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Alistair Fitchett

Devon, UK

Assistant Headteacher with an interest in (Un)Popular culture

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After more than thirteen years on Typepad (and several before that on the infant Blogger) the time has finally come to move over to a different blogging platform. Go here for an uninterrupted service... unpopular-culture.com now points to the Wordpress... Continue reading

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Double Negative: January 12th 2018

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Double Negative: January 11th 2018

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Double Negative: January 8th 2018

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Double Negative: January 2nd 2018

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Double Negative: January 1st 2018

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All the Unpopular music

Well, there’s another year done then, and in the tradition of the Unpopular festive celebration, here are links to various musical collections put together over the year(s). At the time of writing it is entirely unclear as to whether the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 24, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2016 - Day 24

'Pa’lante' from The Navigator by Hurray for the Riff Raff If we drifted upwards and onwards through the 'Lunar Days' of The Clientele in 2017 then here, as we settle down in preparation for Christmas and wind up our Unpopular... Continue reading

Posted Dec 24, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2016 - Day 23

'Lunar Days' from Music for the Age of Miracles by The Clientele Yesterday mimics today and today repeats yesterday. Let us blink in a fit of deja-vu then and say that If there were a theme to the later part... Continue reading

Posted Dec 23, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2016 - Day 22

'Hotwire The Ferris Wheel' from Life Will See You Now by Jens Lekman. If there was a theme for the later part of this advent series (there isn’t) it might be Artists Who Also Featured In The Unpopular 50/50 Series.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2016 - Day 21

'Take Me Home' from How the West Was Won by Peter Perrett Do you remember how earlier in this series we said, more than once, that if there were any themes (there aren’t) then one of them might be that... Continue reading

Posted Dec 21, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 20

'Wear Black' from Goths by The Mountain Goats The Mountain Goats followed the terrific wrestling-themed Beat the Champ set of 2015 with an entire album exploring the (Pop)cultural phenomenon of Goth in 2017. Of course. And of course too John... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 19

'Strike A Match' from Strike A Match by Sacred Paws Sacred Paws quite rightly won the Scottish Album Of The Year award for 2017’s astonishing Strike A Match but do you know I have been startled to see how few... Continue reading

Posted Dec 19, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 18

'Fear Is Like a Forest' from Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Entirely possible that this entry references the most mainstream record of the 2017 advent and that Lotta Sea Lice is perhaps the least Unpopular of... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 17

'Rookie Dreaming' from Honest Life by Courtney Marie Andrews Courtney Marie Andrews was new to me this year and might possibly have passed me by entirely were it not for a mention by Legends Of Country over on The Twitter.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 16

'Tin' from Permo by Spinning Coin I have been looking forward to a full-length from Glasgow’s Spinning Coin ever since I heard the exquisite ‘Albany’ on their debut cassette back in April 2015. Actually, I am sure that Brogues had... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2017 at unpopular

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Unpopular Advent 2017 - Day 15

'Cutting Shapes' from Earl Grey by Girl Ray This may come as something as a shock, but if I am brutally honest Girl Ray’s Earl Grey set was one of my biggest disappointments of 2017. Don’t get me wrong, it... Continue reading

Posted Dec 15, 2017 at unpopular

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I'll always pop the heating on for you Dreaming With Our Feet - Elva (from 7" single. Bandcamp) I Was Jesus - Hello Saferide (YouTube) Rapid Results - Rapid Results College (available on 'Disque d'Or' compilation. Bandcamp) Denice from Doncaster... Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2017 at unpopular

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