
We moved MM to WordPress in April 2010, after being one of the many blogs to get screwed by Google Blogspot. We noticed that this is our one thousandth post since that time and so we have marked the occasion (for such that it is for us) with an appropriately themed mix for your enjoyment. So, from the classic sound of Tenpole Tudor's new wave power-pop via The Men They Couldn't Hang's protest cow punk to the folk of Joe Pug and the Floydian prog-rock of The Silver Machines [...]

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The Yuppie Pricks Genre: Punk / Rock / Comedy From: Austin, Texas, United States You may think that punk rock is the music of the poor, the music of the dispossessed angry at their exclusion from the fruits of rampant global capitalism. Well here are the superbly monickered Yuppie Pricks to negate everything you ever thought about punk. [...]

...does there have to be a reason? Ten Pole Tudor -'Swords Of A Thousand Men.' mp3

How can't you love Slim Gaillard ? The man invented his own language, Vout Oreenie and Jack Kerouac mentioned him in On The Road. I believe this is his last recording, from the soundtrack of Absolute Beginners . If you're going to sell-out, go all the way. If you enjoy this, there's a lot more of Slim over at the excellent blog, Boogie Woogie Flu . Slim Gaillard: Selling Out - 3.30MB Slow Children consisted of Pal Shazar and Andrew Chinich [...]

Artwork by Stephen Youll Like, faaaaar out, maaaaaaannnn.... Sorry, couldn't resist. The latest Contrast Podcast is out, and since this week marks the 67th episode, Dearest TiM has decided to take us back to the year 1967. Yep, back when it was all long hair, kaftans, free love, patchouli, psychedelia, be-ins, and all that hippy-dippy stuff. Actually, the contributions this week are very balanced, with only a smattering of hippydom. Yay! That said, when I think 1967 I think flower power [...]
I'm feeling a bit peckish. Anyone else fancy a bite to eat? There's plenty of room at the table... Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers - Exposing the machinations of the global Parcheesi conspiracy. Peter Gabriel's pioneering work in posing dramatically while holding a giant flashlight would have a massive influence on Frankie Goes to Hollywood a couple years down the line. Ratt - Round and Round - You bring the D-Con; I'll bring the glue traps. [...]