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A few words on the Oasis discourse
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Maybe we should have a ‘what are you writing’ thread
Good to be a producer as well as a consumer
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Well put. I was massively unexcited by them then, am massively unexcited now, but so what?! It’s just a band. Let people like or not like things.
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Nice one Joe. Very much how I feel about it all.
Good piece Joe. Still hate ‘em though 
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Cheers guys
But I thought “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”? 
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You say that as though dancing about architecture isn’t a) an entirely valid form of creative expression and b) my favourite 80s synthpop band
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The backlash online about ‘dynamic pricing’ is intense
Managed to get through two books that have been on the shelf for a while whilst on hols:
Lemmy’s autobiography ’white line fever’ is a pretty good, quick read.
Tales of amphetamines, groupies, and general rock and roll excess (funnily enough).
Also Dave Haslam’s ‘Sonic Youth Slept on my floor’… a bit name-droppy (tricky for it not to be, given the title) but a good account of the pre and post Acid Manchester scene.
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good piece by Dave Haslam about a guy from a Moss Side image, 1972. admire his determination to dig deep into the era. can remember in the Midlands where i grew up bikers/heavy rockers were greasers or grebos.
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I really liked this. My dad did a photo series on bikers in Brighton at around the same time, he said there were a lot more bikers than there were bikes.
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The documentary ( embedded in here is brilliant)
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i’ve long held mixed emotions about zappa.
much of his music is brilliant, but a lot of it is complicated-for-sake-of-being-complicated, or corny, or straight-up misogynistic or spiteful. also, his reliance on doo-wop ruined a lot of perfectly good songs.
much of his attitude towards society was sharp and insightful - but again, he treated women terribly (unless they were virtuosos) and his overall sarcasm and disdain made him seem like he was eternally punching down. i can’t help but think that his hardcore free speech/libertarian attitude would play well with the far-right edgelords of today, had he still been around.
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@deepconcentration really well said. We played a few of his orchestral compositions in school and complexity for the sake of it is what they seemed to be. I have a trumper uncle whose favourite album is “Joe’s Garage” which he espouses as a libertarian tract (of course there are some fun bits and the gorgeous “Watermelon in Easter Hay” solo). The book sounds fun and well written and Moon makes peace with her family. Apparently she married the drummer from Matchbox 20. 
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