Tom Ellard

WNIGN: The invention of RnB

Many people consider RnB music to be an invention of African American origin. Nothing is further from the truth. RnB was invented by the Stylers, the most important band in…

October 23, 2010Wednesday Night is Garbage NightNo Comments

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Do not get out of the vehicle

(New Guinea 1964. Photos by my old man)

October 13, 2010UncategorizedNo Comments

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THE ELECTRONIC DICK

INSTRUCTIONS: DOWNLOAD AND PRINTMAKE STICKERSPLACE STICKERS ON ALL SURFACES UNTIL COMPLETELY COVERED

October 1, 2010RantingNo Comments

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Composer in Focus

(Dear Internet. About a week ago I wrote about 1200 words on this. Then a hard drive crash took it. Obviously nature thinks I should write less. I promise).Each year…

October 1, 2010RantingNo Comments

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WNIGN: The worst music in the world.

When my old man wanted to indicate something was truly bad he would compare it to something he called ‘Malaysian Brass Band Music’. There was nothing worse – even a…

September 28, 2010Wednesday Night is Garbage NightNo Comments

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Wednesday Night is Garbage Night: The Golden Voice of WONG SHIAU CHUEN

Bought in a Singaporean market around 1973, a bootleg cassette of Golden Voice of Wong Shiau Chen – although exactly which one is hard to know as there was FOURTEEN…

September 21, 2010Wednesday Night is Garbage NightNo Comments

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Wednesday Night is Garbage Night: COKECAN

(Archivist Note - there were originally a number of pages which linked to obscure cassettes in my collection. All these are being restored under the "Wednesday Night..." category but it…

September 16, 2010Wednesday Night is Garbage NightNo Comments

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John Lennon’s toilet

A toilet belonging to Beatles legend John Lennon sold at auction in Liverpool on Saturday for 9,500 pounds ($16,400) – nearly 10 times its guide price, organisers said.How may we…

August 1, 2010RantingNo Comments

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An open letter about open letters… + a gift.

FIRST OF ALL – HAVE A GIFT! THE SECOND HALF OF OVER BARBARA ISLAND IS NOW AVAILABLE! READ THE FOLLOWING GARBAGE WHILE IT DOWNLOADS. Glasnost spills across the virtual western…

May 7, 2010RantingNo Comments

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Jed From Landis

Jed worked at Landis Music back in the early 80s. He sold pianos, and increasingly synthesisers. Jed was the man who found me a whole KORG MS modular system for…

April 23, 2010RantingNo Comments