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  <div class="message"><p>It was the summer of 2000 and I was in Glasgow on business for Microsoft (doing a supplier audit on Danka). After my business had been concluded I had arrived back at Prestwick Airport to get my flight home. I spotted a WH Smiths and went in to get some sweets for the kids.</p><p>As I walked in to the shop (big wide open entrance) I glanced across to my left towards the queue at the tills. I stopped cold in my tracks. I did an almost comedic double take. Standing in the queue was George Lucas. I was like a deer caught in the headlights. Nobody else seemed to be paying him any attention whatsoever. For context, I'm a movie <i>anorak</i>. I was a subscriber to Empire magazine for 30 years, and Premiere and Photoplay before that.</p><p>This was George. </p><p>George looked at me. I looked at George. He knew he'd been spotted. I was rooted to the spot. Then, meeting my eyes, George looked directly at me and slowly, holding my gaze, shook his head. Christ Jesus, the dude was trying to use The Force on me!! "Move on my friend, you didn't see me". I smiled over and nodded my head to say "ok sir, I will not bring any attention to you but I saw you!". He smiled, nodded back and I walked on into the shop. I glanced back and George had moved a customer closer to the till and his back was now towards me. </p><p>Oddly, if he hadn't been trying to attract attention to himself, he was failing madly, he was wearing a light beige 'safari' suit. Not common garb in Scotland! Below the knee shorts and a no-sleeve jacket. This was Glasgow. You'd kinda think anyone wearing that ensemble would stick out like a sore Jedi. After a few minutes I left the shop to see could I catch George in a 1:1 situation but he'd gone. I looked <i>everywhere.</i> The Force was indeed with him that day but although I'd loved to have shaken his hand I KNOW George Lucas was sitting in his business class seat, delightedly pondering and mildly amused about how his Jedi Mind Trick had cloaked his identity and maybe wondering could he use it to maybe get another whiskey from the Cabin Attendant?…</p></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>If 2016 hadn't been bad enough up until then (losing Bowie AND Prince), on my birthday in May I sadly and awfully discovered that a friend of mine had passed away.  </p>
<p>The great English gentleman, Stuart Eccles esquire. In my low humour at that time post Bowie, I had eschewed all social media etc. I detached myself from most contact as I retreated into my head (for context there's more about my Bowie history elsewhere on this site). But Stu, the so'n'so hadn't pinged me on my birthday like he usually did.  </p>
<p>I sent a mail, that wasn't responded to, to wind him up that he hadn't sent a card, and found out, horribly realising on my selfish day of celebration, by slowly taking in some of the Facebook posts, that Stu was gone. Had been for many weeks, and I simply hadn't known.  </p>
<p>I felt so embarrassed that I hadn't been in touch with him. The last time we'd been in contact was a few days after Bowies passing, commiserating etc. He knew how hard that hit me. I told him I was gonna just bury my head but I'd catch up with him again soon. Then Prince happened (again, more on this site). Then other serious family stuff was going on and I didn't get back in touch in the time before his passing. Male friendships are like that. The next time we'd connect it would always be like it had been five minutes ago. But it wasn't to be. I never got to Rowardennan, although the invites were many. </p>
<p>He never stopped with the (affectionally given and received) Paddy Irishman jokes. "But Stu..." I'd tell him "..I'm from Warrington..". Ah sure, that didn't make any difference :). </p>
<p>Stu and I had become friends through the old "Luckytown' online Springsteen forum in the late '90s and the early days of the internet. His generosity was endless. Every now and then packages of CD's would just arrive in the post - Bruce out-takes, concerts etc. When I was reading the tributes from his many many friends, this was not an isolated occurrence. Stu was generous with everyone. He loved the New Jersey rocker Joe D'Urso and had become friends with Joe over the years. Joe posted a lovely tribute to Stu on his Facebook page. Indeed, there were, and still are, many wonderful words about Stu from his online family. </p>
<p>His Dad Derek had passed several years ago, and Stu ever the dutiful son, took Dereks ashes up to Scotland to spread them there Loch side. Typical of Stu he dressed up for the occasion with a set of bagpipes, an approximation of a Tam O'Shanter and the pic is on his Facebook page. It still makes me smile. I helped Stu round up some commerative Irish stamps for Derek one time, I was only too glad to do something in return.  </p>
<p>He always called me "Cashan" (my surname, Carry) and was wonderfully funny. We exchanged mails and birthday/Christmas cards for over 17 years.  </p>
<p>Stu had always kept all of his friends amused with his detailing of the trials and tribulations around his engagement with the NHS in the UK. He'd always complained of headaches and pains as he described his journey through the medical system, in a "crikey, you'll never believe what they told me today old chum" set of online updates while doctors tried to figure out what, if anything, was wrong with him.  </p>
<p>But Stu did have something wrong and he passed away at home on Feb 10th 2016,  from a brain aneurysm or haemorrhage. It deeply saddens me still that he was on his own that day. He deserved to go out surrounded by the warmth, love and karma that his friends would surely have given. But then I think, maybe Derek was getting impatient, and Stu just couldn't wait. </p>
<p>So! Sir, thinking of you today. I shall raise a glass of some description to ya somewhere along the way. You are missed. </p>
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  <div class="message"><p>It's April and I've just been able to finish off a blog note I started in January about Bowie, but now, again, I find myself back in front of a screen trying to put some sense into the world that might help me compartmentalise how difficult I've found the passing of Prince. To think we've lost DB and Prince within the same year is incredulous, within four months of each other is just totally incomprehensible.</p>
<p>I wasn't a casual Prince fan. I was a hard core nut. I was (literally) in the fan club. I'd seen him play live over half a dozen times even specially travelling to the UK to see him play. </p>
