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		<title>REVIEW OF 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Ain’t No Easy Way Out’

As 2008 draws to an end I’m wondering what 2009 holds. For me it’s been a year of musical highs and lows, for most of us it’s been the year that revealed the shallow and short-term nature of politics; the implications of instilling the ‘feel-good factor’ and the amount of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Missiles&#8221; by The Dears (Dangerbird Records)</title>
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For those of you not familiar with The Dears, they hark from Montreal and have been around for some thirteen years now, although this is just their fourth studio album to date and may indeed be their last. Once described by Eric Missio as “the sonic equivalent of seeing the face of God”, they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hours Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hours: 1 December 2008, Ruby Lounge Manchester



There’s a new kid on the block. Let me explain. I’ve probably attended more live shows in 2008 than any previous year, including several that are some of the best I have ever witnessed.
But I’ve also seen some of the most mediocre shows from bands that have sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Waters: The Best Concert Of 2008!</title>
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Liverpool Echo Arena, May 2008
There are some of one’s favourite artists and songs that one seldom has the opportunity to experience in a live performance environment. For me, these are few and far between but one act that has alluded me over many years is Pink Floyd, and in particular the band’s creative genius, Roger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi Rocks: Is This The End?</title>
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Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish band formed in 1979, &#8220;The rock band that changed the course of rock.&#8221; That&#8217;s something very few bands can claim to their name. Maybe Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath&#8230; and of course, Hanoi Rocks. whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gibson Guitar Launches Dark Fire!</title>
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The Most Remarkable New Guitar In 50 Years.
Gibson Guitar, the world&#8217;s premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology announced today the limited availability of the Gibson Dark Fire guitar. Embracing the spirit of innovation and technical advancement that inspired the original Gibson Digital guitar in 2006 and Robot guitar in 2007, Gibson&#8217;s Dark FireTM guitar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Bleed: The Book Of The Tour!</title>
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The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed, The Book Of The Tour!
420 pages, 15&#8243; x 12&#8243; page format, limited to 2600 copies, each signed and numbered by author/photographer Ethan Russell.
In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and hoping to become a writer. His hobby was photography. A few years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alarm: Counter Attack Collective!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alarm – The Counter Attack Collective / Guerilla Tactics

21st Century Recordings 2007

So what’s the story morning glory? Well when you have done the deal, got out of the deal, then re-dealt but still the aces fall in others favour, what do you do next! You become the enemy, you supply and demand; the business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/index.php/features/the_alarm_counter_attack_collective/features/5035/</link>
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		<title>John Lennon ‘The Wenner Tapes’ Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lennon ‘The Wenner Tapes’ Interview

Interviewed by Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine, 8 December 1970

Introduction
In this materialistic and turbulent age, where much of the music that surrounds us is over-hyped, over-played, over-sold and mediocre, I find myself wandering back to my younger days when I awaited impatiently for the next Beatles album. Then I ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf) Soundtrack. EMI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m one happy bargain-hunter! Yesterday I popped into HMV to seek out the La Vie En Rose film soundtrack and to my shock found it priced at £16&#8230; But before I left (to ask my friend Mr Ebay) stopped at the counter to buy a very cheap DVD. I mentioned the price of the soundtrack [...]]]></description>
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