Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades has died.
“Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times,” the LA Times newspaper reported on its website.
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Andy Hughes, electronic music producer/DJ who was born 11th November 1965 and, and who lived and grew up in Harrow, Middlesex, tragically passed away on Friday 12th June 2009 after a short illness.
Andy was a genius who gave so much inspiration and passion to all with his incredible work. He was loved by many aficionados of the trance/ambient genre, but will be especially remembered for his work with Alex Paterson and The Orb, most notably the album Orblivion and single Toxygene, which reached number 4 in the UK charts in …

Music legend Chris Knox is reported to be in Auckland Hosptial after suffering a stroke on Thursday. 
Since the Invercargill born misfit started Dunedin’s first punk band the Enemy in 1977, Chris has always been centre stage and always been his own man. His CV is full of artistic endeavours, all of them, bar his time leading Toy Love one of NZ’s most popular bands of the early ’80s, created in the front room of a rambling Grey Lynn villa.
 
 
 
You can follow Chris’s recovery via a blog his family and friends …

I’ve just added 146 Crass Songs to the bobpod
That is a hell of a lot of anger… and as far as I can tell its their entire recorded output - well legitamite output. I had to dump a bunch of Pet Shop Boys remixes to make space
I find this quite amusing
This is Darling from Stations of Crass, one of my fave songs of theirs.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crass
www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS

I generally can’t stand Elton John but I am also naturally a big fan of this song.
Benny And The Jets (Mike Simonetti’s dub version)
Found on the Italians Do It Better blog
Been a bit slack on the posting here - I’ve been trying to learn Japanese, and it is hard work. I have sorted out temporary use of a turntable for my apartment which could be dangerous! Last vinyl purchases were some Jus-Ed, the mental new Ame innervisions, and a promo copy I found of Simon Flower’s …

The organisers of DEMF 08 are streaming some of the sets from last years event here: http://www.paxahau.com/sounds/mp3/2008_movement.html
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts is particularly worth a look in. As is DBX at DEMF08
You can download most of them from here if you feel the urge:  http://www.djscene.lt/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30503&sid=ede02cfcf727ea873492c809764b2df6

Here’s a wee page for our ninja to help keep us updated on!
since we have nothing to get excited about here….

The whole idea behind the BMP was for like minded individulas to gather together, listen and share music with one another and then drink and eat pizza - not always in that order, due to wresslin’ we often drank first then eventually found the music of the mat.
So what is it with three of the damn group buggering off oversea’s?
First Mick & BN1 go… BN1 comes back and leaves again.
Now the Disconinja has left us.
As much as the reminants of the NZ Branch of the BM wish him the best …

My Classics – Sucking Chest Wound – God, Family, Country
This is more of an lp than a single song, and even then its more of a cassette than an lp, well a copied cassette….  I did eventually buy it tho, from Berlin 15yrs later.  A personal record for me in music hunting!
At my first proper job waaay back in 1994 I was a 20yr old store boy type who obviously dressed a lil alty.  During this time a very neatly dressed sales guy asked if I was a bit of …

Springtime - Jeffrey Lewis

The first time I heard Jeffrey Lewis at Bob’s house, he was playing `the last time I took acid I went insane’ with some bompty house under it, yes! Bob was mixing!!
I loved the song and months later, both Bob and I are slow movers, I managed to get the cd to take on home for a listen.
It has been a firm favorite since! Actually the lp has likely snuck into a top 5 lps ever list for me.  Its hard to identify my fave song off …