<p>Being such a music nut there are many artists that I live and breath. Bowie, Bruce, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush and the Beatles, but not forgetting Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Stevie Ray Vaughan, XTC, Roy Orbison and not forgetting The Stones, Prince was right up there. I have all his albums, even the unfashionable ones.</p>
<p>I had spent the day in A&amp;E (7 hours) and as a result my back was ridiculously sore, I was stressed and then I tuned onto the 7pm news. I had to stop the car. Prince. Dead? I was only listening to the new album THAT morning? What? Whaaat? <em>No</em>.<em>No.No</em>.</p>
<p>On Monday of that same week I had acquired an 8 CD set of unreleased Prince music (yip, a bootleg) and had been working through that. On Wednesday I was searching Discogs.com to add a couple of vinyl versions of albums of his that I didn't have ('Batman' and 'Lovesexy'), they were in my "cart' but I didn't buy then because I was going to look at anything else I may had overlooked, 'when I get a few minutes tomorrow'. Tomorrow never comes. Monday started with a reinvigoration and new investigation of his music and by Thursday evening it was calamity.</p>
<p>Sometimes it does indeed snow in April. Like yesterday for example. It's ironic how that relatively unusual weather event happened when it did. Co-incidence of course (or was it?), but a timely and desperately sad one. "All good things they say, never last".</p>
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<p><strong>Prince, first impressions</strong></p>
<p>Good god, I hated the sight of him. I read the music press from an early age (late 70's onwards NME subscriber!) so I probably knew a bit about him a couple of years before he hit public consciousness with the 1999 and Purple Rain albums. I saw the 'Dirty Mind' cover, read a bit about him and instantly disliked what I saw.</p>
<p>Disgraced DJ Jonathan King had a music show on tv around the time that '1999' was released. He'd just concluded an interview with (idol alert) Lou Reed and having been given short thrift by Lou in his general "I hate journalists" adversarial mode, King, miffed at being found out by the razor sharp Reed, concluded the interview by saying something along the lines of "..and now to someone infinitely more talented than Lou Reed, this is Prince..." and played the video for 'Little Red Corvette'. I was genuinely incensed about the comment that i felt badly disparaged one of my hero's. I took to an even deeper dislike of Prince after that.</p>
<p>Purple Rain came and went, I wasn't impressed. What the <em>what</em>, Prince even had the temerity of keeping Bruce and 'Dancing In The Dark' off the top of the singles charts! Damn that guy! He won an award (a Brit, or a forerunner of those awards) and when he flounced up to the stage with his huge bodyguard in tow, high heels and blouse, took the award, said nothing, and flounced back to his seat, I thought, <em>dick</em>.</p>
<p>Sitting with a friend of mine, Robbie Byrne, in his room listening to music one evening he took 'Around The World In A Day' off the shelf. "You <em>have</em> to listen to this, the guy is a genius" was Roberto's assessment of the situation. I duly protested, relating the J.King/Reed/Prince anecdote. Begrudgingly I took a loan of the record. I've never looked back and I can honestly say I have every album the guy ever released. The hard to get ones, the internet only releases, 12" singles, CD singles, extended remixes etc etc. I have live album bootlegs, after show club gigs plus a plethora of songs, outtakes, demo's, videos etc that were leaked on bootleg over the years. </p>
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<p><strong>My first Prince concert - New York City August 3rd 1986</strong></p>
<p>I fled Kells to New York in late March of 1986. While I was there, Prince released 'Parade'. Two shows were announced for Madison Square Gardens and I was lucky to get a ticket for the second night. I was up in the nosebleeds at the back, but I was in 'the room'. Now, seeing Prince play a concert in NYC is a <em>wee</em> bit different from seeing him play Cork for example. For a start, I was the ONLY white guy in the section where I was sitting. I had relatively long fair hair then and wore a fedora hat (yeah, this from the man who called Prince a dick). I kinda stuck out.</p>
<p>From my personal experience at that time NYC was not a racially harmonised city. It probably still isn't. However as with a lot of Irish people going to the US in the '80s racism wasn't a particular issue for us. We simply didn't have much of a multi racial/cultural society in Ireland back then, so it was very rare that anything related to a racially driven incident appeared in the media nationally, let alone in the boondocks where I lived. In my own case, and in my consciousness I was just a guy in the crowd same as anyone else.</p>
<p>If you don't know the BEST line Prince ever wrote about racism I'm going to share it with you now (I still use it whenever the issue needs addressing); </p>
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<p><strong><em>"...Cut you? Cut me? BOTH the blood is red..geddit??"</em></strong> (lyric is from "Race' off the 'Come' album)</p>
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<p>At one stage in the show he led the crowd in a rap that seemed to turn a few heads towards me, the solitary honky. It was from 'The Roof Is On Fire' by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three and seemed to be a black anthem of sorts. It goes like this; "..<em>the roof is on fire...we don't need no water...let the muthaf*cker burn...burn muthaf*cker burn!</em>". </p>
<p>O-kayyyyy. </p>
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<p>Anyways. He played keyboards for the majority of the show, I don't remember him even playing guitar until the encore. An hour into the show ('Love Bizarre') Prince holla'd "New York! (crowd roars) New York! (crowd roars louder) We're gonna rock all night!!" (crowd goes apeshit bat crazy). The song ends. Prince steps up to the mike and says "goodnight New York, I love you" (crowd, in unison, look at their watches. What the? An <em>hour</em>?). He plays "Sometimes It Snows In April" at the piano and leaves the stage.</p>
<p>He walks back on stage, on his own, with a guitar, for the first time that night, the lights change colour, you know the one, and he delivers a 'Purple Rain' that to this day I still can't accurately describe it in a way that would do it justice. Transcendent <em>maybe</em>?</p>
