Absolutely. Agree with everything you’ve said. And to transpose Larry David for a sec: ‘the mirror is how you see yourself, the camera is how you’re seen’.
Still, they are entitled to view themselves however they wish, of course.
‘Fucking namecheck us. You’ve built a career out of it.’
Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson takes aim at those who haven’t paid their dues in my new interview.
Also: politics, cocaine and porn addiction, self-doubt, and The Demise of Planet X.
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I hear you. I can see crossover more than wholesale lifting. It was a curious moment, I have to say.
‘Fucking namecheck us. You’ve built a career out of it.’
Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson takes aim at those who haven’t paid their dues in my new interview.
Also: politics, cocaine and porn addiction, self-doubt, and The Demise of Planet X.
whynow.co.uk/read/sleafor...
Never mind the bulwarks…
At the weekend, both Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones shared my latest feature on Instagram. Proud moment!
I interviewed CC Adcock, the Deep South’s zydeco and blues musician-cum-producer who’s produced the Stones’ first work since HACKNEY DIAMONDS, ‘Zydeco Sont Pas Salés’.
This blistering, rip-roaring track has been nominated for a GRAMMY.
Both that song and the associated album, A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, was made in honour of the legendary Clifton Chenier. whynow.co.uk/read/cc-adco...
At the weekend, both Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones shared my latest feature on Instagram. Proud moment!
I interviewed CC Adcock, the Deep South’s zydeco and blues musician-cum-producer who’s produced the Stones’ first work since HACKNEY DIAMONDS, ‘Zydeco Sont Pas Salés’.
My favourite Tarr film will always be his last, The Turin Horse, but his whole catalogue remains extremely special. Goodbye to a filmmaking genius.
We met in the evening at a Berlin hotel bar. He proceeded to drink pint after pint with a twinkle in his eye and an irreverence about his achievements. Self-deprecation seemed to be his defence against the revere many of us held (and hold) him in.
Very sad to hear of the passing of Bèla Tarr, aged 70. My 2019 Little White Lies interview discussing 25 years of Sàtàntangó will forever be one of my most cherished memories in film journalism.
I spoke with Idlewild as they released first album in six years.
“…around that time [of 100 Broken Windows] I was unselfconscious. If I was reading a book by Gertrude Stein or on postmodernism, I would put it in a song. I wouldn’t really do that now.’’
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I spoke with Idlewild as they released first album in six years.
“…around that time [of 100 Broken Windows] I was unselfconscious. If I was reading a book by Gertrude Stein or on postmodernism, I would put it in a song. I wouldn’t really do that now.’’
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Echobelly looked back with me on Britpop and discussed 30 years of ‘On’.
We talked ‘Great Things’, ‘King of the Curb’, press culture, the fall of Britpop, and more.
“I remember sitting in a pub, going ‘What the fuck are we going to do?’,” Sonya Madan tells me.
Echobelly looked back with me on Britpop and discussed 30 years of ‘On’.
We talked ‘Great Things’, ‘King of the Curb’, press culture, the fall of Britpop, and more.
“I remember sitting in a pub, going ‘What the fuck are we going to do?’,” Sonya Madan tells me.
Reunited again.
RIP Robert Redford. What a legacy he has left behind — both in front and behind the camera. A heartthrob who transcended the tag. He was not only a fantastic actor, but a man of substance.
We’ve lost one of the all-time greats.
The Charlatans are good, aren’t they?
Want to hear memories of a ‘terrified’ Gary Neville cameo in 2015? Or how supporting Oasis at Knebworth probably saved the band?
Guitarist Mark Collins shared all that + more, inc their best, worst, + weirdest gigs.
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Cinema has undoubtedly lost one of its greats today. Here was an artist who never tired in stretching the form’s boundaries, be it reshaping narrative possibilities and/or the approach to aesthetics. Lynch expanded film’s vocabulary exponentially. His mark will always be felt.
Huge congrats, John. This is an amazing achievement.
Finally watched THREADS (1984) last night on iPlayer, and I still haven’t recovered this morning. It’s so sobering it could snap an alcoholic out of a stupor mid-bender. A truly terrifying depiction of a nuclear war and its aftermath. What a warning shot.
Art Garfunkel told me about his recent reconciliation with Paul Simon.
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Special rendition of Wild Wood featuring Irish/Palestinian artist Roisin at the Paul Weller curated Gig for Gaza at Brixton Academy last night.
Exactly the same here!
It’s the film Benjamin Netanyahu tried to ban. For my FT debut, and on the day Netanyahu attends court on his extant corruption charges, here is my exclusive interview with the man who was leaked the interrogation footage: Oscar-winner, Alex Gibney.
Great to see Billie Eilish smashing it (again) in her new Tiny Desk Concert. There has to be little doubt that HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is one of the year’s best albums. youtube.com/watch?v=fOAI...
A year ago today, I sat down with Liam Gallagher and John Squire for their very first interview as a duo for The Guardian.
Proud to present my interview with Alex Gibney on The Bibi Files. 👇🏼
Gibney was presented with the materials in early 2023. He doesn’t mince his words on what he found and the conclusions he draws about the Israeli PM.
THE BIBI FILES is out tomorrow in the US and on Friday in the UK.
