A Twitter chum shared a picture of the Reading 95 line-up today. For no particular reason I thought it would be fun to put together a Britpop festival from the bands who appeared over the three days. I've decided to put together three days with five acts appearing on each day...because I'm a middle-aged man [...]
The Jam inspired a generation of kids from nowhere towns to dare to dream and to do so while dressing well. The Style Council drew Weller, and the people in his audience who were willing to listen, closer to the soul of the Modernist movement than The Jam ever did. Then came the mid-point of [...]
Suede decided to reveal the title for their fourth studio album one letter at a time...one week apart. H. E. "It's going to be "Heroin" isn't it?" squealed expectant fans and journalists. Those naughty Suede boys. Playing fast and loose with the rumours about Brett's drug use at this time. Then Matt Osman told the [...]
Asif Kapadia has already delivered two of the finest documentaries in modern film history with "Senna" and "Amy". Taking archive footage and audio then cutting to tell the remarkable tales of remarkable people. Both films deserve to be seen by you and, if you have already seen them, to be seen again. Kapadia has now [...]
Let's get ready to rumble. Or something. On the most recent episode of the Mild Mannered Army Podcast, Nick Amies and I discussed the merits of the third part of Blur's "Life" trilogy; "The Great Escape". This followed on from our previous discussion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the *greatest album of the [...]
With the arrival of a sequel to the much lauded, and even mucher loved, "Trainspotting" coming down the tracks, author Matt Glasby decided it would be a good idea to revisit the original and place it in the context of the other films of its time. From that idea has come "Britpop Cinema" where Glasby [...]
The Guardian. Home to a veritable army of people who know better than you and who are happy to let you know it. From their politics to their culture...everything you think or like is bad and they will explain, in agonising detail, exactly why. No review, think piece, article or coverage of shoes comes without [...]
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