{"id":440,"date":"2004-07-21T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2004-07-21T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2004-07-21T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2004-07-21T14:39:07","slug":"a-titchy-dalston-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/a-titchy-dalston-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"a titchy Dalston secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcello’s bang on about Bob Stanley’s piece in The Times.<\/a> So I won’t go on about it too much here because he’s nailed it, really.<\/p>\n

Couple of extras (because sometimes, there is nothing wrong with kicking a man while he’s down). It’s pointless saying you prefer King Tubby to Bob Marley anyway – you might as well say you prefer Trevor Horn to Marc Almond, or something. Just because they happen to have something to do with reggae doesn’t mean they do the same thing, innit!<\/p>\n

And there’s this:<\/p>\n

“We would all do well to remember Johnny Rotten’s stance. With the Sex Pistols in their pomp, he appeared on Capital Radio’s Nicky Horne Show to play his favourite record. Iggy and the Stooges? New York Dolls? Nope, it was Peter Hammill’s The Institute of Mental Health is Burning.”<\/p>\n

When Rotten’s session on Capital is most widely remembered for being one of the cornerstones of the “punky reggae party” by dint of him playing Dr Alimentado’s “Best Dressed Chicken in Town” and uber hipster stuff like Can, iirc.<\/p>\n

Going further:<\/p>\n

1) There’s mileage in NOT writing about stuff you liked when you were 12. I mean, who cares if you were a Tiswas or a Swapshop kid, really? The first music you thought was the best music in the world is probably not, on reflection, actually the best music in the world, is it?<\/p>\n

2) The blogosphere destroys notions of cool anyway. One of the best things of the last few years is finding entries where people Stand Up and say “well actually I know you think this is shit, but I think it’s great and this is why” – and generally there is no handwringing or guilt attached, just passion.<\/p>\n

3) Having said that, I now have a hankering to delve into the crates and come up with some of my early musical history biz, but we shall see…<\/p>\n

I am (like Marcello) well into St Etienne, however, so no hard feelings Bob…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marcello’s bang on about Bob Stanley’s piece in The Times. So I won’t go on about it too much here because he’s nailed it, really. Couple of extras (because sometimes, there is nothing wrong with kicking a man while he’s down). It’s pointless saying you prefer King Tubby to Bob Marley anyway – you might …<\/p>\n

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