FIRE IN THE LIGHT – NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS MASTERPIECE

It’s a strange thing to look back to the release of Ghosteen on October 4th 2019 with anything other than stilted wonder. A beautiful, wounded record, it would come to suit the times, overshadowed by the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic that saw, death, dislocation and loneliness become a global concern that would ironically bringContinueContinue reading “FIRE IN THE LIGHT – NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS MASTERPIECE”

2024 BOWIE CONVENTION COMPETITION – WIN TICKETS!

The 2024 World Bowie Convention  takes place Friday-Sunday – 26-28 July in Liverpool this summer — featuring a stellar line-up of talks, performances, Q&As and Meet and Greet / Signing events, including appearances from many close collaborators of David Bowie. YOU CAN WIN TWO FULL WEEKEND TICKETS! More info on the event, from practicalities to line-up are here on theContinueContinue reading “2024 BOWIE CONVENTION COMPETITION – WIN TICKETS!”

BIG MAN WITH A GUN– How Nine Inch Nails Took On Censorship and US Gun Culture – And Lost – Pt I

On Big Man With A Gun Nine Inch Nails presented the negative side of guns in America — gross and grotesque, violent and vulgar — another painful reality which some of its citizens prefer not to see. As the narrative voice behind The Downward Spiral album Trent Reznor is forever torn between running away and confronting the issue head-on.

[ MR SELF DESTRUCT ] – NIN – The Downward Spiral

The Downward Spiral album is Nine Inch Nails’ most consistent, unified piece of music and remains one of the most artistically and culturally significant albums of the 1990s, with an influence that reaches well into the present day.