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Ozzie

The town crier has left the building. I wish the bloody media would give this “heavy metal” label a rest. Sabbath were just superb soundscape artists. What an amazing way to go out — just a few weeks after their final show in Birmingham. Bill Wardblack sabbathGeezer Butlerozzie osborneTony Iommi

Paranoid @ 50

On this day, Paranoid, was released. To mark this milestone, Rhino have released a fancy vinyl package. This classic album was the first of a three classic album run of 70s foundational soundscapes, the others being Master of Reality and Volume IV, my mother buying them for me back in the day. These three albums,…

Free Thinkers Lost in Vegas

So-called “reaction” videos are big on YouTube and I suspect these guys are the most popular: I can see why. They have a great disposition, a palpable love of music whatever the genre, they offer good insights and don’t take themselves too seriously — they, like me, look for the funk-groove in any genre. If academia…