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Interesting to note that Roland Barthes’ “anarchic foam of tastes and distastes” is contemporaneous with You’re Gonna Wake Up. No surprise then that J’aime, je n’aime pas became the starting point for updates and personal interpretations among list-loving binary-fixated bloggers from the mid-Noughties onwards. Here is a translation of the Great Signifier’s original, complete with […]
NAME: Chris Salewicz RESIDES: London OCCUPATION: Writer Chris Salewicz is a neighbour and friend. My admiration for his work harks back more than three decades, when his words shone from the pages of the NME. As detailed by In Their Own Write, this was no mean feat since Salewicz was part of the formidable team […]
Malcolm McLaren’s musical brilliance was first showcased on the seamless + timeless Duck Rock; it’s a really jumping record and this is one of the many highlights. Sure Malcolm would have appreciated this Youtube collagist’s approach; the footage is from David Hoffman’s 1965 film “Bluegrass Roots”, shot in Madison County, North Carolina. There’ll be contributors […]
I’m going to Glastonbury. The festival, that is. These aren’t words I anticipated ever typing. It’s good to confound expectations, particularly your own, and now I’m looking forward to it; there will be lots of pals there, and I have a purpose. I’m going as a “performer”, booked as result of the Barney Bubbles connection […]
Friday nights round our way always take a turn for the cavort with Clown. Love Ssion. Love Cody Critcheloe’s style. Love Peggy Noland‘s work. Together, they’re…you guessed it: unstoppable.
Värttinä ON THE SHELF from ON THE SHELF on Vimeo. My friend Yuki mentioned this to me; as Rogerio introduces Finnish vocal trio Värttinä on his online TV show On The Shelf, spot the copy of The Look on conspicuous display behind him. But Värttinä are the reason I’m posting this bewitching acapella performance. On […]
My obituary for the DJ Andy Dunkley is in the Telegraph today – see here. This photograph was taken on Hawkwind’s 1972 Space Ritual tour, on which he was the DJ and MC. Here he is kicking off proceedings (with help from Stacia Blake) for the band which Lemmy described as “like Star Trek with long […]
My favourite group of the mid 90s were the antithesis of Britpop, which was alright with me. Sukia came out of Silverlake with a vaguely sinister vibe, a clutch-bag of odd samples and a whole other set of references, many from Mexican-American trash culture. Their 1997 single The Dream Machine is a jump-up staple.
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 […]
Tommy Roberts reminisces about the look of 1967: By 1967 Haight Ashbury hippie culture had taken off in London. At Kleptomania – my boutique around the corner from Carnaby Street at 10 Kingly Street – it was embraced with gusto. Out went red guardsman’s tunics, Union Jack kipper ties, Victorian-style lacy mini dresses, soul music […]