History is made at night
The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Luton punk squat party 1985: 'Revolution is the Festival of the Oppressed'
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In November 1985 there was a squat gig in Luton with local punk bands. Unusually for that time some people actually took photos of it which ...
Friday, January 12, 2024
Dole Days in Luton: unemployed protests 1985
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In the turbulent mid-1980s - 1984 to 1986 to be precise - I was unemployed like most of my punky friends in Luton. My 1985 diary has the sa...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Left at the Pier Festival, Brighton 1994
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A feature of the 1980s and 1990s in England was officially sponsored free music festivals, usually one day affairs supported by local counci...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
My London musical/radical soundscape 2023
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Reading other people's end of year lists is like listening to people talking about their dreams - occasionally interesting but mostly ve...
Sunday, December 24, 2023
'Do not play acid' - London club listings October 1988
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London Club Listings from a local paper in October 1988 (Westminster and Pimlico News) in the midst of the acid house upheaval. KISS FM crew...
Friday, December 22, 2023
'How to produce a feminist magazine': Bad Attitude - radical women's newspaper (1992-97)
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Bad Attitude was a London-based radical women's newspaper that ran from 1992 to 1997. It was put together by a group of women (mostly fr...
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