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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard. 'Mediocre blogger and a piously boring and unfunny writer'. Enthusiastic purveyor of the KLF sheep.

Essential Listening: Sounds of my unsummery summer

Posted on 17/07/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Roughly three weeks ago I was sitting in the garden listening to a Russell Brand podcast. His guest was documentary maker Adam Curtis. They were discussing Curtis’ most recent effort, HyperNormalisation. One of its central points – the rise of … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – I Don’t Have To Cry by Maryn E. Coote & Uku Kuut

Posted on 16/07/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the reissue ‘Maskeraad’ (2017)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged Crate diggers delight, Disco funk, I Don't Have To Cry, Late 70's/Early 80's?, Maryn E. Coote, Reissue, Song Of The Day, Strangely Estonian, Uku Kuut | Leave a comment

Song Of The Day – Ouch Monkeys by The Teardrop Explodes

Posted on 13/07/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the EP ‘You Disappear From View’ (1983)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 80's, Can also be found on Wilder reissue, Julian Cope, Minimalism, Oh such fun and games..., Ouch Monkeys, Song Of The Day, The Teardrop Explodes, You Disappear From View | Leave a comment

You stupid bastards

Posted on 12/06/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The only thing sillier than predicting the future is the future itself. Now maybe that’s been said before, in fact it probably has, though perhaps slightly differently. I’ve probably read it and it’s been lodged in the ever shrinking subconscious … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Brexit, Buckfast Brexit, Corbynism is more popular than Blairism, DUP Teletubbies hate Catholics, Election 2017, Euthanise your ringpiece cancer with Vindaloo, Good Riddance to UKIP, Indyref2 is dead on Twitter until the Brexit negotiations start, Kezia Dugdale is a waste of skin, Let's carpet bomb rural Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, Michael Gove to shaft Aberdeenshire Fishermen and Farmers - silver linings and all that, Neo-liberal Labourites tactically voting Tory might be the stupidest people ever, No Surrender to Gerry Adams' beard, Past my Logan's Run point, Politics, Ruth Davidson is a pound-shop Donald Trump, Scottish Labour *shakes head*, SNP, St. Ninians in Knightswood is a Catholic school - no comment, The Fall, The kids are alright, The Who, Theresa May would've died at the start of Game Of Thrones, Tory Bastards, UK, You stupid bastards, Your Future Our Clutter | Leave a comment

Song Of The Day – Amma by Trans-4m

Posted on 11/06/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Sublunar Oracles’ (1992)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 90's, Ambient, Amma, Brilliant album, Chillout, Houseish vibes, Small dark room music, Song Of The Day, Trans-4m | Leave a comment