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February 19, 2009

Twenty Great UK New Wave Rhythm Sections (Real, Not Machine) of the Early 80s

(1) Japan, "Methods of Dance" live, 1982 (fretless bass: Mick Karn; drums: Steve Jansen)

(2) Simple Minds, "Sweat In Bullet" promo, 1981 (fretless bass: Derek Forbes; drums: Brian McGee)

(3) Ultravox, "Reap the Wild Wind" live, 1984 (bass: Chris Cross; drums: Warren Cann)

(4) Talk Talk, "It's My Life" live, 1984 (fretless bass: Paul Webb; drums: Lee Harris)

(5) Gary Numan (a), "Films" live, 1981 (bass: Paul Gardiner; drums: Cedric Sharpley)

(6) Gary Numan (b), "She's Got Claws" promo, 1981 (fretless bass: Mick Karn; drums: Cedric Sharpley)

(7) Wire, "The 15th" live, 1980 (bass: Graham Lewis; drums: Robert Gotobed)

(8) Modern English, "Someone's Calling" promo, 1982 (bass: Michael Conroy; drums: Richard Brown)

(9) Altered Images, "Happy Birthday" promo, 1981 (bass: Tony McDaid; drums: Michael "Tich" Anderson)

(10) Associates, "Club Country" TV performance, 1982 (bass: Michael Dempsey; drums: John Murphy) (?)

(11) Bow Wow Wow, "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" promo, 1983 (bass: Leigh Gorman; drums: Dave Barbarossa)

(12) Fashion, "Move On" promo, 1982 (fretless bass: Marlon Recchi; drums: Dik Davis)

(13) China Crisis, "Tragedy and Mystery" promo, 1983 (fretless bass: Gazza Johnson; drums: Kevin Wilkinson)

(14) ABC, "Poison Arrow" promo, 1984 (bass: Mark Lickley; drums: David Palmer)

(15) The Icicle Works, "Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream)" promo, 1984 (bass: Chris Layhe; drums: Chris Sharrock)

(16) The Cure (a), "One Hundred Years" live, 1982 (bass: Simon Gallup; drums: Laurence Tolhurst)

(17) The Cure (b), "In Between Days" promo, 1985 (bass: Simon Gallup; drums: Boris Williams)

(18) New Order, "Age of Consent" live, 1983 (bass: Peter Hook; drums: Stephen Morris)

(19) Shriekback, "Nemesis" promo, 1985 (bass: Dave Allen; drums: Martyn Barker)

(20) Duran Duran, "Rio" promo, 1982 (bass: John Taylor; drums: Roger Taylor)

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February 07, 2009

Black Quill

Hey, I just won an award for We Disappear. It's the "Editor's Choice" award for "Dark Genre Novel of the Year" from Dark Scribe Magazine. There's more information here. I'm pretty psyched about this.

I'll be back soon with an update on other things happening in my life at present....

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