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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 […]
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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 […]
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April 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Boy George: This Is What I Do

Boy George This Is What I Do Very Me Records It’s nice to hear this record – nice: because it is good, it is very much a return to form, and that doesn’t mean it’s as good as back in the day, back when George was showing off that beaut white soul-singer voice with the […]
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January 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1437

Culture Club, Colour By Numbers (1983) Going through old photos recently, spotted my folks’ first holiday snapshots, Japan and Hong Kong, 1983, they returned with my first stereo, a tape-deck, a “ghetto blaster”, also known as a “bop blaster”. Later, many years later, one of dad’s friends ran it over (by mistake) when leaving a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Church Of The Poison Mind, Colour By Numbers, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper ·

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