Donaghadee Harbour👆, County Down, Northern Ireland
FWiW-89
1991
Welcome to the third Rewound “Magazine.”
For my research, I listened to around 150 albums released in 1991 that caught my attention. I was familiar with most of them, but for a few, it was a first-time listen. The “beauty” of streaming is listening to anything your heart desires – including stuff you may have missed from way back.
As usual, I’ll be covering bits and pieces of what I was up to at the time, or at least what I can remember!! I find myself doing some strange work to supplement my income; there’s also a trip to Dublin, and the cricket season creeps ever closer.
Sports, films, books, and albums that stood out for me. Most have found their way into my record collection – back then or through the following decades.
All this and much, much more in the latest edition of
this months edition
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before
A Day in Dublin
On This Day
Films Only
Books
Almost Famous: Radiohead
Album of the Month
The Record Collector: R.e.M., Throwing Muses and Julian Cope
Live
U.K. Singles Chart
U.K. Albums Chart
Radio X Albums of 1991
Play cricket, will travel
Magazines: Remember them?
With thanks to the following publications, streaming services and websites for their help with this issue. I couldn’t have done this without them:
Wikipedia, AllMusic, Mojo Magazine, NME, Uncut Magazine, GoodReads, Rotten Tomatoes, Pitchfork, Q Magazine, Far Out Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Album of the Year, The Great Rock Discography, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, All-Time Top 1000 Albums (Colin Larkin), IMDb, On This Day.Com, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Historic-Newspapers.co.uk.
Enjoy your read down memory lane
“He lives down in his valley (brussels sprouts), The cat stands tall and green (spinach), Well he ain’t no prize, and there’s no women here, and that’s why the cat’s so mean” The Jolly Green Giant by The Kingsmen (1965)
With a month in the ‘Dee, I had settled into life in County Down quite nicely. The cold, wet weather is not yet a hassle for me. That would still come. It’s a good few weeks before I would glimpse even a hint of blue sky.
Meanwhile, the cricket club looked for part-time work for me, to supplement the small income I was getting from them. I had already tried a day of picking Brussels sprouts in a frozen field somewhere towards Belfast. A local farmer had dumped me (alone) on a plot filled with the dreadful things that no one likes to eat. He’d pointed in the direction of the field of green and had said get on with it.
Brussels sprouts are named after Brussels, Belgium, where it is believed they were first widely cultivated in the 16th century. Sometimes called mini cabbages, they have appeared on “most hated vegetable” lists due to their potentially bitter flavors caused by sulfur-containing compounds. The plant is considered tasty to 46 different pests and diseases, making it one of the more difficult crops to grow organically. They descended originally from wild cabbages that grew in Afghanistan and Iran.
Not sure if anyone reading this has ever picked Brussel sprouts? But, let me tell you, it’s a shite job for sure. Especially crouched over all alone, in a cold and soggy field, in Ireland.
I lasted all of a day before quitting. Not sure I even got paid for that excruciating eight hours.
All I remember is my forearms were so stiff the next day – from twisting them off the stalk they grow on – that I could hardly pull my jeans zip down to have a pee!
“We fell up, not to see the sun, gardening at night just didn’t grow“ Gardening at Night by R.e.M. (1982)
Next, someone found me a temporary position at the local Donaghadee Garden Centre. There were at least warm and dry bits I could lurk in when needed. There were also other people there I could at least chat with when the boredom set in.
“There’s trouble down south, metal keens through the air” Trouble Down South by Mekons (1985)
When I lived in Northern Ireland, the people around me often called the Republic of Ireland “down south” and usually conveyed the sentence that carried it as a good-natured gibe.
Personally, it baffles me why Ireland isn’t one country – the usual suspects, politics and religion, being the principal reason for the fact that it is not.
On the 2nd of March, I drove “down south” to Dublin with a few of my new Donaghadee mates to watch England play Ireland in a Five Nations (no Italy yet) rugby match at the old Lansdowne Road stadium.
What do I recall of the game?
Not much – except I drank too many pints of Guinness in the pub before the start. We all then wobbled into the stadium. Inside we heard the Irish fans sing “A New Song for Ireland” to the melody “Danny Boy” for the first time.
I sat watching in a happy haze as it poured with rain, and we all got soaked. I cared not a jot, content to be in an iconic old stadium filled with rugby-mad, Irish rugby people.
If my memory serves me correctly, England won … unfortunately.
