Category Archives: Atomic

Photos, setlists & more…

First off, THANKS to all you wonderful people who came down to Atomic on Saturday night – another truly excellent night. You are beautiful. And here’s the proof! Photos are up here. The setlist (in case you can’t remember) is … Continue reading

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Housekeeping, or Bye Bye 2001-2002

I’ve had to remove the Atomic photos from 2001 & 2002 as I’m running out of disk space. Hope you don’t mind! If you do ever want to see them again, let me know, I’ve still got ’em all lying … Continue reading

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Photos, setlists & more

I have had these ready for a couple of days, honest, but my internet connection has been down for the last 48 hours (thanks, Telstra!), so better late than never, eh? Photos from Saturday’s Atomic can be got from here … Continue reading

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WoW!

Bloody hell, what a fantastic night on Saturday night at ATOMIC – thanks to all who came down, I hear the floor was seriously bouncing! Apologies to all of you whose requests I never got around to playing (or had … Continue reading

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Talking Heads live in Rome 1980

In more Atomic anticipation, some kind soul has uploaded the following live footage of Talking Heads to Youtube: Talking Heads w/ Adrian Belew December 1980 “Live in Rome” Pro-shot live performance of Talking Heads. Another great show from the Adrian … Continue reading

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Hey, this ain’t my normal band … but what’s normal about a band anyway!

Um, in the spirit of the upcoming Atomic, I offer you this: more Debbie Harry with added muppets. Now you may think that I have a thing about muppets, but I assure you not. Honest! B

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Synth Pop/Electronic History Lesson for download!

There is an excellent early electronica/new wave/synth mix available for download here: http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=12 This is a fantastic sampler of late 70’s/early 80’s electronic, minimal synth, synth-pop music. Includes The Associates, OMD, Paul Haig, Thomas Leer, Cabaret Voltaire, Severed Heads, John … Continue reading

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Ian Curtis vs Atomic

In a strange piece of synchronicity, no doubt specifically designed to annoy me, Anton Corbijn’s biopic of Ian Curtis Control (www.controlthemovie.com) is showing at the Wellington Film Festival (link) on the same night as ATOMIC. So, as I put the … Continue reading

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Oh, your hair is beautiful…

A Great Big Thank You™ to everyone who came to Atomic on Saturday night. As always, it was a pleasure, & I hope you all had a great night. No photos, unfortunately, as both of my regular photographers couldn’t make … Continue reading

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Love is a mixtape

Finally! Volume 1 of the Atomic mixtape series is now here! Click the link on the right to check it out. I’ll have some copies for mailing list subscribers to give away on Saturday night. See you there! Bill

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