Loved the new issue of Classic Pop largely because it had a great article on the clubscene of London in the 80s that had sidebits w/Steve Strange, Princess Julia + Leigh Bowery and another article on Soho + the various artists who'd come from that scene over the years. When I lived in London I used to love walking round Soho - it used to have these ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Vive Le Rock + it's excellent. Brilliant interview w/Adam Ant - also interviews w/Marc Almond, James Williamson (of The Stooges) and features on The Jesus and Mary Chain, John Cooper Clarke, Sid Vicious and Brian Jones' last days ( Read more... )

Loved the latest issue of Classic Pop magazine - had articles on Factory Records, the Glasgow music scene, Adam Ant’s Dirk Wears White Sox, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Plus interviews with John Taylor and Sheila E. (she’s releasing her autobiography in 2014 - I’m excited to read it! - I think she’s hugely under-rated, wish they’d do a proper CD ( Read more... )

Both Mojo + Diva had little mentions for Teenage (it's a documentary based on the book by Jon Savage on the origins/history of teenagers + features narrators like Ben Whishaw) - apparently it's going to be in the cinemas from 24th January ( Read more... )

Forgot to mention got new issue of Classic Pop (which comes w/4 art prints of Adam Ant, Debbie Harry + I think it was Pet Shop Boys + Eurhythmics but I wasn't as keen on them). They had a bit article on Bowie particularly his 80s career plus articles on Sheffield's music scene, Virgin Records, The Police and Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love. They ( Read more... )

Also got the new issue of Vive Le Rock as it had a massive feature on Johnny Thunders - also had article on Thin Lizzy and interviews w/The Alarm, Adam Ant, Johnny Marr and Lydia Lunch (who really needs a big retrospective article in the likes of Mojo or Uncut immediately ( Read more... )

I quite liked the twist in the last episode of Utopia tho' for some reason the series never really caught on with me, it was OK but I didn't really love it ( Read more... )

I am a bit scatty about keeping up to date ( Read more... )