Daniel Dylan Wray
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Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian / danieldylanwray @yahoo .co.uk
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10/10 for whoever did this full bowling green-sized cock and balls in the snow. Beautiful that it remains untouched too. A clear respect for art in Sheffield.
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I'm not normally one for threads but I encountered something over the weekend i keep thinking about. Coming home from a club about 3am on Saturday I found a young lad sat on the floor looking upset. I asked if he was okay. "not really" he said, crying. I went over and had a chat
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Was a real pleasure to spend the afternoon in Manchester at Vini Reilly's house for a rare interview with the Durutti Column man. He's lived such a remarkable life and created some truly timeless music. Amazing original photography for this piece too.
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Bizarrely, when I tell a lot of non-Sheffield based people that my local chippy is Sean Bean-themed, they don’t believe me. So I took a few snaps tonight.
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There's no real point or conclusion to this thread. Just can't shake the image of that teen sat there with his cold kebab meat on the floor and his eyes full of tears. All because he doesn't know how to alter his true self to impress people that force him to do stuff he hates.
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Can't stop thinking about how we've reached this stage. Built up such an idiotic, false, harmful idea of what being a man is. And how cruel and alienating the whole thing is. That poor lad's mind was all all over the place. He didn't know who/what to be.
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I have written a piece about my own personal experience of being in your 30s and realising that many people, often once avid fans, just seem to let music go from their lives - and what a strange and alienating process that can sometimes be.
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A nice tribute to Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider on the finish line of the 15th stage of the Tour de France.
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and seeing this lad crying his heart out on the street alone just made me think that deep down i suspect most people feel like him. There's maybe a few ringleaders who are grade A cunts but many others just tag along, desperate to fit in and saying and doing whatever it takes.
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I dug into the budget sheets to have a look at the realities of modern day touring costs for a bunch of artists. Such is the struggle for many established acts to tour profitably, it’s been declared a cost of touring crisis.
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It's easy to shrug off as uni banter. Something people will grow out of. I'm sure (and hope) some will. But also, this is foundation-laying stuff. Young men being hammered into this bogus notion of what they are supposed to be and how to behave.
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I found it so fucking heartbreaking. 18yo lad, new city, should be having the time of his life and he's sat on the street by himself at 3am crying his eyes out because he can't figure out who to turn himself into just to impress some rugby lads and course mates.
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10 years on from the release of Four Lions, I spoke with Chris Morris
@rizwanahmed
@sambaintv
@jessearmstrong1
@NovakKayvan
@nigellindsay
@NigelLindsay1
@MarkSherbert
about the making of it. For
@VICEUK
. Was a lot of fun to do.
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Which i think is the most depressing takeaway from this. That often people who align themselves with these pernicious attitudes, behaviours and people don't even have their heart in it. They don't believe in it or want it. But that it's just expected of them and they're afraid
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And the impacts are seen all over the world. Stupid protection rings set up where men continue to behave with almost impunity and are backed-up and protected by others from a system that has been built from this vacuous moral code they've made up around themselves.
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Tried my best, without being insensitive, to tell him it doesn't matter, to be himself, find kinder people to be around and to not force himself to drink if he knows it doesn't agree with him. He listened but basically viewed that option as complete social ostracisation.
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So here's a young lad, desperately homesick, trying to find his feet, himself, his friendship group and he's terrified about it and on top of that he has to deal with all the guilt and shame and embarrassment that he feels from having drunk too much and said "the wrong things"
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He was a fresher and missing his mates back in London. Struggling to fit in. He'd been out with a bunch of Rugby lads, who he was desperately trying to impress and fit in with. He was properly sobbing about embarrassing himself in front of "the hardest lad" in the group.
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But because he'd come out later than everyone else he'd been forced to be on "catch up" i.e downing loads of booze to be on the same level as the rest of them who had been out for a while. Never even crossed his mind that he was allowed to say no or expect not to be forced.
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For the latest in my oral history series for
@VICEUK
I take a look at the history and cultural legacy of ATP. Speaking with founders, staff, bands, curators and fans five years on from when it came crashing down.
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I really wish this was the Pete Doherty-related article going viral this week rather than all the 'omg what a legend he is for eating a big breakfast' ones.
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All because he kept referencing the wrong sports team when trying to converse with this lad. Kept calling himself names and saying what an idiot he was. Told me he didn't like drinking too much because it made him feel not himself and he didn't like his behaviour.
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Nobody who actually likes music would ever wear this T-shirt. Total narc outfit.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says working musicians can no longer release music only “once every three to four years.”
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Have written about 6Music dads, retro rave, reshuffles, confused programming, and how the radio station is currently in the middle of an identity crisis.
