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FAC-adjacent: Peter Hook Owned One of My Prints
"What a band. I loved these 'Family Tree' things." That's Peter Hook, writing about a Joy Division print I made mapping the band's discography. A few years ago, while I...
FAC-adjacent: Peter Hook Owned One of My Prints
"What a band. I loved these 'Family Tree' things." That's Peter Hook, writing about a Joy Division print I made mapping the band's discography. A few years ago, while I...
The Shining: The Mystery of Hallorann’s Bedroom...
A small mystery, among many, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the mother of film conspiracy theories, the endless rabbit hole, the film of frame-by-frame readings and hidden details. When Dick...
The Shining: The Mystery of Hallorann’s Bedroom...
A small mystery, among many, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the mother of film conspiracy theories, the endless rabbit hole, the film of frame-by-frame readings and hidden details. When Dick...
1994
I've been opening old dusty boxes with hundreds of magazines in them, and I randomly picked this one today. Nostalgia is strange like that. One issue of NME, 26 March...
1994
I've been opening old dusty boxes with hundreds of magazines in them, and I randomly picked this one today. Nostalgia is strange like that. One issue of NME, 26 March...
The Last Time Suicide Ever Played
I've been listening to Suicide quite a lot again recently. The New York City synth menace from the early seventies. Everyone should own a copy of their first LP. Alan...
The Last Time Suicide Ever Played
I've been listening to Suicide quite a lot again recently. The New York City synth menace from the early seventies. Everyone should own a copy of their first LP. Alan...
Women Who Shaped the Look of British Post-Punk:...
In 1977, Buzzcocks released "Orgasm Addict," and the cover showed a nude female torso with a clothes iron for a head and mouths where the nipples should be. It was...
Women Who Shaped the Look of British Post-Punk:...
In 1977, Buzzcocks released "Orgasm Addict," and the cover showed a nude female torso with a clothes iron for a head and mouths where the nipples should be. It was...
Tony Wilson: The Cemetery He Chose
Anthony H. Wilson died 19 years ago today. In June 2017, I went to Manchester's Southern Cemetery specifically to find his grave, and ended up finding three others nearby that,...
Tony Wilson: The Cemetery He Chose
Anthony H. Wilson died 19 years ago today. In June 2017, I went to Manchester's Southern Cemetery specifically to find his grave, and ended up finding three others nearby that,...
Revolver at 60: Fourteen Songs That Changed the...
On 5 August 1966, the Beatles released their seventh studio album. Sixty years later, Revolver is routinely described as a classic, but that hardly captures what happened across its fourteen...
Revolver at 60: Fourteen Songs That Changed the...
On 5 August 1966, the Beatles released their seventh studio album. Sixty years later, Revolver is routinely described as a classic, but that hardly captures what happened across its fourteen...
5 Iconic Album Covers Inspired by Famous Paintings
Album art doesn't happen in a vacuum. Long before mood boards and Pinterest, art directors were flipping through gallery postcards, exhibition catalogues, and art history books looking for the one...
5 Iconic Album Covers Inspired by Famous Paintings
Album art doesn't happen in a vacuum. Long before mood boards and Pinterest, art directors were flipping through gallery postcards, exhibition catalogues, and art history books looking for the one...
Kate Bush's Complicated Love Affair with Film
Published July 30 — Kate Bush's birthday Kate Bush turns another year older today, and while most tributes will circle back to The Kick Inside, Hounds of Love, or her...
Kate Bush's Complicated Love Affair with Film
Published July 30 — Kate Bush's birthday Kate Bush turns another year older today, and while most tributes will circle back to The Kick Inside, Hounds of Love, or her...
Prince’s Secret London Gigs in February 2014: R...
In February 2014, Prince played a series of secret shows across London, announced just hours before via Twitter. Fans rushed across the city hoping to get in. This post looks...
Prince’s Secret London Gigs in February 2014: R...
In February 2014, Prince played a series of secret shows across London, announced just hours before via Twitter. Fans rushed across the city hoping to get in. This post looks...