torpedo the ark

Simon Reynolds:  Retromania   - cover of the US edition (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2011)     I.   So, here we are at page 183 and still no...

Joy Division (L-R: Peter Hook / Ian Curtis / Bernard Sumner / Stephen Morris)      "Were they fallen angels or ordinary blokes? " ...

(E. G. Records, 1983)     It's amazing just how strongly certain songs from forty years ago still continue to resonate. For example, the...

David Bowie looking perfect in the video for  'Life on Mars' (dir. Mick Rock, 1973)     David Bowie's arty glam rock ballad ...

    I.   I've mentioned before on this blog how the word hello has long held a privileged place in my personal vocabulary: click here . ...

Marc Bolan with Dave Vanian of the Damned  and Siouxsie Sioux in 1977   According to Sebastian Horsley, Marc Bolan was super-plastic profoun...

20th century boy (c. 1973) I.  1977 - the year of punk - may have been of crucial importance in shaping my tastes, attitudes, and...

One of the people I've always quite liked but have never quite allowed myself to quite like, is David Bowie. I was perhaps just a l...