http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1681426 Lilah Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1681426 This is uncanny.  Loose Ends came to my city this weekend for a concert and over the past couple of days leading up to it the radio station was playing this and their other hits with regularity. Thanks for continuing the groove. This is uncanny.  Loose Ends came to my city this weekend for a concert and over the past couple of days leading up to it the radio station was playing this and their other hits with regularity. Thanks for continuing the groove.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1681263 acb Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1681263 It's hard to believe it's not a Jam & Lewis production.  It’s hard to believe it’s not a Jam & Lewis production. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1681016 fredges Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1681016 I was the biggest fan. Had near all their stuff on wax. "Slow Down" was great too! And "Love's Got Me"! These guys and Foster/McElroy were my idols growing up in the 80's in Seattle! Bravo for this post!!:) I was the biggest fan. Had near all their stuff on wax. “Slow Down” was great too! And “Love’s Got Me”!
These guys and Foster/McElroy were my idols growing up in the 80′s in Seattle! Bravo for this post!!:)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1680925 David Pescovitz Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1680925 Nice one. Nice one.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1680911 Gyrofrog Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1680911 See also: Ambersunshower's "<a href="http://youtu.be/-GiXqX4mTbg" rel="nofollow">Running Song</a>," which samples this.  There were better songs on this CD (which I think was overlooked), but it reminded me about "Hangin' on a String," which I hadn't heard since it was a hit. See also: Ambersunshower’s “Running Song,” which samples this.  There were better songs on this CD (which I think was overlooked), but it reminded me about “Hangin’ on a String,” which I hadn’t heard since it was a hit.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1680877 mikei Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1680877 Well if we're gonna get all retro-Brit-85 and all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pndIoh2If9U Well if we’re gonna get all retro-Brit-85 and all… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pndIoh2If9U

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1680703 Rammed Earth Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1680703 Dude, it was all about "Cheap Talk" on Portland's KBMS ("From Mt Hood to Your Hood") in the early 90s. Dude, it was all about “Cheap Talk” on Portland’s KBMS (“From Mt Hood to Your Hood”) in the early 90s.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/loose-ends-hangin-on-a-st.html#comment-1680693 PaulDavisTheFirst Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219224#comment-1680693 hah. i worked with carl (the bass player) back at HMV stock processing on banner street in london in the first half of the 80's. remember when he left to go full time with that band. i'd like to think we all knew he'd succeed, but i suspect that we really thought he was crazy. funky dude, though! and i never knew it had this particular distinction, so, errr, thanks for that. hah. i worked with carl (the bass player) back at HMV stock processing on banner street in london in the first half of the 80′s. remember when he left to go full time with that band. i’d like to think we all knew he’d succeed, but i suspect that we really thought he was crazy. funky dude, though! and i never knew it had this particular distinction, so, errr, thanks for that.

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