<p>So he played for less than an hour and 20-ish minutes. I'd have sat there all night. </p>
<p>'Kiss' wasn't played, which was a huge hit at the time, and I wished it had been included. I only found out while writing this article that at the previous nights show he did 4 more songs in the encore which included 'Kiss' and 'Whole Lotta Shaking Going On'!</p>
<p>Grrrrr. </p>
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<p><strong>Prince - Lovesexy Tour 1988 Wembley Arena London August 3rd 1988</strong> </p>
<p>I was working in GE in Wembley London and Prince announced a string of shows at the local Arena (about a 12k seater capacity). Myself and 3 lads from work, Jeff, Keith and Chris (Goodwin) headed off to the show. We took our excellent seats, row 20 from the stage which was set up 'in the round' i.e. in the middle of the arena. As the arena filled up the row of seats in front of us remained empty.</p>
<p>During the first song ('Erotic City'), in the darkness,  a bunch of people occupied their seats and not quietly or without fuss. One of the party was a complete vision from the back. Black satin bomber jacket, the tightest black leggings imaginable (unheard of in the '80s, not like today) and the longest black hair which (from my view behind) was swept back from the face every few minutes.</p>
<p>The lads all looked down the line at me and there were a few nudge nudge wink wink faces made. I didn't really pass that much remark as I was focused purely on the stage and anyone interrupting my connection to the action is generally ignored or given a withering glance. However it was hard not to physically register what looked like <em>a vision</em> of loveliness directly in front of me.</p>
<p>After a few songs more one of the lads tugged at my elbow and nodded to my right as in "bloody hell mate, look who it is?". It was 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' (or at least it was Holly Johnston, Paul Rutherford and their friends). Ah! ok, so now I could kind of understand the getting-to seats-when-the-lights-go-down situation, but they were also very irritating in that they still displayed a contradictory 'look at me, look at me, I love how much I can talk and how loud I can be' behaviour. </p>
<p>At the first intermission, the lights went up. As the group in front began to sit down '<em>The Vision</em>' turned around to us and smiled at me in a nice way, like you do when you're out at a show to the people around you. </p>
<p>It was Pete Burns, HE from the group 'Dead Or Alive'. Sadly, very much dead now. Yup, collective intake of breath from the four of us and a quick conversation started about the football or some other such macho-esque topic. Funnily enough I think Pete eventually went full transgender so fair play to him, he certainly had 4 straight guys in the palm of his hand that night (and <em>yes</em>, that's <em>meant</em> to be funny...).</p>
<p>Prince did a blues jam, 'Blues In C' (aka 'If I Had a Harem') where he sat at the edge of the stage and played an unbelievable guitar solo, and a side of Prince we'd never really ever seen before. Prince as a Delta bluesman? Wow. He also did a cover version of 'Just My Imagination' that night, again, totally <em>class</em>.</p>
<p>He finished the show with 'Alphabet Street'. This was the song where he, and Kat, would jump aboard a Thunderbird car that was attached to the periphery of the stage by a mechanical arm and they would then 'drive' around the stage as they waved their goodbyes. On this night they jumped aboard the "white rad rod" (maybe a '56 or '57, it was, however, seemingly, absurd, ;) ) and disappeared from view. Possibly to Tennessee. </p>
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<p><strong>Prince - Rainbow Children Tour- Point Depot October 10th 2002</strong></p>
<p>Let me tell you about Pat Cusack. The most important thing to know is that Pat and I are of a distinctly similar build. We may be intellectual giants (<em>cough!</em>) but we're Prince sized. Two of the whitest, and in fairness, least funky looking brothers from another other mother you'd be likely to meet. Although we've never spoken of it (the omertà of the unfunky white man) I'm sure Pat suffers the same lack of co-ordination (disco-ordination?) when it comes to physically moving ones body in time to a back beat.</p>
<p>We'd actually been colleagues and friends for a couple of years before we realised we shared a common love for the wee Purple Genius. Like what often happens when I talk to someone and they share that they're a "fan" of a certain artist that I like, I have to do a subtle interrogation to find out just <em>how much</em> they know and like that person or group. It's a thing that music fanatics who border on severe-OCD-collector-Vinyl-is-god syndrome do (Justin Evans? I hope you recognise who else I'm talking about here?). </p>
<p>I remember the great Irish musician/songwriter Peter Fitzpatrick (Circuit3 - check 'them' out!) with whom I also shared an employer once, doing it to me. He dropped Peter Blakes name into a casual conversation, when I mentioned I loved the Beatles, and I could see the inner smile of recognising one of your own in his eyes, when I immediately asked him if he (Blake) still had that striking white beard. I passed that test, the same way Pat passed my initial subtle quizzing. The dude knew his purple stuff. </p>
<p>Prince was great that night. Mixed set, Rainbow Children isn't one of Princes best albums, but we were in 'the room' and Cusack and I resisted the temptation to laugh at the others moves. After all it would have been the equivalent of a Mexican stand off. Or Mexican dance off if you will. You could call it double indemnity. But I know in my heart that Pat can dance like a mad man. Like me. In the dark.When no-ones watching. And Prince is on the stereo. </p>
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<p><strong>Prince - What Kevin said</strong></p>
<p>The seeds of understanding Prince's 'oddness' were sown by the, at that time, very funny when in the flesh, film director Kevin Smith. Smith had started a college tour of "An Audience With" to accompany showings of his films or just to meet the kids who went to see his independent movies ("I made Clerks for $27,000 on a visa card" etc).</p>
<p>Now, I have loved listening to Kevin for nearly 2 decades, I have DVD's, comics, scripts, posters all tagged by  the man. But since he started to smoke weed non fricking stop his films are less...less...well...less good. They're awful. I'd love to see the guy hit one out of the park again. But I don't think it'll happen until, firstly he stops smoking that sh*te and secondly becomes aware and confident about what he COULD do, if he put a clear mind to it.</p>
