friday, 06/18/04 by Balint

Yesterday Cosmik Debris gave a really nice show here in Budapest. Special guest (3rd time here) Mr. Jimmy Carl Black – it was fun. See the pictures of the show – and check out this band, if you can – … Continue reading →

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Orwell ’04

Posted on Monday, 06/14/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A site where I could easily spend a couple of hours: Orwell Today is a work in progress where the postings are chosen for their similarity to concepts presented in “1984”.

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Busted

Posted on Monday, 06/14/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

You have been busted on Black Planet. Oh no!

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Election Day

Posted on Sunday, 06/13/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Your humble publisher went out to vote this morning. When he got back, this is the first disk he put on the CD-player. Your humble publisher sincerely hopes he has managed to piss off certain parties with his choice of … Continue reading →

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the muffin and the soul man

Posted on Sunday, 06/13/04 by Balint

Has anyone seen the Muffin Men? Never mind, here some memoirs of the soul man, by Tom Fowler. Cheers!

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A hearing for the PMRC

Posted on Saturday, 06/12/04 by Bertanya

The infamous PMRC hearings seem to have been heard by a committee relating to commerce, science, and transportation. Since this is not supposed to have been a commercial question, and i doubt it is related to transportation, i guess this … Continue reading →

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Ray Charles No More

Posted on Friday, 06/11/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Sad news on a Friday morning: Ray Charles has died, aged 73.

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Yoko’s Birthday Card

Posted on Thursday, 06/10/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Birthday cards to the stars. This one, to Yoko Ono, is filled with love: “P.S. I swear, Yoko, if you do anything whatsoever to break up Coldplay, I’m gonna go apeshit. Ya got that? Go break up Blink 182. They … Continue reading →

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Another monster (some kind of…)

Posted on Wednesday, 06/09/04 by Balint

OK, I know, deep in our heart we all love Metallica’s St. Anger – I happen to REALLY like it – and now here’s a great parody of it (I made a corection in the link) – I could listen … Continue reading →

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Monster Road Hits LA

Posted on Tuesday, 06/08/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Those of you who live close to Los Angeles (as opposed to, oh, say Asscrack Belgium) may be interested to know that “Monster Road”, the Bruce Bickford docu, will be screening at the LA Film Festival on June 22 & … Continue reading →

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Taboo!

Posted on Tuesday, 06/08/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Forbidden! Taboo! Censorship!

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Pieces of Songs

Posted on Tuesday, 06/08/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“From the openings strains of Heart’s “Barracuda” to the end of The Doors’ “The End”, sometimes there are pieces of songs that are cooler than the song itself.” Okay but… Lionel Ritchie?! Your own favorite “piece of a song”?

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Medium Cool

Posted on Thursday, 06/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Tonight, at 23:50 GMT, BBC2 is broadcasting Medium Cool (’69), a movie which may ring a bell with FZ-fans as it features quite a few Zappa songs (Oh No, Are You Hung Up, Who Needs The Peace Corps, to name … Continue reading →

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