History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Friday, June 20, 2008

Loie Fuller (Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks Dance Collection)

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The Joseph Rous Paget - Fredericks Dance Collection at the University of California consists of 'approximately 2,000 original drawing...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Dancing Questionnaire (9): Tracy K - 'music was everything and the possibilities were endless'

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Tracy K recalls nights out dancing from Tamworth to Tokyo, via London and Aberystwyth . The tale of dancing in Tokyo with Belle and Sebasti...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Revolution Girl Style Now!

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Riot Grrrl was probably the ultimate zine-driven scene. While punk, for instance, threw up fanzines written by people who wanted to documen...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

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Dance there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water’s roar? And tumble out your hair That the salt drops have wet; Bein...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

More disco police action

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England: "Illegal ravers stayed behind to tidy up!" ( Northampton Chronicle , 11 June 2008) 'The 500 ravers who broke into a ...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Seven (more) songs

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The seven songs meme is still doing the rounds - it goes like this: 'List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, ...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Rape

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Songs about rape is an excellent post at Uncarved, taking to task people who play around with rape in music and contrasting it with a coupl...

Fluxus and musical notation

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At Tate Modern last month, the Long Weekend (24 th to 26 th May) included a series of free concerts featuring musical scores and events ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

News of the World, UFO and the Rolling Stones 1967

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This week's protest at the Daily Mail put me in mind of another series of music -related demonstrations against a right wing British ta...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The Blackshirt Parade: Emos, Flappers and The Daily Mail

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On Saturday at least 200 people demonstrated outside the offices of the Daily Mai l in London against its coverage of ' emo ' - afte...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

Tube Party in London

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The dust is still settling after last Saturday night's party on the London underground. For people outside of London, the basic story is...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Ballroom Dancing Made Easy (1942)

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I am fascinated by old dancing manuals - this example is 'Ballroom Dancing Made Easy' by Robert Brandon, first published by C.Arthur...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Silent Rave, New York

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From New York Times, 20th April 2008 : 'on Friday evening, at the south end of Union Square near East 14th Street. More than a thousand ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

O Ecstasies, O world, O music!

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'O Douceurs, ô monde, ô musique ! Et là, les formes, les sueurs, les chevelures et les yeux, flottant. Et les larmes blanches, bouillant...

History of Gay Bars in New York City

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History of Gay Bars in New York City is a remarkable blog that does just what is says. There is some great material - police raids, mafia c...

A London Drag Ball, 1930s

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"If you went to clubs in those days before the war, you'd have been arrested and put in prison. I know personally a case where a wo...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Yoko Ono's Do It Yourself Dance Festival

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Yoko Ono's '13 Days Do it Yourself Dance Festival’ was, I believe, first 'held' in England in September 1967 - although ...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

Love Music Hate Racism: Memories of an Unfree Festival

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Daniel Tilling in the New Statesman sums up my experience of last month’s Love Music Hate Racism festival in East London’s Victoria Park:...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Classic party scenes (4): Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Prompted by a post at the excellent Pop Feminist, it's time to consider one of the great fictional nightclubs - The Bronze in Sunnydal...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Konono no. 1

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Congolese band Konono No 1 were supposed to be playing at Tate Modern in London tomorrow night as part of their Long Weekend event. Now co...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Funk: repetition and the 'cut'

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The following extracts are from an article by Matthew P. Brown in which he applies the ideas of James Snead - set out in his 1981 essay ...
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