HEY-HEY, HEY HEY HEY! 1988, I was young(er) and Australia was having a birthday. To celebrate we (in the UK) sent our DJ Simon Bates to cover it. More importantly he played the new clutch of Aussie bands that were aiming for international super stardom after Little River Band, Men at Work, and INXS. There […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
A QUICK GUIDE TO NORSE POP Long ago in a kingdom east of the sun and west of the moon, three young men ventured to London and thence onto America. They saw, they conquered and subsequently became Kings in their homeland; thus a love affair with a-ha and Norway ensued. Soon after, the merits of […]
A JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS If you look at the map on my Arrivals page and on social you may notice the grey graph of the ocean floor and dotted around it, a small ship. Aside which I mention the tag line ‘Riding the New Wave of Cultural Travel one – point on the curve – […]
In my Subshine review I begin with A-ha and it’s pretty amazing I haven’t given them the full works so continuing the Norwegian theme here goes… TAKING ON A-HA November 1985, as I stare forlorn into the crackling bonfire just over the chest high wall in the wilds of the local pub’s garden there […]
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