Odds and Sods

A potpourri of thoughts based on previous entries and some other readings in between....

First, regarding the "where does Lydon get it" entry, after thinking a bit more about it, I seem to recall that that topic (and many others) are well addressed in Simon Frith's Art into Pop (out of print, apparently). This work of Frith's traces the art school system in the UK's influence (via propogatin and attendence) into pop music, including the Beatles, the Who and others. If I recall correctly the sources for the SI connections in Jamie Reid or Malcolm McLaren, and perhaps Lydon are explored.

Anne writes yesterday about our two (!) new local dailies, the youth-oriented Red Eye and Red Streak. Ill named and - from my brief read of both yesterday - unengagingly written, they're unlikely to alter my reading habits a whit; of course, I'm just outside the demographic, and my media consumption of magazines, newspapers, booksetc doesn't make for a good fit. Though I derive so much information from online media at the same time as I embrace old media forms as well should say something (maybe just that I'm a missing link...).

But I can't predict failure for these (though only one is likely to survive), as you don't go down in flames underestimating american media consumption desires. I give you Jackass.

There's an entertaining interview (realmedia, video, bandwidth intensive) with world's greatest DJ John Peel online now, as part of a promotional series by the BBC in Nottingham.

Finally, as I was writing this, Anarchy for the UK was on the radio again.

Posted by esinclai at October 31, 2002 06:46 AM |