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The News of 1961.
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The Cinema of 1961.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. There were only five things I knew about Breakfast at Tiffany’s before I sat down to watch: within two minutes of the opening credits an elegant Audrey Hepburn (1) wearing that iconic black dress (2) is serenaded by Moon River (3) as she enters Tiffany’s jewellery store (4); and it wouldn’t be…
The Sound of 1961.
Joan Baez, Vol. 2. From the first heartbreaking syllable, Joan Baez bestows the misery and oppression that has been felt by women throughout history. The acapella “Wagoner’s Lad” immediately sends shivers down the spine, a personal, yet at times playfully risqué, tale of a young woman defying her parents dreams and daring to make her…
The Sound of 2007.
In Rainbows. A brief hiatus and the launch of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s solo careers followed the previous Radiohead release, 2003’s Hail to the Thief; yet here we are, four years later, and the Oxfordshire outfit have produced their most personal record to date. The self-released In Rainbows begins with the sharp break-core of…
The News of 2007.
January: Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco The England cricket team lose the fifth Ashes test in Sydney by 10…
The Cinema of 2007.
The Last King of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1970. With the frustrating prospect of living in his father’s shadow, newly graduated doctor, Nicholas Garrigan, travels to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic. Soldiers and tanks roam the streets of the African nation as a military coup is in progress; the Ugandan people celebrate the impending victory…
The Sound of 1976.
Songs in the Key of Life. After flirting with the idea of quitting the music industry, in 1975 Stevie Wonder, in a BoJo-esque u-turn, signed (sealed, delivered) a seven-album deal worth $37 million in which he was to be given full artistic control of the music produced. Stevie wasn’t messing around either. A double LP…
The News of 1976.
January: Full diplomatic relations are restored between Bangladesh and Pakistan, five years after the Bangladesh Liberation War The Scottish Labour Party is formed The first commercial Concorde flight takes off, from Heathrow to Bahrain The United States vetoes a UN resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state Ten Protestant men are killed in the Kingsmill…
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