Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw, Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest.
This is my blog where I write about popular culture, specialising in music, fashion, theatre, gender & equality issues.
Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
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Recent Posts
- Miss Julie at The Royal Exchange – Electrically charged and beautifully bleak
- Inside Exhibition at Blank Space
- No Ceremony – just music worth making a fuss about
- Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer collection in Selfridges – not fast fashion, but trashy/clashy style!
- The Gospel According to….. (Part 1) – 30th Anniversary of The Smiths at the Holden Gallery
- The Slow Show Brother EP – both summer and shade and beautifully rueful
- Ren Harvieu & the album launch at Matt and Phred’s Manchester
- Saturday Night And Sunday Morning at The Royal Exchange – exhilarating, sharp and real!
- It was The Slow Show – and delightfully so!
- Women affected by the cuts still have ‘Bags of Attitude’
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Tag Archives: 80s
101 – Austra – Lose It
101/264 Only yesterday I reviewed The Beat and the Pulse by Toronto three-piece Austra. Their sound has since been haunting me that much that I have been this morning obsessing over another track of theirs Lose It. I find in … Continue reading
96 – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Belong, the album review
96/269 A good few weeks back I had the pleasure of reviewing Belong the single by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. In anticipation of their then forthcoming album, I concluded the review with: “I am looking forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 80s, Album, Belong, James, New Order, Pretty in Pink, Ray Bans, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, The Pains of Being pure at Heart, The Pixies, The Smiths
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75 – Human League – Never let me go (actually do right now)
75/290 The following comment was left underneath one of the many classic Human League videos on YouTube: “I am stuck in the 80s. I still have an 80s haircut, wear 80s clothes and of course listen to great 80s music … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 5 Star, 80s, 90s, Asleep in the Back, BMX, Build A Rocket Boys!, Button Moon, Cast of Thousands, Chelsea Girl, Don't You Want Me Baby, Elbow, Fraggle Rock, Grifter, Leaders of the Free World, Lebanon, Love Action, River Island, Seldom Seen Kid, Society Now, The Guardian, The Human League, the Independent, The Scotsman, The Scottish Herald, The Telegraph, The Yorkshire Post
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73 – The return of Chelsea Girl
73/292 Pinging into my email this morning was news that River Island are re-launching the iconic Chelsea Girl label. For those of you who think Chelsea Girl is an over-enthusiastic supporter with a penchant for wearing footy strips, think again. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged 70s, 80s, C&A, Charity Shop, Chelsea Girl, Clockhouse, Clothes, Market, River Island, Sisters, Teenagers, Trends, Vintage, Youth
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61 – Build A Rocket Boys! – a Review
61/304 The idea of writing an album capable of following Seldom Seen Kid would certainly fill me with fear and dread. Elbow however, sound as though they’ve had a couple of weeks off and then simply walked back into the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 70s, 80s, Abba, Atari, Build A Rocket Boys!, Computer, Elbow, Find My Way Home, Guy Garvey, Jon and Vangelis, Kes, R2D2, Robot, Seldom Seen Kid, Synths, The Doves
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