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Bloke bringing world’s biggest 45s to next WIYE

September 30, 2013 Alex Gold 0

In addition to the chap hop stylings of Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, as well as world Beatles authority Mark Lewisohn, further to DJ, author […]

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I’m 540 pages into Mark Lewisohn’s book…

September 24, 2013 David Hepworth 0

…so I’ve written about it here.

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A night playing records and talking with Richard Williams and Kate Mossman

September 17, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Last night Richard Williams and Kate Mossman were  guinea pigs for our experimental evening in the small upstairs room to the Betsey Trotwood. In my […]

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We’re back from our holidays

August 22, 2013 David Hepworth 0

News about two exciting shows in September and October coming soon. Keep the 16th of the former and the 15th of the latter free. More […]

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We few, we happy few, will be talking about those Duckworth Lewis shows for weeks

July 10, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Alex and I have just got back from Nottingham, having seen the Duckworth Lewis Method royally entertain the Playhouse Theatre with a slightly longer set […]

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Handful of new tickets for Duckworth Lewis at Lord’s on Monday!

July 5, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Because of public demand and media interest, Duckworth Lewis will now be playing two shows at Lord’s on Monday night and therefore we have issued […]

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Things I found out while having a quiet word with Daniel Tashian and Dylan Jones last night

July 3, 2013 David Hepworth 0

The key moment in Daniel’s career came when he discovered the major seventh chord. If you launch into a Louvin Brothers song at a Word […]

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Dress code at Lord’s

July 3, 2013 David Hepworth 0

People have been asking whether there’s any dress code for Duckworth Lewis at Lord’s. It goes without saying that we would welcome anyone who makes […]

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Darling BOY added to our Lord’s bill

June 30, 2013 Alex Gold 0

Those of you who attended our Divine Comedy show when The Word Magazine was alive may remember a group called The Wutars. Considerably younger than […]

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Daniel Tashian of the Silver Seas makes a video at the mall

June 27, 2013 David Hepworth 0

I can’t decide whether this has been expensively art-directed to look like a slice of American apple pie or whether Daniel just popped down the […]

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Punk Rock recalled by Chris Sullivan – can music STILL be outrageous?
byMark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

What’s the word ‘punk’ come to mean 50 years later? It’s been adopted by the very people it sought to unsettle. Chris Sullivan – DJ, club runner, lecturer, former band-leader – arrived in London just as it kicked off and looks back at a time when everything was a challenge, no-one apologised, outsiders linked up and fought for recognition, and pop culture could change overnight. We talk to him here about ‘Punk: the Last Word’ which traces its roots from Socrates to Soho, touching on…

 

… does ‘punk’ now mean conformity?

 

… is pop music still allowed to be outrageous?

 

… Socrates, Rimbaud, Lee Miller, the Warhol superstars: 2,000 years of people who embody the punk philosophy

 

… how the clothes often precede the music

 

… the 1975 pre-Pistols world – “people dressing as teddy boys, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, records by Patti Smith, the Velvets, MC5”

 

… the days when you were attacked for dressing up, in his case by the Newport Rugby team and a guy with a starting handle at a service station

 

… new punk equivalents emerging in 2025

 

… how the spirit of punk gave people a drive and identity – Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Jonathan Ross, John Galliano

 

 … “I threw a policeman through a plate-glass window”

 

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