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I went to a good school (it was approved, as my first editor would have it in the late 70s. You had to be there). I was taken on as a scholarship boy, one who showed enough promise for the fees to be paid by the council. But I was lazy, not as bright as […]
Sad to witness Hawkwind, the great British musical force which has carved out a unique position outside of the mainstream music business over several decades, dragged into a tawdry row regarding ownership of the group’s name. The dispute has been sparked by saxophonist/flautist/sometime frontman Nik Turner. It seems he is trademarking the group’s name as […]
“The black gay community has given kids with holes in their trousers the opportunity to look as glamorous as mannequins on a Paris runway. “By imitating the Great White Way of success – Vogue magazine, the profiles of glamour, the poses that intimate that…we’re not gonna criticize it, we’re gonna celebrate it, because that’s the […]
In 1989, footballer Laurie Cunningham’s life was cut short by a car crash on the outskirts of Madrid. He was 33 years old. By that time Cunningham had notched up a series of sporting firsts which resonated through the wider culture: a teenage signing to east London team Leyton Orient, Cunningham was the first black […]
This is just damn exciting; Damo Suzuki kicks off his suitably frenzied performance with some amazing free-form legwork. It’s got the lot: Suzuki’s pink crushed velvet sleeveless pant-suit and, at one point, a middle-aged bloke in a penguin suit juggling pots and pans. All the while Can blaze their trail through the 70s. All together […]
1990 was a highpoint year for British pop as dance infiltrated almost every musical genre. And BBC2’s Dance Energy was fabulous pop TV, taking the format from Soul Train and showcasing the audience as the stars. Here dance diva Eve Gallagher – dressed to the pervy nines + signed to George O’Dowd’s sorely-underrated label More […]
Australia’s Daddy Cool scored a big home hit in 1971 with sub-Stones strut Eagle Rock, which soon became a wedding party staple. Four years later when they headlined The Australian Concert For Bangladesh at Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl Daddy Cool were about to be consigned to the oldies bin by the band which was sixth […]
My favourite reading of this rockabilly racket is by Carl Mann, as released by Charly in 1976. There have been many other versions; Warren Smith’s notably, and also a fabulous live rendition by Alex Harvey following the dissolution of the Sensational AH Band.
This is a favourite of mine + Mrs G’s for a bit of a mid-to-late evening shape-throwing. First because it’s a great song. And then mine because every listen to my copy in the paper sleeve on Fast Product brings back the awe I felt on hearing the delivery of yet more true new music […]
This is Lee Perry really mixing up the medicine with his dub of The Heptones’ 1976 song. It’s billed as Party Time 2 on the great Arkology 3-CD set from quite a few years back. I was given my now tattered, battered, partied + cherished copy by the much missed Rob Partridge. Wherever you are: […]