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Andy Rourke RIP
Like many people, I have a difficult relationship with The Smiths. They were my favourite band for the most formative years of my life, but they also have the most problematic frontman, one in whom I...
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Among The Foetuses
Last week I was able to visit the reopened Hunterian Museum at the Royal College Of Surgeons on Lincoln’s Inn Field. This is an anatomical, pathology and natural history collection originally started...
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Heroes and villains
When I started working at Time Out in 1998, I was young but by no means a greenhorn having already done five years at the Sunday Times, where I encountered formidable figures such as Hugh McIlvenny,...
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The magic, mayhem and mystery of Ziggy’s last show
I have a piece in the latest edition of Uncut about the final Ziggy Stardust show at Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973. It’s an oral history, for which I spoke to fans who attended the show as well as...
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Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound
My new book, Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound, is now available for pre-order with publisher Paradise Road – link here. It will be available from the week of September 11. There is surely no...
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10 things to come out of Denmark Street
My new book, Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound, is out now. But why is Denmark Street so interesting anyway? Here are ten (mostly) music-related things that emerged from Denmark Street since...
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I’ve been doing a bit of publicity about Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound. Here’s an interview I did with Matt Brown at Londonist that I think gives a good overview of the topics covered in...
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Events – drugs, clubs and Denmark Street
I have three events coming up in the next four weeks. On Monday October 23, I will be talking to counterculture guru Carl Williams about the LSD Library. This is a free event organised by TANK...
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Denmark Street at Regent Sounds – free talk
No 4 Denmark Street could be the most important single address on Tin Pan Alley. It’s housed Regent Sound, the studio where the Rolling Stones recorded their debut album, the Helter Skelter bookshop...
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Meanwhile… On Denmark Street
Flitcroft Street is the short street at the east end of Denmark Street. You might know it from its most famous building – the one with the huge door (theatre backdrops were painted here – hence the...
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