History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Swing as Surrealist Music

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Cultural Correspondence (1975-83) was a remarkable US-based radical journal with a particular focus on popular culture. Its entire archi...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Agit Disco Book Launch

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Agit Disco has just been published by Mute Books, compiled by Stefan Szczelkun, edited by Anthony Iles  The launch takes place on 8th Decem...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Shelagh Delaney RIP

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Shelagh Delaney (1939-2011) died this weekend. She achieved many things, but will always be primarily remembered for A Taste of Hone...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Riots 'like a rave'

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The August riots in England: Understanding the involvement of young people , published by the National Centre for Social Research (Novemebe...
Monday, November 07, 2011

Halloween in London

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London Halloween Costume 2011 Halloween weekend in London, and the streets were full of zombies, witches and men wrapped in bandages....
Sunday, November 06, 2011

New York 1977: when the lights went out

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The Trammps' disco classic The Night the Lights Went Out (1977) commemorates an actual historical event in that year - the New York bla...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Stop the City, London, March 1984

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'Protest and Carnival against War, Oppression and Exploitation' In 1983-84 the financial centre of London was the focus for a series...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

UK nightclub chain goes bust

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The financial crisis looks to have killed off the UK's largest chain of nightclubs, threatening up to 3000 jobs. According to the Finaci...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Chile Thriller Protest

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Personally I am a little jaded by Michael Jackson flashmobs, but this example from Chile in June 2011 takes it to another level of political...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Occupy London Second Thoughts

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Since last Saturday's start of Occupy London Stock Exchange (Occupy LSX ), I've been back a couple of times to the camp. The tent t...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Mona's San Francisco: 1940s lesbian club

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'After 1920 women who occasionally wore men's clothing and those who passed as men began to socialize more openly in cafes and night...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Occupy London: first thoughts

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The various Occupy actions around the world at the weekend have varied in scale, intensity and political mood. Rioting and huge crowds in Ro...
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