Friday, 4 August 2023

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ARTICLE: PRINCE'S PARADE OR DO YOU THINK I'M A NASTY GIRL? I was a huge fan of Prince in the 1980s and this led onto an interest  in...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017

BOOK REVIEW. THE RISE THE FALL AND THE RISE BY BRIX SMITH-START

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I read The Rise The Fall and The Rise by Brix Smith-Start. Brix was bassist in The Fall (+ was also married to Mark E. Smith) as well as fro...
Thursday, 31 March 2016

BOOK REVIEW. YINPOP. WOMEN IN INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE ROCK. VOL. 1: UK BANDS BY S. WHITE

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This book originally came out in 2014. The author defines YinPop as ‘music with a female vocalist in the indie/alternative rock tradition, t...
Friday, 25 March 2016

BOOK REVIEW. THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CRITICISM BY A LIVING FEMALE ROCK CRITIC BY JESSICA HOPPER

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This book is a compilation of pieces by Jessica Hopper covering the period from 2003 to 2014 (the book came out in 2015) from a variety of A...
Wednesday, 9 September 2015

BOOK REVIEW. GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! ESSAYS ON WOMEN IN MUSIC EDITED BY SARAH COOPER

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This book originally came out in 1995. It’s a collection of twelve essays on different aspects of women and music - from women in music PR t...
Sunday, 4 August 2013

MY FANZINES. BAMBI ZINE

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I’ve decided to write a bit about some of the fanzines I did in the past. BAMBI was the 2nd ever fanzine I did - I did 6 issues between 19...
Saturday, 27 July 2013

BOOK REVIEW. WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB. THE UNTOLD STORY OF L.A. PUNK BY MARC SPITZ AND BRENDAN MULLEN

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This is a long overdue look at the origins and story of the Los Angeles punk scene in the 1970s. Most books tend to overlook L.A. in favour ...