<p>Kev says smoking makes him uber productive. It might do, but it doesn't mean the equation of quantity to <em>quality</em> remains relative in those circumstances. The evidence speaks for itself, but he's ignoring it. Oh Kevin.    </p>
<p>He's such a self deprecator to the point that he doesn't make excuses for how bad some of his recent films are or the over extended reliance on either dick jokes (and worse) or gross out scenarios in his movies. Ok 20 years ago those dick jokes were <em>very</em> funny, but man, I'm 52, I left that stuff behind a long, long time ago. Heck I was already passed that point twenty years ago. But Smith was a very funny, ordinary, self deprecating and loveable guy. His 'Audience With' shows were very funny and indeed, very human. He's from New Jersey, immediate brownie points from me, and he once said he'd take a bullet for Bruce Springsteen. How could I <em>not</em> like the guy?</p>
<p>Grace you raised a good son, Seth Rogen, you bloody ruined him. I sadly no longer feel part of Smiths audience demographic. But I will defend the honour of 'Jay &amp; Silent Bob Strike Back', 'Dogma' and 'Clerks II' in front of and to anyone. </p>
<p>I've meandered. Go straight to Youtube and Google/Bing 'Kevin Smith and Prince' and you can see Kev Smith relay one of the funniest stories you'll ever hear, and one which as a Prince fan himself Smith tells with remarkable candour and directness. </p>
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<p><strong>Prince - Where we fell out</strong></p>
<p>Prince was one of the pioneers of using the internet to distribute music to fans without the use of a record company. For a fee, you could join the NPG online community and have access to buy rare or unreleased recordings directly from Prince. I did. I bought downloads of unreleased albums, special fan only videos, new web only tracks etc. </p>
<p>Anything that was up on-line I probably bought over the space of a couple of months. One day the web site disappeared. It never came back. Not only that, but all the music and video downloads those of us who had spent our hard earned wedge on were no longer even playable. The technical widgets in the software we use to download licensed music were simply revoked by Prince.</p>
<p>This was and still is in my opinion robbery. There were utter nonsense cryptic comments made about how basically we were lucky to have this treasure trove for the time we had it but 'Prince has now moved on'. Then he started suing anyone who put his picture up on the internet, including loyal fan sites or even random users who might have innocently been playing a Prince song in the background while they recorded a home video with their kids. I loved the man but jaysus he could be an utter tool sometimes.</p>
<p>Amanda and I travelled to London in 2007 to attend evening 19 of the '21 Nights' tour (September 16th). Oh man, <em>what a show</em>, You had to be there. If you have seen the video of Prince playing the Superbowl Half-Time show, THAT was the same year, same band, same stage etc. Awesome. If you haven't seen that video, go straight to Youtube while flagellating yourself with a rose bush. The London shows just left you wanting more.</p>
<p>It was announced that on June 16th 2008 Prince was going to play Croke Park. I decided i was going to go all guns on tickets. I bought seats at the side of the stage. They were a horrendous price. Seriously expensive, particularly when money was tight, but this was Prince. They sold 55,000 tickets. Two weeks before the show Prince pulled the plug. No significantly clear explanation given as to why, it just appeared to be a random decision made on a whim. Rumoured, was that Prince had expected to sell more than 55,000 tickets two weeks before the show. He didn't understand the walk up on the night or buy the tickets the day before mentality that a lot of Irish music fans have. It was disappointing and symptomatic of a guy who appeared to have lost touch with reality or stopped caring about his fan base. </p>
<p>So, coupled with the robbery from the web site and then the cancellation, I said "enough", I'm voting with my feet on this. When the Malahide Castle gig was announced I stubbornly entrenched those same feet in the deepest of emotional concrete and did not buy a ticket. I had to fend off the "you got your ticket right?" and " sure I'll see you in Malahide next week" comments from all and sundry, with a flat "nope, I'm not going". </p>
<p>I still listen to Prince all the time. I play his songs on the guitar. Like Bowie, we've been lucky to have shared some of his timeline in history. Unlike the guys in Mozart or Beethovens time, the legacy of Prince's (and Bowie's) music as they played and presented it themselves will be with the earth forever, for future generations to admire. I suspect they will be more than a bit envious of the fact that we were here when we were. </p>
<p>I shall miss Prince everyday. </p></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>When I was 10 I bought my first album. It was 'Hunky Dory' by David Bowie. This was typical of a mindset, which has endured, in that I stubbornly rarely ever conform to any general consensus, but particularly when it comes to music. I take a salmon like approach. I'd rather walk alone. If I don't discover something <span style="text-decoration:underline">myself</span>, then it's not worth listening to. It doesn't mean I'm right of course. </p>
<p>For example, a mate, lets call him Robbie Byrne once of Navan parish, told me that Prince was a <em>genius</em> upon the release of "Around The World In A Day". This worm wasn't for turning. Of course I end up being an absolute Prince fanatic. Have everything he's ever released (plus a lot of what he hasn't released), have traveled abroad to see him play live etc. Godammit I was even part of the NPG fan club and accessed a bunch of on line content (at a price) that was subsequently taken off line by Prince, and the licenses rescinded. I lost a lot of love for Prince at that time. 'Mugged' springs to mind. Having bought <em>expensive</em> ring side seats for the proposed gig in Croke Park a few years ago and then have it cancelled because they had "only" sold 65,000 tickets, moved me further away from the Prince camp (Editors Note; this blog entry was written on Jan 11th and thus before Prince's passing)</p>
