Low Cut Connie & Richard Hell - TOUGH COOKIES (Full Interview)

BOMB Issue 1 (Spring 1981)

BOMB 1, Spring 1981, featuring: Interviews with Michael McClard by Kathy Acker, Betsy Sussler by Graig Gholson, Eric Mitchell by David Ehrestein, Becky Johnston by Betsy Sussler, Amos Poe by Sarah Charlesworth, Carl Appelshnitt by Sarah Charlesworth. Essays on Why Diamonds are Girl's Best Friend by Duncan Smith, A New World Information Order by Liza Bear, I Was an Extra... by Tina L'Hotsky, T.V. Party by Glenn O'Brien. Fiction & Poetry Kathy Acker, Terence Sellers, Gary Indiana, David Walter McDermott III, Cookie Mueller, Lynne Tillman, Joan Jonas, Craig Gholson. Artwork by Leslie Schiff, Duncan Hannah, Jimmy DeSana, Mark Magill 

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New Age Steppers - Radial Drill (Original Video)

+ Fade Away

NIBZ (Making a name for myself)

Doing art is keeping me (a bit) sane at the moment

Richard Hell: The Past & Present of Destiny Street

David Asher: On-U Sound Sunday Roast (3/21)

Peter York (On This Day BBC 1983)

Peter York talked 'Style Wars', punk, Thatcher and fashion on the RPM programme #OnThisDay in 1983. pic.twitter.com/Asp0wtyr9k

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) March 28, 2021

Evgenia Kovda on David Cronenberg and procreation horror

And the brand played on: Bob Dylan at 80

Roxy Music - Re-make/Re-model Ladytron & Grey Lagoons (Full House 25/11/72)

+ Would You Believe? (Live At The Bataclan Paris 11/72)

Bitcoin is Punk Rock with Keith Levene

Martin Rushent & Clare Grogan (Riverside BBC 1982

Martin Rushent & @claregrogan2 are both so lovely in this @bbcarchive film originally shown on Riverside in 1982.pic.twitter.com/9wDJi1HgCP

— Birmingham 81 (@Birmingham_81) March 27, 2021

DevHool Presents A Hitrun Records Mix

Hitrun Records was a pre On-U Sound label run by Adrian Sherwood

A new power has risen in Australian politics - and it's not coming quietly

Stream DJ Muggs & Flee Lord’s New Collaborative Album Rammellzee

Snakeman Show – In The '90s (The Adrian Sherwood Remix)

Discogs Snakeman Show

Lo Mismo - Everything In The Way

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ReKall - Rhythm & Sound in 100 Minutes

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Paul St. Hilaire/Tikiman Tribute Mix 1 Tracklist 

Paul St. Hilaire/Tikiman Tribute Mix 2 Tracklist

Richard Lowenstein: Unabridged 'Dogs In Space' Script (1985)

Rick Morton on Love and Trauma

The journalist and author was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder in 2019. In this recording of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club, he discusses his book My Year of Living Vulnerably, which explores how trauma affects the brain, and how part of getting better is through learning to love 

Rick Morton on love and trauma

Helmut Newton - The Bad and the Beautiful (2021)

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He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough?

How Jamaica shaped the creative spirit and evolution of music production

Venus Flytraps Have Magnetic Fields Like the Human Brain

Good moaning

Timeline cleanser:

The shock and awe on the face of this kitten upon realizing he has more than one paw to lick is just what I needed today...pic.twitter.com/P0dvx2Dbeg

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 22, 2021

Scott Walker’s Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness

Raven Chacon - Chorale For Four Fog Horns (Borealis Festival Bergen 2021)

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Nawal El Saadawi, trailblazing Egyptian writer, dies aged 89

Paul Weller - Cosmic Fringes

Swans soon

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Massive Attack - Just A Matter of Time

And another thing...

