M. Goldstein shines at the fair
Nathaniel Lee Jones and Pippa Brooks have created a world of wonder with their M. Goldstein stand at the Battersea Decorative Fair.
Author: Paul Gorman
Books: I’ll Take You There
A chat with photographer/Men’s File publisher Nick Clements at the opening of his show Revival – which looks at the re-enactment of the styles surrounding American bike culture of the 50s for his Royal College Of Art research project – put me in mind of original black motorcycle clubs the Atomic Angels and the Gypsy […]
Photography: Jordan by Peccinotti
These photographs of SEX shop superstar Jordan appear in the photographer Harri Peccinotti’s illustrated career resume HP.
Books: Austin Osman Spare
Described by Alan Moore as William Blake’s “fellow impoverished south London angel-headed nut-job”, Austin Osman Spare has slowly but steadily ascended from obscurity since the critic Mario Amaya‘s mid-60s declaration that Spare was responsible for “the first examples of Pop art in this country”.`
Blessed & Blasted: The International Poetry “invocation”, 1965
Produced as the programme for the International Poetry Incarnation held in London in the summer of 1965, this “invocation” performed a similar function to the event, which is seen as the first gathering of the tribes which would form the counterculture. Compiled by 10 of the participants at the London flat of Alexander Trocchi, the […]
Stagger Lee selects: Stone – Prince Alla
Sixth on the gun from guest selector Stagger Lee (click on the title): Prince Alla – Stone (Freedom Sounds) Don’t do anywhere near as much reggae DJing as I used to, but this never leaves my big box of 7″s – as good as 70s roots gets. Dug it out for a recent gig and […]
Man About Town LA issue
Teaser trailer for Hedi Slimane’s Man About Town LA issue, featuring Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Beck, Larry Bell, Chris Burden, Dave Grohl, Henry Hopper, No Age, Gus Van Sant, Gore Vidal, Wavves + Brian Wilson.
Stagger Lee selects: All My Friends (London Sessions version) – LCD Soundsystem
Here’s the fifth from the Top Ten current faves of guest selector Stagger Lee (click on the title): LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends (London Sessions Version) (EMI) They played their last gig a few weekends ago and I miss them already. Underneath the hipster signifiers is a songwriter with amazing heart and a pretty […]
Sex Pistols: The very first media mention
This is something of an exclusive. Not published in the 36 years since appearing in the issue of the New Musical Express dated December 27, 1975, this is the very first media mention of the Sex Pistols (just seven weeks after their live debut). These sentences were written by NME staffer Kate Phillips in her […]
Stagger Lee selects: Northside Gal by JD McPherson
Fourth on the floor from Stagger Lee (click on the title): JD McPherson – Northside Gal (HiStyle) A Chicago-based Okie making soulful, riotous rockabilly and rhythm’n’blues the old way. Like Eli Reed’s soul, this isn’t pastiche, this is passion.