<p>I digress. When I bought "Hunky Dory" everyone <em>else</em> was buying "Ziggy Stardust" and participating in the accompanying mania. My sister, Angela, joined the official Bowie Fan Club. It cost 30p in 1972 and you got a membership card, a (pre-printed) welcome letter from David, and a silk sticker.</p>
<p>I joined the "Geordie" fan club instead. Yes, who, you may very well ask. History will at least show that the lead singer of this obscure band went on to front AC/DC (Brian Johnson) and maybe I was prescient in my critical evaluation of his star appeal. All because of you baby, all because of you (go Google that).</p>
<p>Springsteen. Gerry Mee and I saw the video of him singing "Rosalita" from the '78 Darkness tour (the Phoenix Arizona show) on The Old Grey Whistle Test. Stunning. We discussed it the next day at school. Although I went back to my Bowie and Lou Reed albums Gerry went out and bought "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"). Bruce was at least registered with me. He was on the radar but, heck I had too much to do with pouring all my musical love (and money) into buying Bowie, Lou, Iggy, Kraftwerk, Talking Heads etc.</p>
<p>THEN in 1979 when "The River" was released I heard two Cunninghams, not related either to me or each other, going on about the song of the same name. It was seemingly up there with Paul Simons (and Garfunkel, let his place in history be noted) "Sound of Silence" and "The Boxer" because 'The River' was a source of real life perspective particularly the poignancy of the pregnancy storyline. For me this was a "right on" conversation from two Charismatics participants. Springsteen was taken off the radar with haste and deigned not to reappear until mid 1980 when I bought "The Wild, The Innocent" (the album where "Rosalita" could be found, followed by "Nebraska" and another love affair was started. I do though distinctly remember hearing "Sherry Darling" from that album on the radio one day and nearly getting drawn back in. </p>
<p>It was the same with Neil Young. Everyone spoke of him in reverential tones. The music teacher in St Pats (a lovely lady who we were horrible to as a class - I got a <span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>minus</strong></span> 3 in an exam once) used to play "Heart Of Gold" and "After The Goldrush". He sounded like a whiny hippy to me. I never engaged because, in a nutshell, I was too immature to appreciate this fine art because it didn't make a big "bang" sound. We were allowed bring a record into class to demonstrate the use of multiple musical instruments in a song. I brought in the live version of "Panic In Detroit" off the "David Live" album, because there were individual guitar, bass, sax and drum solos :).</p>
<p>When Young flipped the bird at Geffen Records in the 80's I respected what he did and went out and bought one of his truly excellent records ("This Notes For You"). How do I <em>know</em> it's one of his excellent records? Because I then went and bought them all dummy!! Can't you see where this is going?</p>
<p>Tom Waits. The piano had indeed been drinking. Aah jaysus, what's going on there? Francis Ford Coppolla (who I wrote to, looking for a job, care of Zoetrope Studios, San Francisco, USA back in 1983) released his movie "One From The Heart". I'd never cried at a movie before and this film did indeed become one TO the heart. To my mind it's the greatest soundtrack album of all time. Up on the bus to Dublin in about 1983, found it in Golden Discs on Talbot Street. Yawn, yes, I do now own all of Tom Waits albums. Sitting second row, center stage in a big tent in the Phoenix Park a few years ago was one of my greatest concert experiences of my life (Blog to follow at some stage).</p>
<p>I'm still digressing. I can digress with the very best of them.</p>
<p>As a child of Irish parents and in an Anglo/Irish Lancashire household roughly located between Liverpool and Manchester, my Mum and Dads record collection, like many immigrants from Ireland, consisted of Joe Dolan and the Drifters, Eileen Reid and The Cadettes and Big Tom and the Mainliners. There was a Noel V Ginnity comedy album (he grew up with my Dad in Kells) and I can remember a Jim Reeves album "Bimbo". But that was it.</p>
<p>I think there was possibly a quiet concern that the young lad was buying records by the (then PR spun) orange haired, bi-sexual bloke who wore dresses ("Mum? What's a buy sexual?"). I did try explaining what the Japanese Kabuki costumes were though. When I was in my teens. Gary Glitter was ok though, at least he made sense...cartoon pop, as catchy as hell, but inoffensive...oh boy.</p>
<p>So, back to "Hunky Dory". With Bowie it was never about the image (ok, on some level it must have been a factor, although I know I was very irritated with that "<em>cockerney accent, hello moy auld plaam</em>" voice he'd put on occasionally. He often looked weird too. No eyebrows. Ah, I'll just play "Queen Bitch" again. Oh yeah.</p>
<p>So how did I find 'Hunky Dory'? In '73 one of my friends brought us around to his house to listen to the new Bowie single, "Starman". It was <em>ok</em> to my ears, but as they liked it (agh!) I asked him to play the <em>B-Side</em> (ask your parents). It was a cover version of a Chuck Berry song "'Round and 'Round". This had a totally different effect on me. It's STILL one of the best performances on record by DB and The Spiders From Mars. The flag went up.</p>
<p>There had been an advert on tv at the time for a publication called the "Encyclopedia of Rock". Two years ago I was able to get a lithograph of the first cover of this magazine which had been reprinted for the "David Bowie Is" event. There's an image of Elvis and Bowie on the cover - the old handing over to the new King Rock.</p>
<p>The tv advert showed snippets of Elvis, Dylan, Beatles, Stones and Bowie. They used a live snip of Bowie in concert but I didnt know what song it was, only that it <em>r-o-c-k-e-d</em>. After swimming in Leigh baths on the following Saturday morning I went into the Redifusion TV/record shop on Leigh main street and skimmed the small selection of Bowie albums trying to figure out what song it was I'd heard? I eventually settled on deciding it was a song called "Changes". So I bought HK.</p>
<p>I think it cost £2 6s. I brought it home and dropped the needle on "Changes". It <em>wasn't</em> the song I'd heard on the t.v. (a few decades later I think the song I heard was either a few seconds of the 2nd part of "Width of a Circle" or a bit of "White Light White Heat"). Irrespective, the die was cast and I quickly became symbiotic with the bloke.</p>
