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"This was the mid-’80s, around the time PiL made Album. On that record, I was referring to the heavy metal scene, which had crawled up its own backside. It was endless bands imitating each other, the same nonsense that punk turned into. But great achievements were made in music around then too. Everything from madder folk outfits and pop music itself was becoming very interesting then. I was always pleasantly surprised that oddball stuff would creep in the charts from nowhere. Someone like Gary Numan gave pop music a very distinctive and clear tone that was all his own. “At this stage, I would have been buying everything that was being made, but Alice Cooper’s Killer never left me. That easy way of growling he had was always impressive."

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Ariel Pink recommended Paradieswarts Duul by Amon Duul in Music (curated)

Paradieswarts Duul by Amon Duul

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"Paradieswärts Düül is the best. The first group, they allowed all the kids, all the mothers, all the dogs, it was true democracy. Chaos in action. There’s those four beautiful records that are all from the same forty-eight-hour jam that are unlistenable. But then there’s this record that came after Amon Düül began making an amazing career for themselves. The guys that were a bit more musican-ly than the other ones shuffled off into a room and started to make their own record. It’s just so fragile, it’s almost like the first death-folk record. It’s just so beautiful. The musical interplay is great. They are very much of their times, too. There’s an idealism there, that you can't substitute. It’s the darkest, dimmest, saddest, obscure record."

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Toni Louise (34 KP) rated Lore in Podcasts

Jul 13, 2019

Lore

Society & Culture

8.8

(35 Ratings)

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Wide range of topics,for example; serial killers, horrific old "treatments", terrifying "monsters" and loads more. (0 more)

Lore is the first podcast I listened to, my boyfriend got me into it and it's still my favourite. I ended up binge listening to it, and despite the fact that it had been released years prior to my starting to listen to it, I was soon waiting eagerly for new episodes to be released, as I had caught up.I am particularly interested in episodes about real life things like serial killers and old "treatments" but I also love episodes on paranormal/folk lore topics.Some episodes are actually terrifying one such episode is about dolls, I was listening to it late at night and had to turn it off until the next day.

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David McK (3600 KP) rated Arabian Nights Volume One in Books

May 7, 2020

Arabian Nights Volume One

Marty Ross | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Arabian nights, like Arabian days,
more often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a lot of god ways …"

(Sorry, that's from Aladdin …)

Audible's full-cast dramatization of several Arabian folk-tales, this covers:

1) the set-up for the telling of the tales (Scheherazade telling her Sultan the tales each night so she won't be beheaded!)
2) the tale of Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves
3) Julnar of the Sea

While I was knew of the first and (more famously) the second above, I probably couldn't have told you the full ins and outs of the stories until now; only a general outline of what happened. I have to admit, also, that Julnar of the Sea was completely new to me.

Now to pick up Volume Two (Sinbad the Sailor) ...

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Shadow Magic (Lyra #1)

Patricia C. Wrede

7.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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In Alkyra, children's tales are told of a time long past when humankind shared the land with folk...

Chicago/The Blues/Today Vol 1 by Various Artists

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When blues historian Samuel Charters released his three-volume collection of Chicago blues in 1966,...

Born and Raised by John Mayer

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Born and Raised is the fifth studio album by American musician John Mayer, and was released on May...

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Lights out Liverpool (Pearl Street #1) in Books

Feb 26, 2023

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Lights out Liverpool (Pearl Street #1)
By Maureen Lee
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The folk of one small Liverpool street cope with the first year of World War II. They find the war affects each of them in a different way. One woman worries about her twin sons who are called up, another is liberated from a loveless marriage, whilst Jessica Fleming's life is changed irrevocably.

I love a good saga! This one kind of hit home with the start of WW2 and in comparison to what we are dealing with now and it’s quite frightening to think of what they were facing and the loss that was felt. It was a little heartwarming to read and have a break from my usual reads.