Index to issue 1 - August 2000

At long last it's here! Which means I can finally clear away all the empty coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays that have been my constant companions for the last week or so and go outside, get some sun on my pale skin, sip lemonade and paddle in the pollution.

Please do pass on your thoughts about issue 1 - if you have any comments, suggestions or criticisms, or would like to get involved in some way then do get in touch.

Interview with Tim Berne by Jason Gross

A quick q&a with the virtuoso saxophonist. Read article

Nina Simone: Empress of American Music by John Ellis

A look at the voice that put a spell on luminaries such as John Lennon, Aretha Franklin and Richie Havens and continues to entrance John Ellis.

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Gender and the Avant Garde by Graham Johnston
Why is experimental music such a male dominated domain? This in-depth article gives an overview of the conspiring social factors which largely exclude women from the avant garde. One experimental musician in particular, Captain Beefheart, tried to attract women into his audience, proclaimed he was 'singing for women' but remains primarily listened to and obsessed over by men. Why did he fail? Read article
Frozen Warnings - The Music of Nico by Graham Johnston
Fragile, audacious, chilling and compelling, we cast a keen ear over Nico's first four classic albums and think you should do the same. Read article
Died Too Early by Jason Gross
Jason Gross presents Died Too Early; a collection of musicians who bailed out at their creative peak; the clumsy fools.
Electric Pharmacy - Clicks and Klangs' reviews

Book reviews:

Album reviews:
Welsh Psycho: The Teenage Diary of Colin B. Morton

The first of a regular column from the writer who brought us the acclaimed Great Pop Things cartoons, featuring Colin's musing on whatever happens to take his fancy or provoke his ire. Knowing Colin, we'll probably see more of his ire than his fancy.

As an introduction to the world of Colin B. Morton, you can view two of his and Chuck Death's Great Pop Things cartoons:

And here is the very first instalment of Welsh Psycho:
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