Just got home from Heilung at Brixton Academy.
If you ever get the chance, see them. Stunning.
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Two versions of a great song which encapsulates the spirit of sixties psychedelia.
The original is by The Chocolate Watchband who were one of the pioneering bands of the genre and were based in San Francisco , with a great accompanying video of footage from the time shot in the Haight-Ashbury district.
The second version is a brilliant live rendition by The Kinks , along with a short intro from Ray Davies. (Sadly audio only.)
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I thought it was originally a kinks song covered by the chocolate watchband? Either way a great song. The song it was a b-side to was sunny afternoon, another great tune
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I think you could be right !
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Absolute brilliance. Hilarious. 
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Just finished listening to the 500 Songs episodes on Sympathy For The Devil.
I was always ambivalent about the Stones, some of their songs, particularly from that era, are great, but they were (are?) horrible people.*
It’s well worth a listen, but shocking stuff.
- except Charlie Watts, of course.
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I’m watching the NFL Draft at the moment. Even though it’s nighttime, some of the players are wearing shades. Made me think of this classic:
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RIP, David Thomas. Post-punk before punk. One of my first loves.
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Wonderful documentary about Charlie Watts. I knew he would be massively influential to future rock drummers , but I had no idea how good he actually was.
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I’ve just seen the news that Mike Peters of The Alarm has died.
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Has to be one of the longest battles with cancer that anyone has ever endured. He was from my hometown and they (The Alarm) came to prominence after switching from a short-lived Mod revival band (Seventeen) to latching onto the burgeoning New Romantic scene and starting a club in the basement of my uncle’s hotel. Very sad news indeed , he was one of those guys that absolutely no-one had a bad word to say about.
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Tonights gig; greentea peng
Went to Incineration festival at Camden Town yesterday. A day well spent!
Watched
Warbringer (modern thrash),
Lamp of Murmuur, Spectral Wound, Blackbraid (all Black Metal)
Cryptopsy (Death Metal)
Blood Incantation (Prog Death metal)
Decapitated (Tech Death Metal)
And Tryptikon covering Celtic Frost (mix of death and thrash metal with doom influences)
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So, basically, lots of noise.
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The only noise I heard was some rude asshole berating a fellow metalhead for unknowingly cutting into the ordering line at the Wendy’s. Bloke was a total prick!
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Don’t worry - I was only joshing with you. If you have followed this thread, you will know that I enjoy metal.
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I know I was being facetious myself
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