History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger interview (1978)

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An interview with folk singers Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger from 1978, published in the socialist  newspaper Militant (28/7/1978) after the ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Marcuse - the barricade and the dance floor

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Happy 125th birthday Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) , born 19th July 1898 and still spooking fascists from beyond the grave - see how he featur...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Radio Citta Futura 1976

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 1976 article about Italian radical radio station Radio Citta Futura (Radio Future City) from Red Weekly, paper of the International Marxis...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Feminist discos/male violence (South London 1977)

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An account of violence against women in the vicinity of feminist discos 'in the South London area'  in 1977. Slightly frustrating fo...
Sunday, June 18, 2023

Speed (and other club listings), i-D 1995

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Club listings from i-D magazine,  no. 135, April 1995, covering lots of places in Britain and Ireland, but with the photos all from legendar...
Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tales from a Disappearing City

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Tales from a Disappearing City is a new youtube podcast from DJ Controlled Weirdness (Neil Keating) exploring untold subcultural stories fr...
Saturday, June 03, 2023

Soviet Union Disco Style 1982

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'the showy disco style caught on and is now seen in dance halls and at parties. The long dress, inconvenient for modern dances, has give...
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Bedroll Bella: Geordie raver

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Bedroll Bella by Sid Waddell (Sphere, 1973) is the story of a feisty, foul mouthed, hard drinking, 'right raver' and proud Geordi...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Milan 1992: Parco Lambro and Prisoners demo

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  In Summer 1992 I went to Milan with Italian friends who I knew from Brixton to go to a radical gathering/festival in Parco Lambro. The cit...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Some Brixton Nights - 1994/95

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A few flyers and memories from my many nights out in Brixton, 1994/95: The Duke of Edinbugh on Ferndale Road SW9, with its large garden, was...
Saturday, April 29, 2023

'It's Ravers' top town': Brighton 1959

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'40 coffee bar night spots- some of them dimly lit cellars were teenagers go on unlimited necking parties - have earned for the seaside ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

'Time for Peace, Time to Go': demonstrations in London, Belfast and Dublin - August 1994

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1994 marked the 25th anniversary of British troops being sent on to the streets of the north of Ireland, and there were demonstrations in Lo...
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