From 1982, INXS in the first years of their career. Don't Change, which wasn't a hit outside of Australia (but did get airplay, as I recall), is obviously advice the band itself didn't take; Michael Hutchence let his grow out, they got some leather jackets, and the stadium-filling juggernaut came to the fore within a few years.
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Why Dot Dot Dot?
- That is, where did this blog get its name?Dot Dot Dot is Morse code for the letter 'S,' the full message Guglielmo Marconi claimed to have received atop Signal Hill in St. John's in 1901. It ushered in the age of telecommunications. My maternal grandfather worked as a telegraph operator for Canadian Marconi on Signal Hill for many years. As well, I have a habit of overusing the ellipsis when I write ... as frequent readers might notice.
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