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The Other Side of Me: Helen Jones on discovering Garbage
The 17th of July 1998 was a Friday like any other, so with my evening meal eaten and school pushed as far back into my mind as I could muster, I sat down as always to […]
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The Other Side of Me: Tim Martin takes us across the Channel to explore the delights of France Gall
If the English-speaking world thinks of her at all, France Gall is best known for winning the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest with a Serge Gainsbourg song ‘Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son‘. The French sixties Ye-Ye […]
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The Other Side Of Me: Mark Nenadic on the “perfect synthesis” of The Cramps
The Cramps invented americana. They did. OK – not the plaid shirt, bearded type of americana music that we here at AUK bring you week in, week out. But the perfect synthesis of trash TV, trash […]
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The Other Side Of Me: Alan Fitter on the genius of Stephen Sondheim
AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the americana genre. Two nights last week summed up ‘The Other Side Of Me’. On the Friday it was the turn of the […]
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The Other Side of Me: Jonathan Aird on the electronic genius of Jean-Michel Jarre
AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the Americana genre. It all started with a double-album on a single cassette release of ‘Oxygene‘ and ‘Equinox‘. Here was the sound of […]