Ireland  | 7–16 |  England |
| Tries: Simon Geoghegan Pen.: Brian Smith | Tries: Mike Teague Rory Underwood Con.: Simon Hodgkinson Pen.: Simon Hodgkinson (2) |
“I’m just second hand news, yeah” Second Hand News by Fleetwood Mac (1977)
3 March 👮♂️
Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted.
11 March 💰💰💰
Janet Jackson signs a $40million three album deal with Virgin Records.
🎾 In tennis on the same day, Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf’s streak of 186 weeks ranked as world number one.
13 March
Exxon Shipping Company agreed to pay 💲1 billion for the clean-up of the oil spill in Alaska caused by their tanker Exxon Valdez in March 1989.
16 March 🏉
England beats France, 21-19 at Twickenham for its 19th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 9th Grand Slam and 16th Triple Crown; fullback Simon Hodgkinson kicks four penalties and a conversion.
20 March 💰💰💰💰💰💰
Michael Jackson signs a $65M deal with Sony Records to produce six albums.
24 March 🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏁
Ayrton Senna wins the Brazilian Grand Prix for the first time, at Interlagos, São Paulo.
The 71-lap race was won from pole position by local driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. It was the first time Senna had won his home Grand Prix, in his eighth season of F1. Italian Riccardo Patrese finished second in a Williams-Renault, with Senna’s Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger third.
Senna won 2.9 seconds ahead of Patrese. When he crossed the finish line, he started to scream in celebration of achieving his dream of winning at home. The tremendous struggle of trying to keep the car under control caused him to have muscle cramps and fever. After stopping his car, Senna was almost unable to move on his own. He had to be lifted bodily from the car due to exhaustion and driven to the podium in the medical car.
Despite a small fire on the grid and a sticking throttle, Berger claimed the final podium place from Prost, Piquet and Alesi. On the podium, after all that effort, Senna barely managed to lift the trophy.
25 March 🎥
63rd Academy Awards: Is all about Dances with Wolves. The film was nominated for 12 awards and won 7 – including Best Picture, Best Director for Kevin Costner, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Mixing.
It is one of only four Westerns to win the Oscar for Best Picture, the other three being Cimarron (1931), Unforgiven (1992), and No Country for Old Men (2007).
Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win the other big awards. Bates for her performance in Misery. Irons for his in Reversal of Fortune.
31 March ⛳
In golf, at the PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Steve Elkington birdies the final hole to win by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.
“Girls on film (got your picture) Girls on film” Girls on Film by Duran Duran (1981)”
Were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts of the 1960s, primarily due to Morrison’s lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona and legal issues. The group is widely regarded as an important figure of the era’s counterculture.
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The Doors is a biographical film about 1960s rock band singer Jim Morrison. Initially a film student, Morrison rose to fame as the Door’s lead singer-songwriter. The movie is entertaining, but the gem is Kilmer’s performance of the rock legend who passed away well before his time.
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, he found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988).
Many have criticized Stone for not depicting Jim in the proper light, but given how many people knew him, it had to be an almost impossible task to please all, as everyone knew him differently. The title is also misleading as the movie is mainly about Jim Morrison, with only snippets of his excellent band.
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his energetic persona, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, erratic and unpredictable performances, along with the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death, Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most influential frontmen in rock history. Since his death, his fame has endured as one of popular culture’s top rebellious and oft-displayed icons, representing the generation gap and youth counterculture.
The Doors’ does prove to be a showcase for the under-rated Val Kilmer. As Jim Morrison, Kilmer delivers a knockout performance that deserves an Oscar nod, if not a win. Master filmmaker Oliver Stone directs the movie with visible energy & enthusiasm.
I love it as a movie, not as a high-brow art film. It’s cheesy, over the top, well shot, and with excellent pacing.
[Mostly a no by the critics – but a yes for those who paid to see it]
I give it a
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Also out this month:
[Critics generally liked, audiences mostly didn’t]
“Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look” Paperback Writer by The Beatles (1966)
of the month
Death is missing – presumed… er… gone.
Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There’s a harvest to be gathered in…
Reaper Man is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death. The title is a reference to Alex Cox’s movie Repo Man. Brilliantly funny in parts, with a deep look at life and death, cities and people.
It asks the big questions, the heavy questions.
Leading to a kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn.
