History is made at night

Last night I floated the idea of voting for Amerie in the UK elections (even though she's not standing!), on the basis that her critiqu...

So why put up a video for Amerie's 1 Thing at this late stage in the day? Well it's a great track and why can't I a put up a go...

I posted last year on the 30 th anniversary of the death of Blair Peach, killed during the anti-fascist demonstration in Southall , West Lo...

The search for the linguistic origins of 'rave' and 'raver' continues. Jon, who does the interesting Alsatia history site ,...

From Waayaha Cusub (from Reuters Nairobi, 9 April 2010): For centuries, Somalis used poetry and songs to pass protest messages to powerful r...

'Young people who gathered to celebrate spring by blowing bubbles at an annual flash mob in central St. Petersburg were attacked by a gr...

Kind of fascinated by the politics of the prom, that seasonal culture war on the dancefloor . We don't have anything quite like it in B...

'I was born Malcolm McLaren just after the war in 1946, a war baby, a baby boomer as my generation's come to be known, born on the ...

London Pirate Frequencies is a nice short film presented by Matt Mason, tracing the story of free radio from the 1950s/60s forts in the Tha...

We've previously covered the campaign against the draconian new immigration restrictions on musicians and artists entering the UK, but ...

Interesting article from Australia on clubs scanning ID and even taking fingerprints as a requirement of entry. I am aware that some clubs i...

People all over the world look forward to going out on Friday night, seemingly in Nepal school students can't wait that long and bunk of...

With Spring in England in full effect, the outdoor party season is taking off. I know that some parties are an inconvenience to neighbours (...

In previous posts on the origins of rave, ravers and raving , we have established that the use of these terms in relation to parties goes ba...

A short lived episode in the history of pirate radio was Radio Sutch, initiated by English rock'n'roller Screaming Lord Sutch (1940-...

March 31st 1990 was unseasonably hot, in every sense of the word. It was the day of the biggest of the demonstrations against the hated pol...

Last week I took part in Border Infection , an event at Goldsmiths in New Cross themed around borders, migration and creativity. My contribu...

Struggled through the rain today to catch the very last hour of the Kenneth Anger exhibition at the Spruth Magers Gallery in London. It was ...

Here's an interesting chapter in London dancing history - a dancehall in a groundbreaking health centre in South London. The Pioneer Hea...