History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Simulmatics, sorcery and counter-insurgency

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 The murky story of American “psychological operations” in the Vietnam war features many strange episodes. As told in ‘If Then: How One Data...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The Au Pairs - 1981 Interview with Lesley Woods

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'9 August 1980. Ninth anniversary of  internment, and the Au Pairs are playing a free gig for the kids in West Belfast. Rock The Block -...
Monday, January 17, 2022

The Sanctuary - Hardcore in Milton Keynes, 1991-2004

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Milton Keynes Gallery has been hosting an exhibition on the famous MK club The Sanctuary (it closes on 23 January 2022).  'How did an u...
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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Karma Sutra, Luton anarcho-punk and hunt sabbing (1984-6)

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Long ago and far away (well mid 1980s Luton) there was a great punk band called Karma Sutra. I hung out with them and made a few squiggly no...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Police 'raid halts discos' - Wearside 1979

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From Newcastle Journal, 1 December 1979: 'Discos for bored teenagers have been stopped after a police raid on a Wearside club. Committee...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Compilations against the Criminal Justice Act

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The mid-1990s movement against the British Government's Criminal Justice Act, and in particular it's 'anti-rave' police powe...
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