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for his 41 comic fantasy novels set on the Discworld, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990) which he wrote with Neil Gaiman.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK’s best-selling author of the 1990s
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters
American Psycho is his third. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, narcissistic, vain Manhattan investment banker who supposedly lives a double life as a serial killer.
Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street. He is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America’s greatest dream—and its worst nightmare—American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.
For fans of:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson), Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk), A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
“Hello, I love you, won’t you tell me your name?” Hello, I love You by The Doors (1968)
Currently making waves on the indie rock scene, big things are expected of
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985.
This what they looked like back then
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The group comprises of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) Colin Greenwood (bass); Ed O’Brien (guitar, backing vocals); and Philip Selway (drums, percussion).
They met while attending Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Originally they called themselves On a Friday, referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school’s music room. The band disliked the school’s strict atmosphere – the headmaster once charged them for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday – and found solace in the music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz, film scores, postwar avant-garde music, and 20th-century classical music.
On a Friday played their first gig in 1987, at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern. At one point, the young band even featured a saxophone section.
On the strength of an early demo, the boys were offered a record deal by Island Records, but they decided they were not ready and wanted to go to university first. In 1987, all but Jonny had left Abingdon to attend university. On a Friday continued to rehearse on weekends and holidays, but did not perform for four years.
Late in 1990, the band members regrouped in Oxford, sharing a house. They recorded another demo, which attracted the attention of Chris Hufford, the co-owner of Oxford’s Courtyard Studios. Hufford and his business partner, Bryce Edge, attended a concert at the Jericho Tavern; impressed, they became On a Friday’s managers. According to Hufford, the band already had “all of the elements of Radiohead,” but with a rougher, punkier sound and faster tempos.
On a Friday recently signed a six-album recording contract with EMI Records.
At EMI’s request, they changed their name; “Radiohead” was taken from the song “Radio Head” on the Talking Heads album True Stories (1986). Yorke said the name “sums up all these things about receiving stuff … It’s about the way you take information in, the way you respond to the environment you’re put in.”
Radiohead have an EP due out in early 1992 – their debut album is anticipated sometime after that. Great things are expected from the quintet. Watch out for them.
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“Your favourite records on the turntable, I drop the needle and pray” Mary’s Place by Bruce Springsteen (2002)
Rewound’s
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“Spiderland“
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A group of innovative indie art-rockers whose experimentation with volume, tempo, and structure pioneered the post-rock movement of the late ’80s, and especially now in the early ’90s.
Slint formed in 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky, after the dissolution of two local bands: Squirrel Bait and Maurice. Spiderland is the second and final studio album by them. It was released by Touch and Go Records on March 27, 1991. Slint’s lineup at the time of recording comprised Brian McMahan on vocals and guitar, David Pajo on guitar, Todd Brashear on bass guitar and Britt Walford on drums.
A new breed of dark, brooding rock music that isn’t afraid to be abrasive or even confusing.
Spiderland is where Slint launch their most radical ideas forward and creates something of a touchstone. Here they work with dynamics that enable the silences with every bit as much presence as the guitars and drums. Space and time are manipulated as they stretch out with changing time signatures while conjuring up melodies that are as sparse and fragmented as they are beautiful.
Music this powerful is rarely so quiet for so long, somehow Slint forge a tremendous dramatic tension in these 6 songs, and even when the chime of the guitars breaks forth into a roar, the result isn’t a dent in the governing emotions of the songs as much as the logical conclusion this music was destined to take.
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A large part of what makes Spiderland so memorable is the way Slint build so much from so little; there’s a great deal of space in Brian McMahan and David Pajo’s guitar patterns, but they mesh together in a way that brings out the strength in one another. Britt Walford’s drumming frequently abandons the traditional backbeat in favour of spacious, exploratory rhythms that add colour and detail as much as maintaining the rhythms. Todd Brashear’s bass ultimately holds down the root of this music with greater force than anything else.
The band lists its influences from diverse artists such as Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, AC/DC, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones and Madonna.
What the internet’s busiest music nerd had to say about Spiderland
“Here lie the records that she scratched, And on the sleeve I find a note attached” So Like Candy by Elvis Costello (1991)”
Yes, I am the
These March 1991 releases have all found their way into my collection over the years.
Trail-blazing college rock band from Athens, Georgia who are instrumental in bringing alternative rock into the mainstream in the ’80s and ’90s.
Out of Time marks the end of the world as R.E.M. knows it, and they feel fine.
