By Jim Kerr, Simple Minds As you’ll most likely know, many of Europe’s workers go on holiday in August. Also in England, August is considered the height of summer and the month […]
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Watch a Never-Before-Aired James Baldwin Interview From 1979
Buried by ABC at the time, the segment reveals a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in […]
This Is England
🏴 This Is England: Ash Sarkar’s Alternative Race Report. “No other country could have made someone as obnoxious as me”.
Don’t be surprised at the racist abuse of Bukayo Saka – this is England, after all
By Rupert Hawksley, The Independent You can argue that only a small minority of fans were involved, that they don’t represent England – but you’d be lying to yourself. It was inevitable. […]
ECM remembers Jon Hassell
ECM Records Press Release Jon Hassell 1937-2021 Jon Hassell, innovative trumpeter, genre-spanning improviser and pan-cultural musical philosopher, has died aged 84. His legacy lives on in the playing of the many artists […]
Jon Hassell is dead
PRESS STATEMENT from Jon Hassell’s Family JULY 26, 2021 Family Statement: Our beloved Jon M. Hassell – iconic trumpet player, author, and composer – has passed away at the age of 84 […]
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE!
By Jim Kerr, lead singer in Simple Minds “What’ve you been listening to Jim, have you heard any good new music recently?” You’d expect that the first thing a dentist would ask […]
WHO: Keep wearing face masks
From the Sky News live blog: Vaccines won’t be enough and we’ll need to adapt our lifestyles – WHO special envoy Even after the release of coronavirus restrictions, people should continue to […]
black midi – Chondromalacia Patella
“Chondromalacia Patella” from the album “Cavalcade” out 28/05/2021 – preorder: https://blackmidi.ffm.to/cavalcade, Directed by: Vilhjálmur Yngvi Hjálmarsson // susan_creamcheese. View this post on Instagram A post shared by black midi (@bmblackmidi)
ECHO: The Music of Harold Budd and Brian Eno
A documentary revisiting the seminal works ‘The Plateaux of Mirror’ (1980) and ‘The Pearl’ (1984), by artists Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Rare interviews and anecdotes from the artists accompany a fan-crafted […]
