Not sure what's more interesting - that Morley was writing like himself basically from jump, or that he was a Van der Graaf fan (albeit one who's trying to stealthily extricate himself in the light of Year Zero)
Hammill was the thinking music fan's choice for a lot of people pre-punk - most famously John Lydon. Also I think he was from Manchester (?) so there's a bit of rooting for the local boy maybe.
Yes, he's fully formed, isn't he, aged what something like 20 or 21.
I like the bit where he has the Coca Cola girl speechifying his own aesthetic viewpoints. The Art versus Entertainment polarity fits my Triangle of Folk / Art / Showbiz.
Amazing Grace
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*Grace Jones* on the *Pee Wee Herman Christmas Special *from 1988
Jones clip via the fascinating, poignant HBO documentary on *Pee Wee Herman*,
which ...
The Shock of the Newcastle
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Snapped off the TV from a YouTube British doc about Newcastle in 1966.
Mostly about the vibrant youth culture there but it does show th...
Creelin' in the years
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It's the 20th anniversary of one of the heroic music reclamation projects
of our time - Creel Pone.Keith Fullerton Whitman gives the low down about
the lab...
In Full Bloom (LCD / DFA)
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*LCD Soundsystem, live, a week ago, Bowery Ballroom…*
… was more exciting than I’d thought. Came with minimal expectations really
(a guy and a synth and ...
Radio Utopia
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People remember the Sixties pirate radio heyday, when the pirates were
literally boats at sea.... and they remember the Eighties terrestial
tower-block r...
Brutalist / Botanist
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This whole Brutalism thing has gotten a bit of out of hand now.... they are
scraping the barrel bottom, I think.
Mind, you, these photographs are co...
fave raves
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I'm not sure what the logic was exactly but as tie-in to Shock and Awe, *iD*
asked me to list my seven favorite / life-changing clubs /
nights-out-danci...
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...
Not sure what's more interesting - that Morley was writing like himself basically from jump, or that he was a Van der Graaf fan (albeit one who's trying to stealthily extricate himself in the light of Year Zero)
ReplyDeleteHammill was the thinking music fan's choice for a lot of people pre-punk - most famously John Lydon. Also I think he was from Manchester (?) so there's a bit of rooting for the local boy maybe.
ReplyDeleteYes, he's fully formed, isn't he, aged what something like 20 or 21.
I like the bit where he has the Coca Cola girl speechifying his own aesthetic viewpoints. The Art versus Entertainment polarity fits my Triangle of Folk / Art / Showbiz.