Category: Music
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Journeys
Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris is a beautiful & fascinating book about life, love, and music. Here’s why I think you should read it. It describes the magic of music and reminds you of why you love Kraftwerk, Mott the Hoople, the Clash, and the Beatles. And Harris is very knowledgeable and perceptive when…
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Highlights of Glastonbury
One of the things I love about Glastonbury, one of the many, many things I love about Glastonbury, is discovering new bands. You may hear about a new band beforehand and set out to check them out, you may get a recommendation from someone on site, or you may just happen upon a stage where…
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Support your local fanzine
Back in the day, when rock musicians were desperately trying to join the establishment instead of staying true to their rebellious roots, the kids started their own punk rock revolution to reclaim the soul of music back from what Mick Farren called the “turgid master stream of traditional establishment showbiz”. Coincident with this musical revolution,…
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Dancing about architecture
My daughter, who lives in the Peoples Republic of Islington, tells me about a bookshop in London Fields. She tells me that it’s my type of bookshop: radical, eclectic, inventive. I guess it must be a little like Five Leaves. Each year she pops in and gets me a book for Christmas. Sometimes politics, sometimes…
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