“Just as with Bowie and Bolan in the seventies, war was declared in school playgrounds the day after, when a growing army of Marc Almond fans stood up to be counted…”
Author: lostantiphony
Memories of a record shop nobody : Selectadisc, late ’80s/early ’90s
“I learned to read the barometer of his moods and on bad days, kept my head down, finding distraction in the racks and the steady stream of customers, 99% of whom Jeff despised.”
Lately, I’ve been listening to…
“Lush, textural, and full of that elusive, Northern European romanticism, wrapping each song in a gentle fog of longing. It’s a record suffused with quiet heartbreak and lingering beauty. A masterpiece.”
Arcane Delights Radio Show 17 (Mixcloud 1/9/25)
Music in the margins
Slaves to the algorithm : is Discogs pricing killing record stores?
Herein lies a huge problem for secondhand record stores : if you’re overpricing, you’re not selling.
Piano Magic Diaries : Part Monster
“We’d taken darker steps, into the streets behind Victorian hospitals where, in backroom bars, the worst of men drowned their sorrows in a half-empty glass.”
‘In The Light Of Time – UK Post-Rock And Leftfield Pop 1992-1998’ (Ace Records, 2023)
“…you could almost feel the grime and noise of the capital clinging to the songs. While it was a time of huge creativity, that on-the-edge-of-breakdown sense is still audible.”
Dif Juz – ‘Extractions’ (4AD, 1985)
“…the bluster of Autumn, the bending of trees, wind rippling through long grass in waves, the mesmeric unraveling of colossal cloud fronts…”
Arcane Delights Radio Show 16 (Mixcloud 26/8/23)
Music in the margins
Piano Magic Diaries : Artists’ Rifles
“I was later to realise that Woodbine, as with many other studios, was really just a blank canvas on which to paint. That we arrived with our brushes and next to no ideas was somewhat ironic.”
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