Author: bernieworld

Bernie’s is a broad and fascinating story with many twists, turns and sine modulations, and he’s inviting you along for the ride. — Read on melodicdistraction.com/podcast/popular-electronics-march-21/

open.spotify.com/playlist/3OM6MgGCiY3afOOVKecrzk PANDEMIC SOUNDS: rejoice! the end is nigh! or so those hair-brained dimwits who make the rules have decided. it would be lovely for it to actually happen. to escape to the sunlit uplands of personal freedom. in the meantime, immerse yourself in the sounds of february, freshly picked and prepared for your delectation. it… Continue reading Pandemic Sounds: February 2021.

27 February 2017. SO, FAREWELL THEN: a part of my childhood and an enormous part of the history of everton football club has disappeared forever. he lit up every football page of my very early years, i learned to read by keeping up with where he was at on the back pages of the echo.… Continue reading HERO OF THE PEOPLE: Alex Young – 1937-2017.

every now and again i find myself rushing to defend the later works of the clash from those who may have switched off after london calling. to that end, i created this mix of heroic non-rock music by west london’s favourite experimentists. dub, version, disco, weirdness galore. the kingdom of heaven is within. don’t @… Continue reading The Clash -Version City.

In 1955 Bo Diddley scored his breakout hit for Checker records, “I’m A Man”. The song itself was a minor variation on Muddy Waters’ 1954 hit , (also released by ChessRecords) “Hoochie-Coochie Man”. Chess Records were enjoying a boom time asthe new style of electric urban blues they were purveying became the new soundon the… Continue reading The Sound Of Music Happening Things: Muddy Waters – Manish Boy.

Recorded 1966. (from) The Smile Sessions. 2011. There’s something in the harmony. It falls like the raindrops, slowly. Dripping. The rain is a break in the sunshine, it gives you an opportunity to stop and wonder at the complexity of the arrangement. It is barely more than two minutes long. What Brian called his teenage… Continue reading The Sound Of Music Happening Things: The Beach Boys – Wonderful.

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