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RCA (post-1968)

07/12/2024 by Peter Viney

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RCA (post-1968)
The era of late Elvis, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Kinks, Hall & Oates, Dolly Parton, Betty Wright, The Sweet, Eurythmics and Take That. Highly illustrated article on British RCA.

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The Importance of Being Earnest 2024

01/12/2024 by Peter Viney

Link to the National Theatre production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (linked). It’s a surprise to see the British classic theatre repertoire at the National. This is a sumptous, hilarious production featuring Ncuti “Dr Who” Gatwa, Sharon D. Clarke and Hugh Skinner. You have never seen a Lady Bracknell like this, and it’s marvellous. The play comes across as if the lines are freshly-minted. Unmissable.

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Soap Opera – The Kinks

26/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Soap Opera – The Kinks. (FOLLOW LINK) At Around & Around, ‘Reviled! The albums critics love to hate’ has been one of the most popular sections on the site. I haven’t added to it for ages, and there’s already a lot there. The new addition is Soap Opera by The Kinks from 1975. The album is re-appraised. It was a turning point for them.

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Premium Album Formats

22/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Premium Album formats, or how we are persuaded to buy favourite albums again and again with the promise of ever better sound. The trail runs from half-speed mastered LPs, Direct Metal Mastering, Direct to Disc recording, DBX encoded, 45 rpm LPs, Digitally recorded LPs, 24Kt Gold CDs, SMB CDs, DVD-Audio, SACD, Blu-ray. In the end, does the song remain the same?

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All The King’s Men (2006) review

20/11/2024 by Peter Viney

A review of ALL THE KING’S MEN (linked). First there was the 1946 novel, then the 1949 film and finally the 2006 film with a stellar cast … Sean Penn, JudeLaw, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ruffalo, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini. It’s my third viewing over the years. I somehow thought the tale of a corrupt populist American demagogue having crowds chant violently resonated with the current era.

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Sleeve parodies

14/11/2024 by Peter Viney

A new section under The Art of The LP at Around and Around: SLEEVE PARODIES. Follow the link. Thee would be room for dozens more.

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Maths in Britain past link

13/11/2024 by Peter Viney

A fifth in the series. MATHS IN BRITAIN PAST. (follow this link) More grumbling reminiscences of 1960s schooldays at Bournemouth School. This time, a subject I know little of.

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Eleanor McEvoy review

12/11/2024 by Peter Viney

Review of Eleanor McEvoy at The Forest Arts Centre in New Milton, Hampshire. What can I say, except it’s the best musical evening of any kind in the last year. It’s solo: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, violin and percussion. She’s a great singer, songwriter and what was new, seeing her for the first time, a marvellous narrator too. See the tour. Seventeen dates to go. Really try and get to one.

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Geography & History in Britain Past link

10/11/2024 by Peter Viney

My reminiscences on my schooldays and by extension Britain in the late 50s and early 60s has been popular. I’ve done Language Learning, English Lit, Divinity and Music. So here’s a fourth … Geography & History in Britain past. Hopefully it’s amusing, but it also has more on the values of both geography and history, and the way they were treated.

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Relative Values (2000)

05/11/2024 by Peter Viney

A short film review of Noël Coward’s RELATIVE VALUES, as filmed in 2000 with Julie Andrews, Colin Firth, Stephen Fry and William Baldwin. Light entertainment, but it came up on our Netflix feed and I’ve reviewd so many Noël Coward that I thought I’d add it. One for a cold day.

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