Re: Islam Calling
I consider myself a Muslim, even if Andy Blade would dismiss me as not a “real-deal” Muslim. Like the fundamentalists, he holds a simplistic view of Islam in which there’s no room for movement. While respecting Andy as a musician, I’m thankful to say that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Michael Muhammad Knight responds to Andy Blade.
Leave Them All Behind
Shoegazing by no means dominated what the passed for the British ‘indie’ scene — after Madchester/Baggy, other ‘scenes’ managed to hold the attention of the nation’s music-buying public. The quirky efforts of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine and Kingmaker were unfathomably popular for a while in the likes of the NME and Melody Maker, only to be replaced on an almost weekly basis by other bands — Pop Will Eat Itself, The Senseless Things, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, The Wonderstuff and even Daisy Chainsaw (or as Carter USM described them in ‘The Only Living Boy in New Cross’: “the grebos, the crusties and the goths”).
From the archives. The 3:AM Guide to ‘Shoegazing’ and British Indie Music in the 1990s.
The Summer of Hate 9: Bertie Marshall
Bertie Marshall was a member of the legendary Bromley Contingent. He is the author of a novel, Psychoboys, and a memoir, Berlin Bromley (see our interview with Bertie here): Summer 1977: I was a fifteen-year-old androgyne living ”in four sordid rooms in Chelsea” (lyrics by Kander and Ebb) at 92 Oakley Street — three doors […]
Poetry Submission for 3:AM
The poet walked onto the stage and greeted his audience.
“Hello I’d like to read you some work from my unpublished collection
A Mountain Of Toe-Nail Clippings Toppling Precariously Close To Young Children At Play, which is when I decided never to read in public.
By Ben Myers.
3:AM Brasil Top 5: DJ Patife
DJ Patife is São Paulo (“the drum and bass Ibiza”)’s most prominent drum and bass artist, frequently appearing in London, and is listening to in July: 1. ‘Na Subida do Morro’ – David W.S. Dub 2. ‘Thinking Back’ – Zinc & Makoto Bingo feat. Stamina MC 3. ‘Make Some Noise’ – Peshay, SS, Influx UK […]
3:AM Brasil: Culture is Our Weapon
To be honest, whatever my feelings about the human rights situation in Brazil, I don’t necessarily think I’m a person qualified to write about it. What excited me about the AfroReggae story, therefore, was that it gave voice to people who don’t often get heard. Frankly, who cares what an Englishman feels about Brazilian human rights? It’s much more interesting and powerful to hear from those who are actually living in the midst of the problems.
3:AM Brasil editor Elisangela Fracaroli interviews novelist and Culture is Our Weapon author Patrick Neate.