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    Off-Topic: Going to the Go-Go
    • May 24

    Off-Topic: Going to the Go-Go

    It's been a while since we had an off-topic post, so we welcome this guest missive from Serge Fabergé This very photo appeared in the social media of Terry Farley, top Acid House spinner and apparently all-round good bloke, and the fact that it was the first female DJ at the Whiskey A-Go-Go warranted a bit of investigation. The superbly cool young lady is one Joanie Labine and it seems she basically invented go-go dancing and style. She was the DJ at the Hollywood club, start
    Sound Effects
    • Mar 20

    Sound Effects

    Guest blog from Norm at Motorcycho magazine. In simpler days, it wasn't easy to access your favourite motorsport. If you weren't able to actually attend an event your only other option might be to read about it in a newspaper or find out months later in some magazine. One option that was sometimes available was to listen on a long play vinyl recording. For many years the Isle of Man TT races were available on record. Called Sound Stories, each year’s race was captured in soun
    The Riff Prevails
    • Dec 13, 2020

    The Riff Prevails

    Off-topic Sunday with US correspondent, Serge Fabergé. One has found much spare time now that cafe society has been restricted - even with the yoga, the sales of the special sourdough, binge-watching and building a motorcycle in the salle (Guided by this excellent 'How To Build A Motorcycle' book available on this very site no less) there has been time for cultural pursuits. Binge-watching Midsomer Murders has been pushed aside for revisiting and re-evaluating Bo Diddley, and
    Surf's Up
    • Nov 29, 2020

    Surf's Up

    Off-Topic Sunday. The SFO Museum, in San Francisco's International airport (SFO is the airport's code) has a temporary exhibition focussing on surf music through the ages. One exhibit caught my eye, the double-necked guitar and bass drum skin from San Francisco band The Phantom Surfers. They were part of the Estrus, Mummies, Budget Rock universe of the late-80s, early-90s I loved so much. I saw them play London, when travelling from Leeds to London for a gig was still quite a
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