It goes without saying that you should be following Joan Cornellà

A good article about the women who changed war reporting 

Great. Just when I'd learnt how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull

The Common Breath has a great interview with one my favourite Scottish novelists Alan Warner and there is an excerpt from his new novel 434 here. White Rabbit founded by Lee Brackstone ex of the Fabre Social (the music and culture side of Faber has now been integrated into Faber Books itself ) are certainly getting a formidable catalogue together in my eyes at least and Lee has been offering great metal WR logo badges (the Tufty Club for deviants) completely free no matter where are you are in the world so do follow him on Twitter

I first met Alan Warner 25 years ago just after he had published Morvern Callar. He felt like the most exciting writer in the world. All these years later I am so proud to work with a writer who has such a unique vision. Raising a glass to you, sir: Oban’s Finest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://t.co/FUYyvldor4

— Lee Brackstone (@leebrackstone) March 18, 2021

An interview with Alan here at The Guardian and their review by M John Harrison

Glasgow writer James Kelman's site is also worth checking out espacially in the media section where interesting articles, essays and interviews are posted.

I posted an old set from Crown of Thorns the other day here's a video I shot at the local pub in Fairfield where Chris was brought up and this song below was based on a real incident at the Alphington 7/11 many years ago Here's the wonderful Live At The Continental album with Shane O'Mara on guitars and Jex Saarelaht on piano and organ with Chris on vocals and harmonica Here's a documentary about the album 23 years on  

Jason Lee's film journal is also worth checking out

A new interview with Jonathan Richman at Aquarium Drunkard

Why America fails at gathering hate crime statistics 

Following on from the On-U Sound posts here's ten minutes of Prince Far I & Creation Rebel backstage in Zurich 1983 and here's my x-wife's memory of the man with the 'voice of thunder':

It was Wednesday, so it's reggae night at Dingwalls and the night was just starting, no one in yet. This guy comes up to the bar and orders a Snowball, which is advocaat and lemonade. I may have rolled my eyes, but I might not have done anything at all either. I was usually polite to customers. The liqueurs are at the other end of the bar and, I mean, it's a Snowball-messy to make, generally a pain.

I bring it back to him and he orders another. Couldn't he have ordered both at the same time? Then he orders another, then another, until there are seven Snowballs in front of him, all ordered one at a time. I'm well pissed off by this time. It's obvious he's winding me up and he gets more cocky with every order.

I tell him how much it's going to cost and he says, "I don't pay," in his Jamaican accent, deep voice, slow and deliberate. But I didn't know that he was "someone," unlike us plebs bar staff. Seven bloody Snowballs there and this guy isn't going to pay.

I'm so pissed off that I start to climb over the bar to have a go at him (not sure what I would have actually done. I've never actually fought someone. But I came close to getting into my first bar fight that night.) Probably lucky for me that Kevin the bar manager was nearby and he grabbed my collar to pull me back, telling Prince Far I that of course he doesn't have to pay and whispering to me that he's tonight's star attraction and its part of the rider.

I never have forgiven Prince Far I for those Snowballs. When Tim plays his music now I still remember that night. RIP.

Finally raise your glass of whatever to the man who turned 85 yesterday

Andy Fairley - System Vertigo

A poet and recording artist prominent on the 80s post-punk scene in Bristol, Andy's only credited 'solo' album was the underrated 1992 "System Vertigo" set (ON-U LP61) - essentially a collection of his writings set to solid rhythms built by Sherwood et al. at On-U Sound

Crazy Dreams and High Ideals: A Guide to The New Age Steppers

New Name Logo & Letterhead

My thanks to ChrisH for the potatoshopping

The Stooges (Hordern Pavilion Sydney 3/4/13)

David Bowie is The Man Who Fell To Earth (Redux: A Nacho Documentary 2021)

This is a film about a film – Nic Roeg’s 1976 esoteric science fiction movie, The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie and Candy Clark. This is a 2021 revised version of the original 2017 documentary, released now to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the movie’s premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in London, on the 18th of March 1976. 

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Say Their Names

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Jesse Rae & The Strange Parcels - Jacob's Pillow