6 days ago by Dan Lucas

Louder Than War would like to apologise for the title here; it seems we can’t resist a good pun. Dan Lucas takes a look at his two biggest passions ( The Simpsons aside) and argues the case that the Test match arena is the one place in sport that captures the spirit of rock & roll music. The Duckwor ...

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9 days ago by Zack Urlocker

Ex-Strangler lead singer and song writer performed an acoustic set at Bush Hall, Shepherd's Bush, London tonight. It was a great show that included a good many Stranglers songs as well as more recent solo works from Beyond Elysian Fields, Hoover Dam and the forthcoming Totem & Taboo album. A great s ...

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81 days ago by doug johnstone

So tomorrow marks the start of the Newcastle Winter Book Festival, now in its second year. There’s a great line up of writers over four days, click the link to check it out, download the programme or book tickets. I’m appearing on the Sunday evening at the last event of the festival. It’s a double-h ...

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110 days ago by SEAN CLANCY

It’s sort of strange how All Hallow’s Eve, which was once a reasonably small and unimportant celebration, has evolved into this massive month-long event with a firm standing in the “Big Three” of Western holidays (next to “Turkey Eat-y Day” and “Tree-Presents Day”). Of course, by “sort of strange” w ...

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124 days ago by SoCelebrities

The Handcuffs have shared the stage with Blondie, Eleni Mandell, Ike Reilly Assassination, Mucca Pazza and Chamber Strings, The Coral, Evan Dando (Lemonheads), Joan Jett, Robbie Fulks ... Dan Pavelich, Kenosha News "Dirty Glitter" featured on ... Tweet

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129 days ago by johnrobb

This is an interesting one. Former Strangler Hugh Cornwell is to record his new album with Steve Albini. Albini- who made his name with Big Black and then with Shellac, creating powerful bass driven, scratching guitar soundscapes that sound oddly reminiscent of the Strangles during their ‘Black And ...

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130 days ago by Christine Jefferson

Actor John Cleese will be joined on stage by his partner Jennifer Wade when he switches on Bath’s Christmas lights next month. The couple who live in the Royal Crescent head a cast of performers which also includes X Factor contestant Lascel Wood and former Strangler Hugh Cornwell for the switch-on ...

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168 days ago by Gary

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an ice pick That made his ears burn From the Stranglers' 1977 single, "No More Heroes." Leon Trotsky was a major figure in the Russian Revolution, second only to Lenin in importance. But when he opposed some of Stalin's policies, he was exiled from the Sovie ...

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172 days ago by David Hebblethwaite

Andrey Kurkov, The Milkman in the Night (2009/11) Ten years on from the English-language publication of his debut, Death and the Penguin, comes Andrey Kurkov’s ninth book. The Milkman in the Night(translated from the Russian by Amanda Love Darragh) tells of three main characters whose lives intertwi ...

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178 days ago by Perdidos en la Música

PELM // The Stranglers Follow @perdidoselm Tweet Filed under: Clásico de clásicos Tagged: Hugh Cornwell, The Stranglers

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