<p>My 10 year old brain tried to comprehend the songs on that record, (indeed I'm STILL trying to get my head around them) but I did as best my limited intelligence, vocabulary and sensibilities could with 'Eight Line Poem', 'Quicksand' or 'Bewley Brothers'. For full disclosure, I wasn't a particularly "cool" kid and the next records I bought (after Roxy Musics "Street Life") were by Gary Glitter and the Glitter Band, and "The Monster Mash". </p>
<p>As contrary as I was to public opinion I didn't buy my next Bowie album until the following year. Refusing to follow the lead of my friends who raved about "Ziggy" and then "Aladdin Sane" (although I sneakingly loved "Jean Genie" (or as The Sweet called it, "Blockbuster"!) my next Bowie record was 'Diamond Dogs' in '74. Then 'David Live'. </p>
<p>It's with abject embarrassment that I put several teenage girlfriends through the Bowie ringer. When they walked away shaking their heads about my continual rabbitting on about all things David, I figured they felt they just couldn't compete for my affections with my idol. I know it had absolutely nothing to do with me being a gobshite. When the next live album, "Stage" was released in 1978, I was thrilled beyond explanation to hear Bowie SPEAK! on these albums. "Thank you very much indeed". Cue faint.</p>
<p>So. Where are we now? The moment you know, you know, you know. One of the saddest weeks of my life. On Nov 26th I got up at 5am to order the new album, Blackstar, on black and on clear vinyl (one of 5000 limited edition copies). I simply can't bring myself to listen to the album. As soon as I heard the news at 7am on Monday the 11th I <em>immediately</em> realized the significance of what the record meant. It was a goodbye.</p>
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<ul>    <li>Ride a White Swan (The Lives and Death of Marc Bolan) - Lesley Ann Jones</li>    <li>Reckless - Chrissie Hynde</li>    <li>A Different Road - Bob Latchford</li>    <li>Travelling to Work;The Diaries 1988 - 98 (Vol 3) - Michael Palin</li>
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  <div class="message"><p>The last of <em>da brudders</em>, Tommy Ramone has exited stage left. Having lost Joey and Johnny to the big c, and Dee Dee to his own nefarious devices and almost wilful descent to oblivion, all sadly very prematurely, Tommy outlasted them all. He was 65.</p>
<p>Initially he took over percussion duties on joining the band (from the syncopationally challenged Joey, the original drummer) but also played some white hot guitar on the albums as well. Eventually Tommy relinquished the drumming hot seat to Marky, but he remained closely connected to the band.</p>
<p>I gave a deserved call out to The Ramones in my song "Nobody Plays Rock 'N' Roll Songs Anymore". The group that launched a million T-Shirts were unquestionably one of the most influential bands of all time. They never had "hits" or mass adoration during their time except from a relatively small group of folks "in the know". But I dare anyone to put on "Rockaway Beach" and not let your foot tap along or your head nod involuntarily. </p>
<p>Like their music The Ramones kept their foot to the floor, lived fast and died too young.</p>
<p>"<em>Where are the da brudders, they're all gone</em></p>
<p><em>Just when we need them the most</em></p>
<p><em>I wanna hear them call out 1,2,3,4</em></p>
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  <div class="message"><p>I am filled with sadness at the passing of Lou Reed. When I was a teenager I had probably four true musical loves - Bowie, The Beatles, Marc Bolan and Lou Reed. The first Reed album I bought was (like for many) "Transformer" (which for some of you too young to know, was produced by Bowie, and his guitar player Mick Ronson played piano and did the arrangements - think of the song "Perfect Day" for Ronson's level of contribution). </p>
<p>I hadn't <em>a clue</em> what the lyrics on that record were about as a 13-15 year old (and probably just as well!), all I knew was that I loved that record. It spoke of strange people (very) and even stranger places. When I was 16 I had two people on my wall - Bowie and Reed. The more I caught up on Reeds' catalog of albums and learned more about the Velvet Underground it shaped my appreciation for music that wasn't the stuff you heard on the radio. Same with Iggy Pop another recipient of largesse by Bowie that put him on many a persons radar, mine included. </p>
<p>There was a great quote attributed to Brian Eno that "The Velvet Underground's first album only sold a few thousand copies, but everyone who bought one formed a band.". Probably not entirely true as the record sold about 50,000 copies in its first couple of years but it appealed to a <em>certain type</em> of listener (me!), it was left of centre, it was noisy, it had it's roots in Andy Warhols' art/multi-media rock and roll circus. I'm not going to type out Reed's life story and musical transition here, go check out a Wiki somewhere. But it's a truly <em>fascinating</em> story. </p>
<p>I picked up "Rock And Roll Heart" in the market in Navan back in about 1977, "Street Hassle" (and I didn't know this at the time) featured a brief monologue by Springsteen (I didn't even have ANY Springsteen records at this time). His first solo record "Lou Reed" I bought on Trimgate Street in Navan from a Hare Krishna!! The guy was selling a bunch of records from a big leather satchel from over his shoulder. I think it cost me £3. </p>
<p>In 1986-88 I was living in New York. One afternoon in the Village I saw a flyer from Tower records that Lou Reed would be signing copies of his then new album "Mistrial". I scoured, quite literally, Manhattan for a copy of the sheet music of "Walk On The Wild Side" and finally through sheer perseverance I eventually found a copy. I was thrilled with myself. In advance of the signing I also bought an new copy of "Berlin" on vynl and two rare singles "My Love Is Chemical" and "September Song".</p>
<p>I queued up outside Tower Records and finally found myself in front of Lou. I handed my camera to the store guy and had my picture taken and Lou happily signed my wares (I also had "Mistrial" with me as I'd bought it when it was released.</p>
<p>Cloud 9. Lou was my first starstruck experience of a musical legend. When he heard my accent he recounted his gig in Croke Park supporting U2, we had a chat about Ireland, and he was <em>sound</em>. </p>
<p>Fast forward to the last show of his I attended (The Ecstasy Tour). It was in The Olympia theatre in Dublin and by the luck of the ticketing gods I was front row and centre stage. I had a great time, savouring every song.</p>
