Tag: leigh bowery
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Hard Ton Cover useless Man
Minty – the infamous Leigh Bowery with Richard Torry, Nicola Bateman, and Matthew Glammore seem to sadly have become a footnote in pop’s history. Well I say pop, but Useless Man is a great if rather rude very radio-unfriendly track, but definitely a part of queer history. It’s a mutated freak Pepsi commercial, one from…
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Night Network and the rise and fall of UK night telly
As a night owl in the 1980’s (and now, notice the time of posting this!) I used to watch Night Network all the time – probably have some on my old tapes. ITV In Your Face goes through all of the original late night programs in the UK, including Late Night Late which was less…
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Always the last to know – A Thousand Secrets
Just thought I’d check in on a Radio Clash fave, Phil Retrospector, who I’ve not heard from for a while (totally my fault, I tend to forget to check back regularly with what people are doing!), and found this entrancing and beautiful mix of Leonard Cohen, Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares and Muse – good…
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Holestar in FIRST MINTY track in 10 years SHOCKA!!!!
Oops must be the extreme heat, apologies for the Sun-style headline but this is, as my antipodean friends would say, a beaut. News just in, Holestar (recently dubbed ‘the loudest lungs in London’ she was interviewed by yours truly on Radio Clash #72) recently collaborated and performed a new MINTY* track at Kashpoint with Richard…