“What evokes one’s youth more than the soundtrack to it?”
Searching for the perfect record shop (Pt 2) : Pricing and the Discogs median
“There are only so many people happy to pay £100 for an obscure Wire off-shoot album in VG condition.”
Searching for the perfect record shop (Pt 1) : rude staff, overstuffed racks, unpriced stock
“Running a secondhand record shop is “a licence to print money right now.”
Protected: Birch/Johnson family photos
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Good riddance, the bitter hack
“I’ve never quite connected with this notion that just because you have a podium and a loudhailer, your opinion is the gospel.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. II)
“The outpouring of love for the vinyl format over these past few years might actually be killing it.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. I)
“In the same way that I’m still in touch with most of my lovers, I’m still in touch with the records that spun on my turntable whilst we fumbled beneath the covers, eighties, nineties and beyond.”
Graham Bailey (The Sound) interview
“I like emotional, passionate, edgy music. I don’t like “happy” music at all.
But I am happy!”
Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive) interview
“First question and I’m ready to walk into the ocean, thanks for the hardest interview ever. Let’s see who survives.”
Arcane Delights, Radio Show 10 (CAMP Radio 17/4/21)
Music in the margins