Out of Time is a classic R.E.M. album filled with top-notch tunes. It’s lush with sonic detail and features string sections, keyboards, mandolins, and cameos from rapper KRS-One to the B-52’s’ Kate Pierson.
The awkward “Radio Song” puzzled me when I first heard it but has grown on me over the years—well, sort of, anyway. Their second-ever smash hit single, “Losing My Religion,” catapulted R.e.M. to another level. Things would never be the same for “My Little Secret” again.
The scope of R.E.M.’s ambitions here is impressive. The record sounds impeccable, its sunny array of pop and folk songs as refreshing as Michael Stipe’s decision to abandon explicitly political lyrics for the personal. The sickly sweet, love it or hate it, “Shiny Happy People” is a classic example.
Stand-outs include Mike Mills’ Beach Boys influenced “Near Wild Heaven,” the haunting “Country Feedback,” and the bittersweet “Half a World Away.”
Thematically, “Me in Honey,” was inspired by a pregnancy song written by Michael Stipe’s friend Natalie Merchant, of 10,000 Maniacs called “Eat For Two.” Stipe said, “It’s a male perspective on pregnancy, which I don’t think has been dealt with.”
On the darkly beautiful “Belong,” R.E.M. opt for Stipe’s spoken-word vocals, which were also employed on the earlier “Voice of Harold.” Although Michael speaks throughout the song, his vocals aren’t easy to decipher since they were recorded on a Walkman in a three-car garage rather than the recording studio.
Out of Time was also the first R.E.M. release I purchased on CD. I had acquired all the previous albums on vinyl. It’s one of the many I picked up during my year in Ireland.
Even though it’s a bit of a departure from their previous work, it’s still somehow classic R.E.M. and a welcome addition to their discography.
Throwing Muses
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Throwing Muses is a two-woman, two-man Boston band whose out-there arrangements and, um, enigmatic lyrics have, over their three-album career, endeared them to critics and a small number of big fans.
A blissful swirling cloak of 90’s indie rock.
On the Real Ramona, this New England band embraces the whole pendulum of human emotion. “Rip it up, live it down, make it big, keep it clean, shake it off,” Hersh offers as litany on “Hook in Her Head,” The Real Ramona’s quintessential number.
The lyrics are more enigmatic than ever, and Hersh and Donelly’s buzzing guitars and nasal vocals still mesh giddily with David Narcizo’s tumbling drums and the funky bass lines supplied by new member Fred Abong – with hooks peeking out of the drone-like bright confections.
“Graffiti” and “Two-Step” are two of Kristin Hersh’s most appealing pop snippets, but dark, uncompromising tracks like “Say Goodbye,” “Ellen West,” and “Hook in Her Head” reaffirm that she can still write troubling, fascinating songs like nobody else.
And just before she left the Muses to form Belly, Tanya Donelly finally arrived as a full-fledged songwriter with the woozy, gleeful “Not Too Soon” and “Honeychain,” proving that she could be a charming foil to Hersh’s more challenging style.
On “Honeychain,” Donelly doesn’t even bother to put words to the chorus. Sometimes it’s best to listen to the Muses that way, as if they’re just babbling brilliantly, speaking in tongues.
Producer Dennis Herring, who has done yeoman’s work cleaning up the sound of the quirky San Francisco band Camper Van Beethoven, performs similar magic with the Muses. He gives songs like the ghostly, moving “Graffiti” its plangent guitar and spacious quality.
The Real Ramona highlights the best points of the group’s sound, making it a great starting point for new Throwing Muses fans.
Is an enigmatic, prolific singer/songwriter and author known for his genre-defying work and contrary personality. Previously with the band Teardrop Explodes.
Casting the ill-advised attempts at too-clean modern rock from his late-’80s days firmly aside
Peggy Suicide (his 7th) is probably his best album to date, overshadowing even his Teardrop Explodes efforts. Showing a greater musical breadth and range than ever before.
Ostensibly conceived as a concept album regarding potential ecological and social collapse, Cope wisely seeks to set moods rather than create a straitjacketed storyline. As a result, Peggy Suicide can be enjoyed both as an overall statement and as a collection of individual songs; its sequencing is excellent to boot, moving from song to song as if it was always meant to be that way.
An absolute psych-rock classic.