<p>After the show I went to the exit door and with a bunch of other folks waited for Reed to come out which he duly did and he signed lots of stuff for people. He looked up and spotted me. He dipped his head and looked out from over the rim of his obligatory sun glasses and said "hey! I remember you? You were in the front row right? You were having a blast, thank you for enjoying the show so much, it means a lot"...oh boy.</p>
<p>I have every album that Reed and The Velvets ever released. I was only playing "<em>Another VU</em>" yesterday. I am just gutted to think Lou has left us. You think these musician guys are going to be around for ever. Well, he WILL be but, you know what I mean. </p>
<p>So, tonight I go to bed with a heavy heart and I'm sure I'll be listening to some old records over the next couple of days (in fact only a couple of weeks ago I put about 16gb of Reed's music on a memory card which I have in the car). You'll probably hear some weird and wonderful stuff about Lou over the next few days, he WAS unique and a one time deal. He gave many journalists a very hard time and never minced his words. Renowned as contrary, surly and aggressive. I never saw that side of him on my two encounters. But the music will always speak for itself. Off the top of my head if you want any references to check out, start with one of the "Greatest Hits" volumes out there. Transformer, Berlin, New Sensations, New York are all great records too. </p>
<p>Goodnight Lou....</p></div>
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<p><span style="color:#ccffff"><strong>CLEM BURKE</strong></span> - I've been lucky enough to see Clem play in the Eurythmics tour band plus of course in his main claim to fame, Blondie. The guy is an <em>exceptional</em> drummer.</p>
<p>If you're looking for a brushes and light sticks, then Clem is not the guy for you. His forte is foot to the floor crash bang wallop, but in a listener friendly rhythmical heartbeat delivery.  </p>
<p>The only evidence I need to give you is let your ears drift towards one of the most perfect pop singles of our time, "Dreaming" by Blondie. In fact, you can take virtually any Blondie single as an example. Those songs would not sound <em>just</em> as good with anyone else behind the kit. </p>
<p>Mr Burke sir, you are simply a legend, and I thank you for many,many air drumming moments over the past 35 years.</p>
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<p>From Wikipedia below...</p>
<p><strong>Clement "Clem" Burke</strong><span style="line-height:19px"> </span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="line-height:19px">(born November 24, 1955) is an </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" data-imported="1">American</a><span style="line-height:19px"> </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Musician" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician" data-imported="1">musician</a><span style="line-height:19px"> who is the </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Drummer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer" data-imported="1">drummer</a><span style="line-height:19px"> for the </span><a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Band (music)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_(music)" data-imported="1">band</a><span style="line-height:19px"> </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Blondie (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(band)" data-imported="1">Blondie</a><span style="line-height:19px">. Recruited by </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Chris Stein" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein" data-imported="1">Chris Stein</a><span style="line-height:19px"> and </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Debbie Harry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Harry" data-imported="1">Debbie Harry</a><span style="line-height:19px"> when they were first forming Blondie.  </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">During the 1980s and 1990s, when Blondie was disbanded, Burke played drums for <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="The Romantics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romantics" data-imported="1">The Romantics</a> (for whom Burke was the regular drummer<sup>[<em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" data-imported="1"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (November 2011)">clarification needed</span></a></em>]</sup> between 1990 and 2004), <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Pete Townshend" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend" data-imported="1">Pete Townshend</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Bob Dylan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" data-imported="1">Bob Dylan</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Eurythmics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurythmics" data-imported="1">Eurythmics</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="The Tourists" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tourists" data-imported="1">The Tourists</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Dramarama (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramarama_(band)" data-imported="1">Dramarama</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="The Fleshtones" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fleshtones" data-imported="1">The Fleshtones</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Iggy Pop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_Pop" data-imported="1">Iggy Pop</a>, and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Joan Jett" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Jett" data-imported="1">Joan Jett</a>, amongst others. He went on to record with the line-up of Chequered Past in 1983 with <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Sex Pistols" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols" data-imported="1">Sex Pistols</a> guitarist <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Steve Jones (musician)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jones_(musician)" data-imported="1">Steve Jones</a>, former Blondie bandmate <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Nigel Harrison" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Harrison" data-imported="1">Nigel Harrison</a>, musician <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Tony Sales" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sales" data-imported="1">Tony Sales</a> and singer/actor <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Michael