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I don’t write about personal stuff too often but have written this week’s moment that changed me feature. About meeting my dad for the first time, in a court room, and the change it brought to my troubled teenage life.
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This Liz Hurley hoo ha somehow got me thinking about the amazing photo series that Life magazine did back in the 1970s of rock / pop stars and their parents at home.
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25 years on since it first broadcast, I spoke with Armando Iannucci (
@Aiannucci
), David Schneider (
@davidschneider
), Peter Baynham (
@PeterBaynham
) and Patrick Marber (
@Pmarber
) about creating The Day Today and its legacy, for
@HUCKmagazine
.
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Wrote about Hulme Crescents and its makeshift DIY nightclub housed in knocked-together flats, the Kitchen, and how 30 years on its complicated legacy is being both mourned and celebrated as such opportunities are feel ever rarer in Manchester.
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I’ve been buying records constantly since I was a teenager but I feel totally priced out of it these days. Wrote about how it’s more exclusionary than fun these days & chatted with
@normanrecords
@numerogroup
and
@NightSchoolRecs
about what’s driving it
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Recently it was the one year anniversary of the passing of Mark E Smith. I aimed to chat with a few people about working with him but got carried and interviewed 20 and wrote a 5,000 word oral history.
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A-ha! I have written an oral history of Alan Partridge (the early years) for
@VICEUK
. Feat: Steve Coogan,
@Aiannucci
@davidschneider
@PeterBaynham
@Pmarber
Simon Greenall and James Lance.
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Spelled out “Judas” in bacon and sausages on my mate’s bed, like in that episode of Peep Show. He discovered it when taking a woman to bed. He went fucking ballistic. Instant ejection from the party and 3 mile walk home.
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Had a really beautiful chat with David Holmes about spending the last five years making a record with Sinead O’Connor after he randomly approached her at Shane MacGowan’s birthday party.
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For the latest in my oral history series for
@VICEUK
I spoke with a bunch of people - Klaxons, CSS, Late of the Pier, Test Icicles, Erol Alkan etc - tell the story of new rave, in all its drug-addled neon glory.
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Amazing turn out in the thousands and inspiring spirits at the Trump protest in Sheffield yesterday. But in the name of fairness I have to mention the pro-Trump contingent present. Almost enough for a game of five-a-side.
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Dischord records turns 40 next month. Took a bit of arm twisting but I got Ian MacKaye to talk about the history and legacy of the DIY label, along with Guy Picciotto, Amy Pickering,
@craigwedren
and
@Chris__Richards
.
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Really loved putting together this piece on Sheffield's legendary Jive Turkey club night in an attempt to offer a bit of variation on the story of house/nightlife history in UK. Big thanks to the excellent Sheffield heads (absent from twitter) for input.
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If anyone is looking to find the bleakest party in the world, then swing by Chesterfield this Friday night. Intrigued to know what happens to you if you are late.
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@electricalWSOP
I’ve never in my life encountered a single human who eats chip butty’s with salad cream. You’ve been taught very very wrong
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Lots of fun putting together this piece on the Butthole Surfers and their inimitable world of noise and chaos.
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Wrote about the overlooked history of Bentley's nightclub, a thriving London soul club located in a far-right stronghold - eventually shutdown by the biggest police raid in the borough's history. Excellent work done by
@RendezvousCIC
to bring this to life.
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Wrote about the rise in community owned music venues, along with the
@musicvenuetrust
's Own Our Venue campaign to buy up grassroots venues across the UK. Thanks to
@cheeseandgrain
@sistermidnightt
@nudgecommunity
@exchangebristol
for input.
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Music people. Please do me a favour and respond to this tweet recommending just one album you’ve really loved this year that you think has slipped under the radar or not had a huge amount of love. Any genre etc Not had my mind blown by anything in a little while and on the hunt.
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Have v mixed feelings about 00s indie. Had fun with it as a teen, good time for DIY clubnights, labels etc. Nice and messy but also produced some absolute garbage. As the NYC-focused Meet Me in the Bathroom hits cinemas, I spoke to people from the UK scene.
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This has had over ONE MILLION impressions in 24 hours. Man, i seriously, seriously underestimated this nation's undying love for the classic cock and balls combo.
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30 years since
@WarpRecords
’ Artificial Intelligence, I speak with Autechre,
@B12Records
,
@ianTDR
,
@Orbinfo
,
@SimonRetromania
,
@JahDuran
,
@MikeParadinas
,
@brianbehlendorf
about its making & history, as well as the complicated legacy of IDM. For
@theQuietus
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The music of
@ThrobbingGrstle
is now available via
@Bandcamp
, so I had a chat with
@chris_carter_
and
@coseyfannitutti
about the band’s legacy, the belligerence of Hull and being ahead of the game.