More of my purchases from March ’91
The White Room – The KLF * Prince of the Deep Water – The Blessing * Kill Uncle – Morrissey
Spartacus – The Farm * Dance of the Holy Men – The Silencers
This months new releases:
all available at
“It was the Four Tops all night, But onstage they ain’t got no roots rock rebel” White Man (In the Hammersmith Palais by The Clash (1978)
why it’s called a gig?
According to our pal AI … “The term “gig” is used to refer to a job, particularly a temporary or short-term one. It originated as slang within the jazz music scene where “gig” meant a performance engagement, essentially a single night’s work at a venue; it’s believed to be a shortened version of the word “engagement” and is thought to have first been used by jazz musicians in the 1920s.”
On
in March
LONDON
1.3.1991 – David Lee Roth + Warrant – Wembley Arena
4-6.3.1991 – Freddie Jackson + Donna Gardier – Hammersmith Odeon
14-17.3.1991 – Deep Purple + Vixen – Hammersmith Odeon
20.3.1991 – Jimmy Somerville + Banderas – Hammersmith Odeon
21.3.1991 – Godfathers + Loud – Town & Country Club
22-23.3.1991 – Judas Priest + Annihilator – Hammersmith Odeon
24.3.1991 – Tanita Tikaram – Hammersmith Odeon
Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969) is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter. She achieved chart success with the singles Twist in My Sobriety and Good Tradition from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart.
25-26.3.1991 – Megadeth + (support) Almighty + (support) Alice In Chains – Hammersmith Odeon
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the “big four” of American thrash metal along with Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer,responsible for the genre’s development and popularization. Their music features complex arrangements and fast rhythm sections, dual lead guitars, and lyrical themes of war, politics, religion, death, and personal relationships.
28.3.1991 – Saxon + Two Tribes – Town & Country Club
Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal , they had eight UK Top 40 albums during the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous hit singles on the UK Singles Chart and experienced success all over Europe, South America and Japan, as well as in the United States.
29-30.3.1991 – Gary Numan + Mr. Giblets Circus – Hammersmith Odeon
Gary Numan is regarded as a pioneer of electronic music. He developed a signature sound consisting of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, and is also known for his distinctive voice and androgynous “android” persona.
“But boy could he play guitar, Oh yeah ooh, Ziggy played guitar” Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie (1972)
“Hey! Hey! (Top, top, top of the pops)” Top of the Pops by The Smithereens (1991)
on the …
Like 1990, this year saw 17 songs at number 1.
One-hundred and forty-six singles were in the top ten in 1991.
2nd of March
It’s still Bart Simpson doing the Bartman at number one!!
9th and 16th of March
The Clash received their first number 1 with “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” after being used in a commercial for Levi’s.
23rd of March
The Stonk by Hale Pace and the Stonkers
30th of March
The One and Only Chesney Hawkes
More March chart action:
“Wicked Game“
California singer-songwriter Chris Isaak’s ninth single is his first to chart, reaching #10 in the UK after being used in the David Lynch film Wild At Heart. The song is also helped by the stylish and steamy Herb Ritts-directed video featuring Isaak and model Helena Christensen rolling on a sandy beach.
“Joyride” by Roxette reached # 4 on the 16th of March and stayed there for 2 weeks.
“Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)” by
reached # 4 on the 30th of March.
“Let There Be Love“ by
reached # 6 on the 30th of March
“Let There Be Love” is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds and first single from their ninth studio album, Real Life (1991). The song was written by Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr and released by Virgin Records on 11 March 1991. The song became an international hit, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was the most successful in Italy, where it peaked at number one. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.
“Spin, spin, spin the black circle” Spin the Black Circle by Pearl Jam (1994)
17 March – 23 March 1991
- Out of Time – R.e.M. ✔
- Auberge – Chris Rea ✔
- The Complete Picture – The Very Best Of – Deborah Harry and Blondie
- Spartacus – The Farm ✔
- Inspector Morse – Barrington Pheloung
- The White Room – The KLF ✔
- The Immaculate Collection – Madonna ✔
- Ex-El – 808 State
- The Very Best Of – Joan Armatrading
- Wicked Game – Chris Isaak ✔
- Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1 – George Michael
- The Very Best of Elton John – Elton John
- Innuendo – Queen
- Circle of One – Oleta Adams
- Greatest Hits 1977 – 1990 – The Stranglers ✔
- The Simpsons Sing the Blues – Simpsons
- Doubt – Jesus Jones ✔
- Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy – Thin Lizzy
- Into the Light – Gloria Estefan
- Time’s Up – Living Colour
- The Best of Free – Free
- The Very Best Of – Bee Gees
- Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em – MC Hammer
- In Concert – Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti
- Serious Hits … Live – Phil Collins
- Pills ‘n Thrills and Bellyaches – Happy Monday ✔
- Slinky – Milltown Brothers ✔
- Kill Uncle – Morrissey ✔
- The Essential Jose Carreras – Jose Carreras
- MCMX AD – Enigma
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The
Best Albums January – March, 1991
- Doubt by Jesus Jones
- Beatsongs by the Blue Aeroplanes
- Green Mind by Dinosaur Jnr.
