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October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 609
Culture Club, Kissing To Be Clever (1982) We were talking about Culture Club the other day – how in the early/mid 80s they were such a big deal. My folks went on a trip to Japan and they came back with news of Boy George and his band being everywhere over there. And I can’t […]Archive
September 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Culture Club: Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2016)
Boy George and Culture Club will perform for the first time in New Zealand, two shows, playing Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Friday 2nd and Auckland’s Vector Arena on Sunday 4th December 2016. The 80s pop hits Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Church of the Poison Mind, The War Song and many […]Archive
September 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: #10 Anthony Loyd
“War” opined Boy George, “is stupid. And people”, he went on to say, “are stupid”. It was the early 1980s and there was a naivety in those lyrics that made them seem almost cute, particularly with the Day-Glo pop beat in the background. Sometimes the simplest, most obvious statements have a resonance – and for […]Archive
April 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman