Tag Archives: Scott Walker

Disclosure Scotland, and how the Government uses it to extort the public.

Posted on 20/04/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The only sound excuse that anyone can offer for ruling is that by doing so he avoids being ruled by people inferior in talents to himself – Plato. Quoting others is often pompous, and definitely pathetic. The primarily intention is … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – Jesse by Scott Walker

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘The Drift’ (2006)

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Essential Listening: The Basic Channel EPs

Posted on 23/02/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So, I’ve been binging on Basic Channel stuff for the last month. And yeah, at some point, a renaissance of material this good is inevitable. So a better question is this – how did I get here? Well, the seed … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – The Electrician by The Walker Brothers

Posted on 02/11/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Nite Flights’ (1978)

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Essential Listening: Benji – Sun Kil Moon (2014)

Posted on 02/04/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When music is created, then pressed and or burned, it doesn’t disappear. Thanks to the internet, even records that go out of print live on. What does this mean? It means by the gift of logic, as a medium, music … Continue reading →

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