Martin Johnson
@martinjohnson
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Joined: Sep 8, 2019
Last seen: Jun 11, 2026
Topics: 7 / Replies: 87
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RE: New Sturgill, oops, new Johnny Blues Skies I mean

Love and hate is good I think, Paul. Much better than a bland OK.

4 months ago
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

Dave Alvin’s Third Mind has a new album out, “Right Now!”

4 months ago
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

Cheesy ‘80s synths never sounded so good.  

4 months ago
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RE: Zach Top > Charlie Crockett?

He did and he always will even when given only a glimmer of a chance.

4 months ago
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RE: Zach Top > Charlie Crockett?

The music business left to its own devices goes for bland safe music to maximise audience penetration and sales. Real traditional country had a connec...

4 months ago
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RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

It is always impossible to effectively grade the best albums as it is too subjective, but you got quite a few good ones there, Joe.

4 months ago
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RE: Crap updates to good songs

I’ve never really been interested in yoga so I can’t really comment on this but the Yoga Pop Ups recorded a series albums of Grateful Dead covers desi...

4 months ago
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RE: Chuck Negron

@joe-nathan Some great songs and good vocals, and as you suggest a pop group in the midst of developing rock music.

4 months ago
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RE: Chuck Negron

I never paid Three Dog Night much attention back in the day, apart from their songs that were played on the radio. The judgement at the time was that ...

4 months ago
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RE: Andy Burnham...

@simon-g I do have a sense of great unease that Labour are facing a similar electoral threat that befell the Tories and at the moment, I don’t get a s...

4 months ago
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RE: Andy Burnham...

As we know, we live in uncertain times and I’m not sure if we know how much of Labour’s Mayoral support is solid and how much is personal support for ...

5 months ago
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RE: Andy Burnham...

Whatever individual views people have it seems pretty clear that without Burnham as candidate Labour will lose the by-election without some form of mi...

5 months ago
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RE: Sly Dunbar

Music is at its purest all about rhythm and Sly Dunbar brought a new sense of rhythm to the world and in the process changed music forever. You can’t ...

5 months ago
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RE: Andy Burnham...

Whatever his policy views our Andy is a very slick political operator who knows the value of maintaining his own brand. We probably will never know wh...

5 months ago
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

@joe-nathan Here’s link to a chat I had with Ian.  

5 months ago
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