Tag: Pete Shelley
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RIP Florian Schneider
Oh boy…where do you start with an artist like Florian Schneider, of Kraftwerk? Sadly he has died at 73. It’s not hyperbole when you say that Florian and Kraftwerk may not be household names like some, but without Kraftwerk you probably wouldn’t have new wave and new romantics, electro-pop, house, techno and all those influenced…
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RC 306: The First Pride Was a Riot And Other Stories
Just over a week ago was the 50th anniversary of the riot at Stonewall Inn, and today is London Pride, so the first half is a queer collection of revolutionary songs, from trans hardcore punk to dragapella, werk a pose to some acid banji realness and pansexual pop, and some folk tunes from the fabulous…
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RC 295: Balls To Xmas
Light up your balls, erect your tree, turn on your lights, drink loads and eat like a horse and do that thing where you pretend to be a stripper with the tinsel (I’ve seen you), it’s Xmess! Xmas (or the holidays or whatever you celebrate, Christmas is just a placeholder here) comes earlier every year…
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RIP Pete Shelley
Somehow missed the news that Pete Shelley, frontman of the Buzzcocks has died. Loved his music ever since I heard ‘Ever Fallen In Love’ so many years ago… What Do I Get is a seminal punk song, and one I love greatly, as well as a lot of their back catalogue, they really were one…
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Factory Records – a business, a partnership, a joke
I’d never seen this – New Order making a documentary about themselves for Channel 4 in 1984 about Factory Records. Interesting interviews, and highlights that the story of Factory Records and Tony Wilson was as much a construct as anything, e.g. evil label boss vs disaffected band members which although constantly moaning still stayed with…
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RC 235: The Queer History of Pop Part 2 (90s-00s)
Part two of The Queer History of Pop – this is version two, those who listened in on Radio Clash LIVE! would have heard an exclusive never-to-be-repeated version, glitches and all 😉 Here we discuss the queer history of pop from early 90’s queer Act-Up! activism to the 1990s Britpop explosion and flirting with queer…