History is made at night

I was walkin' down the street, And it was gettin' mighty late. Well, the truth of the matter is, This poor girl had been abandoned ...

'Queer urban culture was the site of diverse intersecting modes of queerness and "normality," coalescing around their desires ...

George Brecht (1926-2008), Fluxus artist, died last month. His many sound pieces included 'Drip Music' (1959): 'For single or ...

More on Soho Nights from today's Guardian: '... in 1956, I heard about this new dance craze called hand-jiving. So I made a number...

From Brooklyn, Onomé Ekeh recalls a life in dance from New York to Switzerland : 1. Can you remember your first experience of dancing? No. ...

Only a few days to go of the exhibition by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles at Tate Modern (London) - it closes on 11th January. If you hav...

Police break up illegal rave ( Oxford Mail, 6 January 2009 ) 'Teenagers accused police of being heavy-handed when they arrived in the e...

'Beatnik Parties took over Nash House - Wild Parties Held In the past week some 15 young people have been arrested and charged with vari...

Showing at the Photographers Gallery in London at the moment is Soho Nights, an exhibition of photographs of London nightlife in the 1950s....

The row is continuing about the Metropolitan police discouraging grime nights and other black musics, and its use of the now notorious Form...

Still a few days to go of the Twelve Days of Christmas festivities. In the 16th century though, protestant churches in Scotland sometimes tr...

I know millions of people have been partying and having a good time in the past 24 hours (from a free party in Kent to Melbourne where 40,0...

I am hoping to get to the Photographers Gallery (London) next week for an exhibition on 1950s Soho Nights which apparently includes some im...

'Police in Peru were searching Friday for the person who threw a tear gas canister into an unlicensed discotheque early Christmas Day, c...

The Police in Arua district have detained Nyadri district Police commander Benedict Ojingo and Police constable Rashid Nyakuni over murderin...

From Latin American Herald Tribune, 26 December 2008 : 'A 16-year-old boy died over the weekend in the central province of Cordoba after...

I am a bit of sucker for Christmas carols - well, even uber-atheist Richard Dawkins enjoys singing along to them . And of all the carols, my...

Soundtracks can make a film, or certainly enhance it. For instance, the soundtrack to Juno is excellent, with its indie pop/anti-folk vibe ...

England (London): squatted pub evicted ( Islington News , 19 December 2008) 'Bailiffs have evicted squatters who turned an empty Hollow...

I've posted before on Excavated Shellac, a site dedicated to '78 rpm recordings of folkloric and vernacular music from around the w...