- Dreamy by Beat Happening
- Spartacus by The Farm (released 4th of March)
- Kill Uncle by Morrissey (4th of March)
- 30 Something by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (4th of March)
- The White Room by the KLF (11th of March)
- Ex:el by 808 State (11th of March)
- Out of Time by R.E.M. (12th of March)
Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. The station launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992.
“I say, I don’t like cricket, oh no, I love it” Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc (1978)
Play cricket, will travel
When I told people I would play and coach cricket for a season in Ireland, the general response was, “They play cricket in Ireland?” Remember, this was almost four decades ago, and Irish cricket had not reached the international-level quality it is now. They had a team and a pretty good one, but playing regular one-day internationals and even test matches was a fair way off. I watched them put up a good show against the mighty West Indians in Downpatrick while I was there. I was pretty impressed with how they performed that day.
At the end of March, I realised that the Irish cricket season, and the reason I was in this pretty, but very damp country, was now a little over a month away. A nervous excitement was building inside me – I couldn’t wait to get going!
A VERY short history of cricket in
Cricket has been played in Ireland since at least the 17th century when Oliver Cromwell issued an edict banning it. It was introduced to Ireland by the British – although recent research claims that Irish troops in the British Army shaped the game’s evolution, introducing terms and gameplay from the old Irish game of Catty. The earliest known reference to a match in Ireland is the August 1792 fixture in Dublin between the British garrison and an “All-Ireland” team, the garrison team winning by an innings.
The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) – the governing body of Irish cricket – was officially founded in 1923, although its predecessor had been active since 1890.
According to the Cricket Ireland strategic plan for 2021–2023, 52,000 people in Ireland play, officiate or administer cricket or are involved in school programs. This is compared to 13,000 people in 2007. Back in 1991, when I was there, they probably had even less than that!
There are more than 120 active cricket clubs on the island. Women and girls make up 19% of participation numbers. Immigration to Ireland has boosted participation with 70% of people involved through Leinster being of non-Irish origin.
27,000 children participated in school programs in 2019.
But, back in 1991, all this meant nothing to me – and was way in the distant future. I was there to see for myself and was anxiously waiting to see how I would fare.
“I was born for your magazines, I was trapped in your society pages, In your magazines” Transatlantic Drawl by Radiohead (2001)
issue of the
out now!!!
As a “rock inkie”, NME was the first British newspaper to include a singles chart, adding that feature in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s, it became the best-selling British music newspaper. From 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism then became closely associated with punk rock through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley, and Tony Parsons. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s, changing from newsprint in 1998.
March issue of SPIN on the shelves of all good newsagents now!!
Spin (stylized in all caps as SPIN) is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012. It returned as a quarterly publication in September 2024.
In its early years, Spin was known for its narrow music coverage, with an emphasis on college rock, grunge, indie rock, and the ongoing emergence of hip-hop, while virtually ignoring other genres, such as country and metal. It also pointedly provided a national alternative to Rolling Stone’s more establishment-oriented style.
Spin prominently placed rising acts such as R.E.M., Prince, Run-D.M.C., Beastie Boys, and Talking Heads on its covers and did lengthy features on established figures such as Duran Duran, Keith Richards, Miles Davis, Aerosmith, Tom Waits, and John Lee Hooker.
On a cultural level, the magazine devoted significant coverage to punk, alternative country, electronica, reggae and world music, experimental rock, jazz of the most adventurous sort, burgeoning underground music scenes, and a variety of fringe styles. Artists such as the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, X, Black Flag, and the former members of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and the early punk and New Wave movements were heavily featured in Spin’s editorial mix. Spin’s extensive coverage of hip-hop music and culture, especially that of contributing editor John Leland, was notable at the time
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