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Gil Scott-Heaven at Liverpool Sound City
This week goes down as one of those weeks that you’ll never forget. Of course every show and event we promote
has a special place in your heart but it is not often you get chance to promote and work with living legends. This week
to...
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Dave on the greatest swindler of them all - Malcolm McLaren
What a sad week it is... death of a maverick... the greatest swindler of them all... Big Malc. OK the guy was no saint
but the music business was a far more interesting place with him in it. In fact that is the problem all the great starmak...
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From Afrika Bambaataa to Wild Beasts
Well what can I say. I do not know whether I am coming or going... (some would say my arse from my elbow). The
last few weeks have been as Bonkers as a Dizzee Rascal tune (watch out Ivor Novello). Since we last spoke I have been
ove...
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The Revolution Will Be Live... at Liverpool Sound City
Well it’s that of time year again when the whole industry packs its bags and jets off to Deep South of the US of A for
the SXSW shebang. This will be the 5th year we’ve been over there hosting events and parties and doing all we can to
pr...
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Liverpool Sound City: Bands and Facts
Well, well, well! Dave’s running round like a mad man again but I couldn’t let you lovely Virtual folk go unnoticed
so to keep you all in the loop… I’ve been busy ensuring that all you lovely folk have some exciting added ext...
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Sound City take over SxSW
The days just seem to run away with themselves. In the blink of an eye it is mid February. Currently we are planning
our next international sojourn that takes us to cowboy country, to SxSW, deep in the heart of Texas. This is our 5t...
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Here come the girls!
So Dave’s in the big smoke schmoozing and has foolishly handed me control of this fine news purveyor again…And
what a week of news we have. He’s missed a good one.Firstly I can reveal that the effervescent Hackney born, half-Spanis...
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Liverpool Sound City: Look what we built in the snow....a website!
This week we have wistfully watched the snowfall outside our office as Liverpool slowly came to a grinding halt, cars did
60 mph on the spot and buses slipped down ice rink roads. But while everybody else sledged to glory and built snow familie...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #12
It seems so bizarre to be writing my first blog for Liverpool Sound City a few days away from Christmas with snow on the ground
and Bing Crosby singing Little Drummer Boy over my shoulder. Summer and Sound City seems so far away. However...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #11
I am just about returning to some sense of normality after the launch of what has been unanimously hailed as a major achievement
in the UAE. We actually managed to deliver over 100 bands over a three day period in what is the first musical fest...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #10
DAY 1 - Dubai Sound CityAs the sun blazed down on The Irish Village, Dubai, and the crowd heated up in more ways than one,
the inaugural Dubai Sound City was opened yesterday by deserved ‘Road to Sound City’ winners Sho. Followed
ne...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #9
While David is on his stress bed he has entrusted little old me to write his beloved blog. I think I just asked at an opportune
moment, when there were far too many other people asking questions for him to know what I meant.So it’s down to me&h...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #8
TV or not TV that is the question...This question does not relate to me questioning the pros and cons of wearing women’s
clothing. That answer is obvious. It relates to the complications of negotiating the rights of televisual broadcasting for...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #7
What is it about bands and the egos some of them develop when they perceive they have some form of inflated importance brought
on by some column inches of praise for their musings on life? Or is it they begin to believe the stories in their promos an...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #6
The legend that is Ian Brown came to Dubai and absolutely smashed it at the Dubai Sound City launch party last Thursday.
He played to a packed house at the Madinat Arena and at the end of it joyously proclaimed it to be in his all time Top 5 of...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #5
As I write this I am stuck in Doha Airport in the middle of the Middle East... Never been here before and never really want
to come here again. As airports go it is not too bad but at this moment in time I just want to get onto my connecting flight
t...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #4
Very excited today since we just confirmed trip Hop legends De La Soul for Dubai Sound City. They join what is now a truly
amazing line up for the launch of our amazing festival in the winter sun........Definitely getting very excited now!This week
I...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #3
OK before we start I have to say I am no fan of Taylor Swift and did not run out to buy her last album. That said, what a
cock Kanye West is. Enough said really. With only 2 weeks to go before Ian Brown launches Dubai Sound City in grand
style...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #2
What a week for EMI and those four lovable moptops from Liverpool. Remixed, repackaged, rehashed and resold for a brand new
generation of Beatlemaniacs. Just what we all need! When you consider the deep hole EMI find themselves in I guess it is no
su...
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David J Pichilingi's Blog #1
A huge welcome to the first of what is to be a weekly round up, build up, hype up, rev up for Dubai Sound City.It seems so
so long ago since the second coming of Liverpool Sound City. In May we welcomed over 30,000 beautiful people into our fair
city...
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