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We are fools, whether we dance or not. So we might as well dance.
The above picture is from my regular club photography gig at Orderly Disorder in The Flying Duck in Glasgow. Over the past two years I've been sliding into club photography, starting with a few innocent snaps with a little compact in The Riverside club during Utter Gutter. I think that the thing that connects my work, from those days to now, is the attempt to capture a slice of time that captures the essence of what I consider to be the original USP of the rave sensibility that begat modern clubbing: the spontaneity of adults in play, not giving a monkeys. ... [More] -
Writer's Block- Animal magnetism
Animal magnetism What animal best represents your inner spirit? If you had to wake up as an animal, which one would you choose, and why? Are your two answers the same? Why or why not? This is a bit of an irony, that LJ asks this question on the day I decide to return to blogging, and the spark being something that happened back in the dim and distant past of a few weeks ago. ... [More] -
Listening to Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Little Boxes (Petites Boites)" on Blip
RIP Kate McGarrigle ... [More] -
Listening to Ralphie Dee "Mad As Hell" on Blip
Very particular with my gabber, but always liked this one! (And no gratitious swearing either!) ... [More] -
Listening to Chaz Jankel "Get Myself Together (Herchouse mix)" on Blip
Been loving this for the past year and a half. ... [More] -
Writer's Block- I Can Relate
I Can Relate What fictional character do you most identify with? At the moment, I've been reading Watership Down (After many years of dismissing at as unreadable.), ... [More] -
Listening to Pink Floyd "Summer '68" on Blip
A pitch perfect pastiche of English 60s psych pop. Called "Summer '68". Made in 1970. By Pink Floyd! ... [More] -
Listening to Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put a Spell on You" on Blip
@BrianCarter Here's the Screaming Jay Hawkins version. Absolutely awesome. ... [More] -
Listening to The Cramps "Surfin' Bird" on Blip
RIP Lux Interior ... [More] -
Listening to Swervedriver "Never Lose that Feeling" on Blip
One of the great lost UK bands of the 1990s. ... [More]
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