Des Barres" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres" data-imported="1">Michael Des Barres</a>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-2" data-imported="1">[2]</a></sup><sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-3" data-imported="1">[3]</a></sup></p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In the late 1980s, he stood in as drummer for The <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Ramones" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones" data-imported="1">Ramones</a> (under the name "Elvis Ramone") for two gigs, on August 28, 1987, in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Providence, Rhode Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" data-imported="1">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, and August 29, 1987, in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Trenton, New Jersey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" data-imported="1">Trenton, New Jersey</a>, after the sudden departure of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Richie Ramone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ramone" data-imported="1">Richie Ramone</a>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-film-4" data-imported="1">[4]</a></sup> On October 8, 2004, he once again played under the name "Elvis Ramone", when he joined <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Tommy Ramone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Ramone" data-imported="1">Tommy Ramone</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="C. J. Ramone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Ramone" data-imported="1">C. J. Ramone</a>, and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Daniel Rey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rey" data-imported="1">Daniel Rey</a> in the "Ramones Beat Down On Cancer" concert. He has recorded and played live with <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Wanda Jackson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jackson" data-imported="1">Wanda Jackson</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Nancy Sinatra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Sinatra" data-imported="1">Nancy Sinatra</a>. Burke also played on <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="The Go-Go's" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s" data-imported="1">The Go-Go's</a> member <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Kathy Valentine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Valentine" data-imported="1">Kathy Valentine</a>'s solo release, <em>Light Years</em> in 2005. He was inducted in the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" data-imported="1">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2006.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-bday-5" data-imported="1">[5]</a></sup></p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He now is a member of Slinky Vagabond with <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Earl Slick" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Slick" data-imported="1">Earl Slick</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Glen Matlock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Matlock" data-imported="1">Glen Matlock</a>, and Keanan Duffty. Slinky Vagabond played their debut concert at the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash in May 2007.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-bday-5" data-imported="1">[5]</a></sup> He is also currently a member of Magic Christian (Dirty Water Records), along with former <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Flamin' Groovies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamin%27_Groovies" data-imported="1">Flamin' Groovies</a> guitarist Cyril Jordan (on guitar) and <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Plimsouls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsouls" data-imported="1">Plimsouls</a> lead guitarist Eddie Munoz (on bass).</p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As of November, 2010, he plays drums with The <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Hugh Cornwell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Cornwell" data-imported="1">Hugh Cornwell</a> Band.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In July 2011, it was announced that he is to receive an honorary doctorate from the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="University of Gloucestershire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Gloucestershire" data-imported="1">University of Gloucestershire</a>, due to his drumming project<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-6" data-imported="1">[6]</a></sup> that analyses the physical and psychological effects of drumming.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Burke#cite_note-7" data-imported="1">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In April 2013, Burke appeared on the <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Little Steven" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Steven" data-imported="1">Little Steven</a> song "All I Needed Was You" along with Scott Kempner, Barry Goldberg, Gregg Sutton and Tom Jr Morgan on the Carla Olson album <em>Have Harmony, Will Travel</em>.</p>

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  <div class="message"><p>New album is coming on really well. Have too many songs (again) and I'm preparing some of my song stash for the next (next) album which at the moment is called "Onion".</p>
<p>Spent a lot of time this weekend mixing, which is a learning experience to say the least! Parametric equalisation and the like means lots of reading and YouTube tutorials.</p>
<p>i'm going to remix the first 3 albums in the coming weeks. Now that I know more about what I should have been doing I want to go back and re-do the songs again and apply some sonic finesse. I like the songs a lot but they're not been done any service whatsoever by poor production techniques. But like Phoenixses they shall rise from the ashes.</p>
<p>For "Sunflower" the track listing (so far!) is shaping up to be;</p>
<p>1. As The Sunflower Turns It's Face Towards The Sun</p>
<p>2. Pretty Monster</p>
<p>3. Tower Of Strength</p>
<p>4. Glam Man</p>
<p>5. Howl</p>
<p>6. Little Pink Girl (In A Black And White World)</p>
<p>7. Disco Mesopotamia</p>
<p>8. Anxious</p>
<p>9. Green Blue Red</p>
<p>10. The Man Who Went Away</p>
<p>11. Going For A Drive</p></div>
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