I was wondering when you would get to this in your McCullough retrospective. It is notorious, of course. As I remember it, Tony Wilson and the surviving band members were furious. And there is no denying that the last two paragraphs - in particular, the first sentence of the penultimate paragraph - are catastrophically ill-judged. But I think overall it is better than its reputation suggests. He's writing with raw feelings that are genuinely powerful, and incline me to forgive the points where he gets carried away and goes too far. And he situates Curtis in a place and time better than any other writer before or since. A work of flawed genius.
Assassinating Rydim (Back to the Phuture)
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Breaks 'n ' bleepsy bizness
From a recent comp of very early Suburban Base / Boogies Times Record stuff
Loved their tunes so long - but I've never o...
rehaunted graffiti (the hypnagogic revival)
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Even before I heard a note of the *Cindy Lee* album, the aroma I'd picked
up was that it was like a flashback to the late 2000s - the peak of hipster
vi...
Silverfish
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An interesting piece at the *Quietus* by *Keith Kahn-Harris* about
*Silverfish* as a great lost band from a great lost mini-era.
I remember them fondly a...
esto era mañana / música electrónica femenina
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These tunes appears in a playlist + commentary at *The Wire *of
mind-bending works by Latin-American female electronic composers, among
them *Vânia Dant...
Futuromania - out today!
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The UK edition of Futuromania is out today on White Rabbit ! Via select
record stores, comes with a limited edition freezine of bonus pieces! Check
out thi...
Futuromania - out now!
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The UK edition of *Futuromania *is out today on *White Rabbit* ! Via select
record stores, comes with a limited edition freezine of bonus pieces!
Check ...
four favorite riffs
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Not actually my four absolute favorite riffs (Lord alone knows where I'd
start with that) but four *of* my favorite riffs, commented on for The
Wire's *G...
angel delights
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https://rada-ve.bandcamp.com/track/saturn-rings-songs
*Go on* - listen to that gorgeous bubble bath of synthtronica!
Another vintage release, with a vi...
I was wondering when you would get to this in your McCullough retrospective. It is notorious, of course. As I remember it, Tony Wilson and the surviving band members were furious. And there is no denying that the last two paragraphs - in particular, the first sentence of the penultimate paragraph - are catastrophically ill-judged. But I think overall it is better than its reputation suggests. He's writing with raw feelings that are genuinely powerful, and incline me to forgive the points where he gets carried away and goes too far. And he situates Curtis in a place and time better than any other writer before or since. A work of flawed genius.
ReplyDeleteYes it's overwraught but absolutely forgivable in the circumstances I think - and authentic in its heroizing impulse.
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