{"id":510,"date":"2004-10-28T13:09:59","date_gmt":"2004-10-28T12:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2004-10-28T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2004-10-28T12:09:59","slug":"laylah-anti-records-the-teen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/laylah-anti-records-the-teen-years\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A.Y.L.A.H. Anti-Records – the teen years"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know I’m always going on about how the NME of the 1980s was far superior to the current version. Part of that is nostaliga, part of it is the sheer breadth of stuff that was covered, which couldn’t be catered for elsewhere. All fair enough, and done to death here. But then I remembered Smash Hits! I put it to you, dear reader, that Smash Hits of the 1980s was better than the NME of right now. Admittedly I don’t have any copies to hand, but I do remember it being a hotbed of debate, funny but interesting pieces on people as diverse as Bronski Beat and King Kurt. Debates on censorship…<\/p>\n

Also, slightly amazingly, this little lot:<\/p>\n

\"Nurse<\/p>\n

\"Nurse<\/p>\n

\"Current<\/p>\n

Questions, questions! What were L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords (who were, incidentally, based in Belgium) doing sending records to Smash Hits? What were Smash Hits doing giving them coverage? What sort of media climate is it that allows vast numbers of teenagers to be made aware of these records even existing?<\/p>\n

All I’m saying is that the first NWW record I bought, some years later, was Brained by Falling Masonry<\/i>. And I’ve still got it, and it’s ace, especially the B-side “A Short Dip in the Glory Hole”.<\/p>\n

Is the NME currently covering the modern day equivalents to Nurse With Wound? My guess would be “no”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know I’m always going on about how the NME of the 1980s was far superior to the current version. Part of that is nostaliga, part of it is the sheer breadth of stuff that was covered, which couldn’t be catered for elsewhere. All fair enough, and done to death here. But then I remembered …<\/p>\n

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