26 Letters 26 Music Genres New Jack Swing to Soul

N is for New Jack Swing



O is for Onkyokei



P is for Psych Pop



Q is for Quickstep



R is for Reggae



S is for Soul

26 Letters 26 Music Genres: Garage to Mash-Up

G is for Garage



H is for House



I is for Industrial



J is for Jazz



K is for K-Pop



L is for Loung

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M is for Mash-Up

26 Letters 26 Music Genres: Ambient to Funk

A is for Ambient



B is for Big Beat



C is for Country



D is for Deep House



E is for Easy Listening



F is for Funk

26 Letters 26 Reggae Songs - The Mix

26 Letters 26 Reggae Songs by Laurie Cross on Mixcloud

all of the songs in one continuous mix woohoo!!

26 Letters 26 Reggae Songs S-Z

S is for Scientist



T is for The Techniques



U is for The Upsetters



V is for Vin Gordon



W is for The Wailing Souls



X is for X-Raated



Y is for Yabby You



Z is for Zap Pow

26 Letters 26 Reggae Songs N-R

N is for New Age Steppers



O is for The Observers



P is for The Paragons



Q is for Queen Omega



R is for The Revolutionaries

26 letters 26 reggae songs J-M

J is for Jo Jo Bennett



K is for King Stitt



L is for Hopeton Lewis



M is for The Maytals

26 Letters 26 Reggae Songs F-I

F is for Fe Me Time Allstars



G is for Greyhound



H is for The Heptones



I is for Ijahman Levi

26 Letters 26 Reggae songs A-E

A is for The Abyssinians



B is for Dennis Bovell




C is for The Congos



B is for Desmond Dekker



E is for Eek-A-Mouse

26 Letters 26 Bands T-Z

T is for T-Rex



U is for The Undertones



V is for Vengaboys



W is for Wishbone Ash



X is for XTC



Y is for Yello



Z is for Zoe




That was fun!

26 letters 26 bands K-S

Some videos may not work, just look em up on you tube if that happens :)

K is for KLF



L is for Lorn



M is for Man



N is for The Naked and Famous




O is for The Orb



P is for Portishead


Q is for Quatermass


R is for Roots Manuva


S is for Santigold

26 Letters 26 Bands A-J

A is for Alien Sex Fiend



B is for The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band



C is for Chosen Few


D is for The Damned



E is for ELO 


F is for Fantastic Plastic Machine


G is for Groundhogs



H is for Hard-Fi



I is for I Monster



J is for :The Jesus and Mary Chain

Electro!!!

OMFG, Electro from the 80's on the StreetSound label

Hungrily I'd wait for the next release, there was something irresistible about these funky beats and wild rapping. Staples of tape mixes and dj sets at the time... 'ere 'ave a listen to number 7:

Steinski and the spoken word

Just found this Steinski archive, a spoken word extravaganza

Steinski has been around a while, I first came across him way back when I stumbled upon this





I still love turntablists to this day, Steinski was the first though

The Pont du Gard Aqueduct Bridge – Masterpiece of Ancient Building ~ Kuriositas

This is spectacular, I'm always impressed by Roman ingenuity

The Pont du Gard Aqueduct Bridge – Masterpiece of Ancient Building ~ Kuriositas

Stuck in bed

Stuck in bed due wretched illness, watching some stuff






really enjoyed Red Dwarf X, much better than I was expecting, Heavy Metal 2000 has excellent animation but omfg it calls itself an adult movie snort more like 14 year old market, gratuitous nudity and dumb plot...next!!

So.....

So it's been a while...life keeps throwing it's little surprises my way ya know.
So music recommendations
BROODS
Lorn - Ask The dust
Kelis - Food 
Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
Yes, I've been playing on Ninja Tune :)
If you haven't seen it yet, penny dreadful is quite a neat tv series
Currently reading - Terry Pratchett for the giggles :)

laters....

Not feeling very creative

Normal service will resume shortly

http://youtu.be/O0wOD9TWynM

Gerry Anderson and my childhood

Right from the beginning I was entranced by Gerry Anderson's puppetry, starting with this



Four Feather falls, magical feathers and cranky old granpaws yeehawww, but that was just the start, pretty soon came the first gadget show

but that was

That show was awesome but still earthbound, next came the space themed Fireball XL5



When you've been to space where do you go next? How about underwater (o I did love this show)



Then, o then came the all time awesomely amazing Thunderbirds, such gadgetry such storyline and the pink goodness of FAB 1



However, if we're gonna talk influence how about Captain Scarlet, and his nemesis Captain Black...



Mr Anderson went on to do some more stuff, but by then I'd moved on and while I still loved them, I didn't have to watch them like I had to watch his previous stuff. Gerry was the man who powered my imagination so strongly during my childhood, for which I will be forever grateful :)

My Musical History Pt 8

I loved the mid 60's beat stuff, obviously the beatles, but also stuff like this

My Musical History, an aside

I just realised that there's an awful lot of music in my history, and the freaky thing is how much I remember, right down to the labels on the records and their different colours

My Musical History Pt 7

A couple of early gems from my mother's collection, both offshoots from The Shadows

My Musical History Pt 6

My Auntie Janet would let me listen to her records, where I discovered Rock n Roll

My Musical History Pt 5

I did mention musicals didn't I?

Yes, that is the Franco Nero in the first clip[ and OMG Lee Marvin!!

My Musical History Pt 4

There was also another side to my mum's taste, which I also inherited, a love of mawkish deep voiced country (blush)

My Musical History Pt 3

My Mum must have a wicked sense of humour, these are from her collection and got played a LOT when i were a nipper

Lunch in the city

So at lunchtime i do like to sit on the waterfront, watching people and watching boats

My Musical History Pt 2

Moving on, we get to my early years, Mum loved musicals and pop, Dad was a Musicals and Gilbert & Sullivan man, but both had an ear for a tune. I Just Loved This:

And this was my favourite G&S



So fast so witty so lyrically clever :)

My Musical History pt 1

According to my Baby book (thanks Mum) I could sing before I could talk and I had a couple of favourites

Just gonna put some links to some content, kinda like my Facebook page innit!

so, a new start, a new mix, gonna be a lot of activity coming up

Jamaica the fair by Laurie Cross on Mixcloud

First post in a loooongggg time

The cat is proud to present the first in a series of reviews and shit, the occasional mix and plenty of pretty pictures
 (pretty picture)