When Scott Walker (above) died just over a year after Mark E Smith it seemed as though the stitches that held the universe together in some short of shape had started to fray. I have written about both of them on this website as it happens.
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The Flat Is Evil: My journey with The Fall, the mightiest of all rock bands by Nick Gye
Mark E Smith is dead at age 60, lung and kidney cancer, dental problems. His band, The Fall, the greatest of the Manchester bands, released some 30 or so studio albums and lots of compilations and live albums. Continue reading
2017 in review by Nick Gye
What was the theme, if any, of 2017. Terrorist attacks? Donald Trump tweeting? Tony Abbott being desperate? And then towards the end it clicked, welcome to the year of the Moral Panic. Continue reading