http://blog.musoscribe.com/index.php/2016/11/30/hundred-word-reviews-for-nov-dec-2016-part-8-of-10/Michael Livesley – Vivian Stanshall’s Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Style:
Oddball British spoken-word comedy
Incomparable wit and bon vivant Vivian Stanshall was part of the infamous Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band; if you know them at all, it’s probably from their scene in the Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour film. Stanshall made a series of radio programs in the 1970s for John Peel‘s (BBC) Radio One. To American ears – even ones weaned on Britishisms – this stuff is a bit hard to follow. It’s as dense as kindred spirits Firesign Theatre, but without the psychedelic element. I suspect it’s very literate, but I can’t be certain (I went to business school). Weird yet wonderful.
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Incomparable wit and bon vivant Vivian Stanshall was part of the infamous Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band; if you know them at all, it’s probably from their scene in the Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour film. Stanshall made a series of radio programs in the 1970s for John Peel‘s (BBC) Radio One. To American ears – even ones weaned on Britishisms – this stuff is a bit hard to follow. It’s as dense as kindred spirits Firesign Theatre, but without the psychedelic element. I suspect it’s very literate, but I can’t be certain (I went to business school). Weird yet wonderful.
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Michael Livesley and Brainwashing House feat Rick Wakeman, Neil Innes and Susie Honeyman - Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End. CD £9.99.
Release Date: 13 May 2016
Label: RRAW |   |
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