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Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:31

Oasis – The Split - Alan McGee speaks exclusively to ZANI

Written by Matteo Sedazzari
 

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ZANI – It’s just half past midnight and news is slowly slipping through about the Oasis split

Alan McGee  -  It’s like the stones or something,  it is probably because they have been through so much, they just thought they were never going to call it a day.  But I think that the times we are living in, there seems to be a change in consciousness whether they feel it or not, whether it seems to be happening

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Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:23

Alan McGee Remembers Hip Hop Hero J Dilla

Written by Alan McGee

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In February 2009  I read a feature in Vibe Magazine about J Dilla's legacy. The timing was poignant, coming just before the third anniversary of his death (on 10 February). It was a sad reminder of the loss of an enigmatic artist who had spent his life avoiding music industry politics.
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:15

An Unholy Alliance - Charles Manson and The Beatles

Written by Simon Wells
 
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Forty years ago this month, the world awoke to news of one of the most bizarre series of murders ever committed. In Los Angeles on August 9th 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four of her house guests were found butchered with such ferocity their bodies were barely recognisable. Written in Tate's blood on the door of her Hollywood residence was the inscription, "Pig".
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 12:11

John Weller - An Obituary

Written by Paolo Sedazzari
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It is with great sadness that we heard the news that John Weller, manager of Paul Weller and The Jam has died.

Anybody who was lucky enough ever to see The Jam live will know that his bellowing introduction to the band -  ‘LET’S HEAR FOR THE BEST FUCKING BAND IN THE WORLD – THE JAM!’ was a vital part of the live ritual.
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 11:01

Mod Revival From Sounds August 1979

Written by Garry Bushell
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August 1979, just six months on from the happy hectic birth of New Mod as a bona fide movement and we’ve got a different animal on our hands. Six months on and mod fills the London clubs, all the major groups have singles in the pipeline, Lyndall Hobbs imports poseurs for her ‘mod documentary’, the first official Mod single ‘You Need Wheels’ is appalling and has undeservedly charted,
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