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Sadly, they have since taken off the Boromir Special since I was last there: chips, cheese, gravy and topped off with a - wait for it - lord of the onion ring.
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If, like me, you're a sucker for a music documentary, I've compiled a list of films that are all available on streaming services right now for
@TheFaceMagazine
. Spans rave, punk, gospel, grunge and pop. Also features some 2020 ones to keep an eye out for.
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I ended up interviewing Mark E Smith several times in recent years, clocking up many, many hours in various Manchester pubs. So i knocked together a little piece, remembering some of those long afternoons and his inimitable ways.
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Both chuffed and very sad that I conducted Mark E Smith's final ever interview for the
@guardian
. This was from about 6months ago and i had to condense about 3 hours worth down to this '30 mins with' piece but he was, as ever, on hilarious form.
The final interview with Mark E Smith: 'I can clear a pub when I want to'
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I did a one on one cooking session with Blixa Bargeld and, over spaghetti and wine, we spoke about 40 years of the inimitable Einstürzende Neubauten.
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Just wrapped up a very full on period. Insane workload (note to self: doing 60 interviews in a month is not sensible) and had a family suicide. BUT
@tashbright
agreed to marry me this morning, It’s my first day off in forever and we’re off to go look at Martin Parr pics and 🍷🍝
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Was a real pleasure to sit down and chat with Bill Fay in what may be his last ever interview. A deeply kind and humble person, we sat down in a Toby Carvery to chat about his formative years, faith, legacy, and how songs will always trump fame.
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Helsinki’s public library is incredible. Looks amazing inside and out + it’s such a community hub. You can use sewing machines, 3D printers, play video games, hire board games, sports equipment, there’s even audio and video recording studios in there with decks/instruments.
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At a party and all the food is based on and labelled according to
@AndrewWK
’s descriptions.
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After the rather doomy takeaway from the recent piece I did on bands struggling to make it work financially touring, it was a joy to go visit
@TheLovelyEggs
at their HQ who are thriving as a DIY band by ditching industry convention.
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I did the interview for this week's Guardian Experience feature. Nina Bhadreshwar was a young woman from Barnsley who started her own fanzine, became Tupac's prison pen pal and ended up working at Death Row records.
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I sincerely apologise but I finally snapped and wrote something about indie sleaze. I'm here talking about myth making, the psychology of nostalgia and a looming millennial midlife crisis, for
@theQuietus
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46 years and counting for ESG, who have arguably had a helping hand in shaping the sound of every decade since then. I chatted with Renee about the group’s history and infinite influence. For
@DJmag
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Ahead of a new documentary on Pete Doherty that completely ignores the death of Marc Blanco - and many other things - I explore the increasing role of docs acting as PR and the impact that has on the art form. For
@theQuietus
.
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Absolutely massive shout out to the woman who just did an enormous afternoon vomit all over the bar I’m currently DJing in. Not only did she clear the entire place but she was on a first date and went back to eating pizza straight after.
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.
@ArabStrapBand
are back with their first new music in 15 years and it’s ace. I caught up with
@AidanJohnMoffat
and
@M_Middleton_UK
to talk about the history of the band and the upcoming album on
@rockactionrecs
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If you’re pining for a night out this evening then perhaps you may enjoy some of the tales and escapades in here. I’ve written an oral history of the Hacienda (
@Fac51hacienda
) for
@VICEUK
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Had a chat with publishers, editors and staff, past and present, as well as artists to look back at 40 years of
@thewiremagazine
ahead of some live events celebrating the anniversary.
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Went to go see Nick Cave in conversation a few nights back and wrote a feature review on the stark transformation of his relationship to his audience that has seen things shift from punches to tears over the years. For
@theQuietus
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Incredibly well-informed and impassioned article from Martin Scorsese here, via
@nybooks
:
http://t.co/aztOeY3ZrE
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Le Crueset pan and a double LP Aphex Twin album for £12.50. All hail the middle class yard sale.
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Ahead of a new documentary (
@energythefilm
by
@i4visuals
touring via
@docnrollfest
) I had a chat with Can legend Damo Suzuki about beating cancer twice, his endless creative drive and having zero interest in looking back.
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I don't normally write personal articles but I really like
@VICEUK
's Homecoming series. So I went back home and delved into my childhood a bit, wrote about boredom, lucky escapes, a live-saving teacher and making peace with things. Pics by
@CBethell_photo
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There are bigger priorities at stake today, I appreciate, but I spoke to loads of Sheffield artists - Pulp, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Heaven 17, Clock DVA etc - about making revolutionary music in often difficult times.
