Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
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Viva Glasvegas
Around 2008 in the same ballpark universe and country as the Jesus and Mary Chain, a name appeared that demanded an immediate investigation, and that name was Glasvegas. I can’t remember how I first heard them, probably on BBC 6Music but I heard them and immediately had to have that album.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Avalon by Roxy Music - A Beautiful Soundscape
Introduction - Me And Roxy Music I was into Roxy Music from when their first single was released, “Virginia Plain” which apparently referred to a painting that Bryan Ferry had done or seen with a woman smoking in an open land panorama, so “Virginia Plain” could have referred to the location, the cigarette or the woman. That was followed by their eponymous stylish first album blending rock and roll, electronics, and styles that made them unique. I saw Ferry as the songwriter and Eno as the soundscaper with help from Manzanera and McKay.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Love It To Death - The First Great Alice Cooper Album
Love It To Death is The First Great Alice Cooper Album I was listening to some albums in the Rhino Original Album Series this week and wrote about it in the piece below, and one of the sets was the Alice Copper one with their first five albums. The first two “Pretties For You” and “Easy Action” are very basic rock, although “Pretties For You” does contain “Reflected” which was resurrected as “Elected” on “Billion Dollar Babies” the band's last great album. People will probably disagree with me, but the band split after “Muscle of Love” which I don't rate that highly.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
What We Miss
Introduction I am writing this because very often we feel that posts in the various Facebook Vocal groups are invisible to readers. There will be a number of posts all with hearts and comments and in the middle or sometimes at the beginning or end will be one with zero reactions. This seems to have been exacerbated in my mind by a lack of reads on Vocal.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
Frozen
This was going to be a purge poem, but I then changed it to one of hope. I hope that people like these words. 💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖 When I was Frozen, Love Melted The Ice When I was So Cold, Love Came, Warmed My Heart When I Could Not Move, Love Held My Cold Hand When I Was In Darkness, Love Gave Me Light 💗 💖 When I Was In Despair, Love Saved My Soul When I Was Grieving, Love Was My Saviour When I Was Crying, Love Dried My Sad Eyes When I Was Lost, Love Led Me To My Home 💗 💖 When I Was Alone, Love Was Company When I Felt Left Out, Love Held Me Closer When I Felt Abandoned, Love Then Saved Me When I Was Freezing, Love Was Warmth For Me Love is Always There For You and For Me We’ll Open Our Hearts, Our Souls Will Be Free 💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖💗 💖
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
The Vocal Social Society Is My Facebook Home
On Finding The Vocal Social Society I am not going to name anyone in this although lots of people have shown me love and encouragement, and I will just place them under the umbrella of the Vocal Social Society which you can visit here and their associated magazine The Vocal Creators Chronicle is here on Facebook and this is their Vocal Profile.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
The Tale of Grand Theft Parsons
A Brief Introduction These are my own observations on the story behind the excellent offbeat film “Grand Theft Parsons” by David Caffrey and Jeremy Drysdale which was released to the world in 2003. I found the film both touching and funny and we will start with a little background to this story.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Five Albums At A Time
Introduction - The Rhino Five Album Sets I have shared these before, and there are a lot of variations, bigger and smaller, but Rhino Records have a huge catalogue of five album sets by various acts. The format is on CD in a replica card cover of the original twelve inch vinyl albums. The think is that generally these cost around ten to fifteen British pounds so each album costs you today what it would originally have cost when it was originally released.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Plagiarism and Copyright
An Introduction The image above is from Slideshare Here There has been a lot posted about plagiarism recently and it is quite right that it is brought to the forefront and action taken where it occurs. The thing is that it has made me feel like the world’s biggest plagiarist because of the nature of my writing and has made me feel like I should drop out of the various Facebook Vocal groups because I am an effective writing criminal, though I will not leave unless asked to go or am actually removed. So here are a couple of definitions that I will work within this article which hopefully doesn’t get reported for plagiarism itself
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
