Ooh, I think it’s high time for another musical interlude, before Ocelopotamus goes into New Wave withdrawal. We don’t want the Ocelopotamus getting antsy, hissing and splashing around in some kind of hypo-wave-onic panic and scaring the crocodiles. In fact, let’s start off with a welcoming doff of the cap to all of Ocelopotamus’s new […]
Entries Tagged as 'New Wave'
Music: Split Enz & Sparks
March 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Blogroll, Blogs, Culture, Music, New Wave, Performance
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Music: The Best Kind of Madness
March 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, iTunes, Music, New Wave, News
Madness has a new single out! Released on their own label, Lucky Seven Records. The new song is called “Sorry,” and the even better news is that there’s a full album on the way this summer. Amazon has the CD single with four versions of the song available now. Or you can download it from […]
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Music: The B-52’s (Again) and The Church
March 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Music: The B-52’s (Again) and The Church · Music, New Wave, News
When I posted that fantabulous B-52’s video yesterday I was intending to mention an actual tidbit of 2’s news, and then I got distracted by the wigs and the dancing and .. Keith … and I plum forgot. So here it is — good news. The B-52’s have a new album on the way! From […]
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Music: “True Colors,” Patti Smith, & The B-52’s
March 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Activism, Comedy, LGBT, Music, New Wave, News
It’s every gay boy of a certain age’s dream. The big buzz this week is the “True Colors” tour: Cyndi Lauper traveling to 15 cities this summer with Deborah Harry, Erasure, and Margaret Cho, all in support of the Human Rights Campaign. It’s like ice cream with ice cream on top. “This tour is basically […]
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Police in My Back Yard
March 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Police in My Back Yard · Chicago, Journal, Music, New Wave, News
There are very few circumstances in which I can imagine a lifelong sports-hating pansy like myself setting foot in Wrigley Field. But a Police concert is, well, in the ballpark. Via Gaper’s Block, it looks like The Police are coming to Wrigley Field: Sting and the Police will headline a pair of nighttime concerts at […]
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