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40 years on from the release of Soft Cell's Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, I caught up with Marc Almond and Dave Ball to to explore if their very early pinger adventures in NYC led to the first ever British ecstasy record.
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The label
@killrockstars
is celebrating its 30th anniversary. I had a chat with founder Slim Moon,
@Sleater_Kinney
, Bratmobile, Huggy Bear, producer
@johngoodmanson
and
@MarnieStern
about its history and legacy.
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Very firm believer in not photographing strangers in public for lols/likes but never come closer to breaking that rule today when the guy next to me in the cinema brought a can of baked beans with him as his movie snack.
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Sad news about Richard Lewis. Remains one of my favourite interviews I’ve ever done. Played me like a fiddle from the second he picked up the phone to the moment he hung up on me. Was a total bit from start to finish that was a pleasure to be a part of.
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Huge huge thanks for the honest, frank and transparent conversations (and figures) from
@Englishteac_her
@Nubiyantwist
@JapaneseTVband
@FeaturedArtists
@DanPottss
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Really loved speaking with
@kidcongopowers
about his years in The Gun Club, Cramps and Bad Seeds. As well as trauma, fandom and life very well lived. His memoir is, out this week, is great.
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20 years on since Nighty Night first aired, it was a real joy to chat with Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Ruth Jones and Mark Gatiss about the making of a truly great British sitcom and its very unique and enduring legacy.
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Rotten news to wake up to about the death of Simeon Coxe aka Silver Apples. Was lightyears ahead of people in what he was doing. Also, beyond lovely. I interviewed him several times - including just last year - and he was overjoyed at SA's legacy & still being able to make music.
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Such an incredible Dirty Three TV performance. Full video of it here
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Wrote about the quieter side to Steve Albini’s output and legacy - Low, Dirty Three, Smog, Newsom etc. and how some of it is just as potent as the louder stuff, while often sharing a lot of the same dynamics as his beloved noise. For
@CrackMagazine
.
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I absolutely love the photography of the late
@tishmurtha
. Now
@paulsng
and her daughter Ella are making a feature length film about her and her work (
@TishMurthafilm
). I had a chat with Ella about her mum and the crowdfunding project for
@HUCKmagazine
.
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Also published today: I look into the idea that the golden age of documentary is a myth and how celeb doc culture is impacting indie filmmakers and pushing out more marginal storytelling. Thanks to
@JeanieFinlay
@charliechar
@katmansoor
@paulsng
for input.
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For this week’s My Best Shot Guardian feature, I spoke with Sheffield photographer
@snappersaunders
about blagging his way into the profession and ending up taking one of the most famous portraits of David Lynch.
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Apparently its 15 years since the first ever episode of Peep Show aired. A few years ago, when it was ending, I interviewed
@sambaintv
@jessearmstrong1
@arobertwebb
@RealDMitchell
@Isysuttie
@JimHowick
for an oral history on the show for
@VICEUK
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There's an ace new documentary about Robert Lloyd and
@_Nightingales
made by Stewart Lee and Michael Cumming. It airs this week on
@SkyArts
and I spoke to all three. Was fun - I laughed a lot chatting with Rob.
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Little re-up for this as it originally went out in the xmas no mans land period. I spoke to 15 people - DJs, staff, bands etc - and wrote a 5k word oral history on the Hacienda for
@VICEUK
.
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As we enter the full swing of festival season, I’ve written about how they’re shifting ever more towards lifestyle retreats and curated experiences, with music often feeling secondary.
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I’ve been going to Primavera almost yearly for over a decade and last night was the worst I’ve ever seen it in terms of organisation. Insane queues for everything, overcrowding, hard to get to some stages and actually see bands, atrocious access to water. Total shitshow.
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I’ve consulted science and the conclusion is the perfect pub session is 2-8pm. Food in stomach from lunch, peak weather, time to get buzzed but not wrecked, and - most crucially - home in time for a takeaway, film and the ill-advised opening of a bottle of wine.
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Loved putting this together. 40 years on from the birth of
@MuteUK
@RoughTradeRecs
and Factory. I look back at 1978's boom year for independent record labels in the UK. Also spoke with
@neworder
@cabaretvoltaire
@acrmcr
@P_Saville_Assoc
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Had a lovely weekend at
@bluedotfestival
. Loads of highlights, not all of which made it here, including Bjork, whose beatless set with the Halle I started off unsure of but it grew into something pretty magic.
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Incredibly sad this morning to learn the news that my old pal Steven Santa Cruz has passed away. Pink Grease are one of my fav ever Sheffield bands and very dear to me. Got so many fond memories of Steve. He was also a brilliant filmmaker. A real loss.
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Liam Gallagher genuinely entering into Mark E. Smith territory with some of his interviews these days.
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