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Month: February 2016

MixRadio is Dead

So you have probably heard about this already, but I thought I would chime in with a couple of cents worth of comments.

I’ve been using the service for many years, on and off, and there were many great features and it’s quite a loss to the music community IMHO…

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Posted on February 23, 2016Author JamieCategories Music, Worth a commentTags music, online

80’s nostalgia – 7/7 – Alice Cooper

By 1989 Alice Cooper had been in the business for over 25 years. And he is still going strong today. Poison brought Alice back into the mainstream with after personal challenges at the start of the 80s.

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Posted on February 17, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

80’s nostalgia – 6/7 – Guns N’ Roses

Welcome to the jungle. What a fantastic track. Probably the start of THE greatest time for music in general, or at least the music that I like. Guns N’ Roses were to spawn hundreds of imitators and still influence rock music today.

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Posted on February 16, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

Ghost Takes Home The Grammy

So my “find” of last year has been recognized. I’m guessing that their gigs in Finland this year will be even more busy given their publicity.

I wonder if they are happy with it all?

Metal News: Ghost Takes Home The ‘Best Metal Performance’ Grammy

Source: Ghost Takes Home The Grammy – in Metal News ( Metal Underground.com )

Posted on February 16, 2016Author JamieCategories Music, Worth a commentTags entertainment, music, rock, surfed, worth a comment

80’s nostalgia – 5/7 – The Cult

Day 5 and now in 1985.

She sells sanctuary will always be a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons.

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Posted on February 15, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

80’s nostalgia – 4/7 – Kiss

Day 4 and still in 1984..

My second big concert lives long in the memory.

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Posted on February 14, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

80s Nostalgia – 3/7 – Mötley Crüe

Day 3 and we are up to 1984.

Back in the days of No Limits on BBC2 (from 1985-1987) Mötley Crüe featured quite a bit.

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Posted on February 13, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

Wow, @stevewilson is in the house. Excellent

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Wow, @stevewilson is in the house. Excellent #sneakpeek

A post shared by Jamie Burns 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇫🇮 (@ulko7t7) on Feb 12, 2016 at 12:22pm PST

Posted on February 12, 2016December 25, 2018Author JamieCategories MusicTags gigs, live, live music, live music photography, music

80s Nostalgia – 2/7 – Queen and David Bowie

Day 2 of the challenge. These are not in chronological order but….

Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure. For 2 reasons…

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Posted on February 12, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

80s Nostalgia – 1/7 – Adam And The Ants

I was asked to do this on Facebook, so I accepted the challenge. I thought I would share it with the world too for my one site visitor.

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Posted on February 11, 2016Author JamieCategories MusicTags Facebook, music

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