3:AM Top 5: Stewart Home
Stewart Home, who read at the Trocchi night the other evening, has asked us to draw your attention to the following project of his: LONDON ART TRIPPING: Stewart Home takes you on a journey from west to east London as a way of delineating the psychogeographical shifts of London’s cultural centres over fifty years. The […]
Costello Music
Rowdy riffs, punked-up drumming, and an angry Scotsman with Dylanesque hair shouting hoarsely.
Richard O’Brien reviews, The Fratellis‘ debut album.
Eater Live in London
This wasn’t a nostalgia trip. It wasn’t a cashing in on the anniversary celebrations, and it wasn’t to push a repackaging of a back catalogue. It was just rock’n’roll played the way it’s supposed to be, and that’s something that is more difficult than many of us appreciate.”
Mainey from El Diablo fanzine reports back from the Eater, TV Smith, Don Letts and 100 Punks exhibition bash at the 100 Club in London on 28 September.
And They Call This Making History
Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) reviews Adam Ant‘s autobiography: “My own first memories of Adam stem from my teenage years in Liverpool, when I went to see Derek Jarman‘s paean to punk, Jubilee. Named after the Queen’s 25th jubilee, it starred the style icon Jordan, a beehive blonde who came to fame working in […]
Dreamed Into Existence
Highlights from Richard Hell‘s article on the closure of CBGB’s in today’s New York Times: “CBGB’S shuts down this weekend. There’s not too much left to say about the character of the joint. It’s the most famous rock ‘n’ roll club in the world, the most famous that there ever has been, and it’s just […]