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.
"a long shout"
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A long overdue big shout going out to S. Vispi, B. Thomas, D. Duncan aka
*Intense* aka *Babylon Timewarp* aka various other identities
Here's a ...
The Futurist
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A Futurist, but not a Brutalist - too ludic, too goofy
I guess Gehry (RIP) was considered a postmodernist, but I don't see what
he is quoting, c...
Sex Maniacs
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Does any phrase bring to mind the atmosphere, the aroma, of the British
1970s better than "sex maniac"?
Not a rhetorical question - I genuinely am cur...
Ghost Box - 20 years
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*Sleeve notes for In A Moment... (Ghost Box compilation, 2015)*
*Tell me what you see vanishing and I*
*Will tell you who you are*
W.S. Merwin, "Fo...
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.