Rockin' Brian Vox 2009-11-23T00:56:17Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00ccff97f66c6ea5/ Rockin' since 1958! Spam tag:vox.com,2009-11-23:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddd65e35860c 2009-11-23T00:56:17Z 2009-11-23T00:56:17Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Is this new? I subscribe to Google News Alerts for various things I'm interested in, one of which is local news of Stockton-on-Tees. Google sends me an email of any news reports that mention Stockton. Today I got this from them... It's obviously...

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]]> Patti Smith - Elegie tag:vox.com,2009-11-22:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddd60f1e860c 2009-11-22T03:34:23Z 2009-11-22T03:35:49Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This was the last performance at CBGBs on October 15th 2006,,,

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]]> Johnny Thunders tag:vox.com,2009-11-22:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddc11deb860b 2009-11-22T03:18:54Z 2009-11-22T03:18:54Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom OK again, but I love his later acoustic performances & this includes a better version of Joey. At Fastlane in New Jersey in 1990...

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On February 28th 1957 Buddy Holly was concerned about the demos he'd recorded in Nashville for Decca so he made a phone call. Though always polite and respectful, he was savvy enough to record the conversation... Buddy went on to re-record Tha...

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]]> Callan tag:vox.com,2009-11-17:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde721ae860d 2009-11-17T00:36:39Z 2009-11-17T00:53:13Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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]]> Fungi tag:vox.com,2009-11-16:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddd31565860c 2009-11-16T00:38:52Z 2009-11-16T00:38:52Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This is an interesting time of year for mushrooms. Ann has found some good examples in East Yorkshire. (Here & here) Her mother pointed out some more to me in her garden in Billingham.

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A portrait by Ann... and, of course, one of those Bridge Tester things...

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]]> London 1927 tag:vox.com,2009-11-10:asset-6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde3ffa1860d 2009-11-10T00:26:44Z 2009-11-10T00:26:44Z Rockin' Brian http://rockinbrian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The final part of Claude Friese-Greene's journey around Britain. I've blogged other parts but BoingBoing today pointed to this...

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Apollo_11_-_2 Larry Baysinger

This recording (there are others) of Buzz Aldrin on the moon was apparently made independently of NASA by an amateur radio enthusiast, Larry Baysinger, in Kentucky. It ties in well with the NASA archive but doesn't have the additional voices from ...

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