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Since 1949, Durhamites have slept soundly, secure in the knowledge that, in our town, erection can be depended upon. Now, thanks to the power of the internets, we can spread that security all over the world.
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- Name: Barry
- Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States
For such an enlightened, tolerant guy, I sure get pissed off easy. Contact: DependableErection AT gmail DOT com
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This clip motivated me to watch Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind".
I keep forgetting that New Wave music started in the 70s, not the 80s.
It's a modest annoyance that we (I speak in general, here) rely too strongly on decade-labels to describe things -- "the excess of the 80s", "50s-era fashion", etc. Things like New Wave clearly spanned two decades. But number-labels are easier to hold in our heads because they're so clear-cut. Unlike the actual world they describe.
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Unknown, at 8:51 PM
First record that made me aware of the "new wave" was Talking Heads 77, although i think Patti Smith had some records out before then.
Somewhere in the big box of things that i've lugged from place to place over the decades without ever opening is a Sire Records promotional t-shirt featuring Bugs Bunny on the front, wearing a leather jacket over a white t-shirt with the Sire Records logo on it, and a pair of Chucks. On the back of the shirt it has a dictionary entry for "New Wave Music: Get behind it before it gets past you."
Earlier this year i scored a Brinsley Schwarz reissue CD of Nervous on the Road, and The New Favourites of . . , originally released in 72 and 74 respectively. "What's so funny 'bout . . .?" originally appeared on New Favourites. EC's first Stiff records releases were in 76 or 77 also, if i remember. Stiff (If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a fuck!) was arguably the most influential New Wave label, certainly on the British side of the ocean.
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Barry, at 9:12 PM
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