by Chris Harris Few bands in modern music have had the cultural impact of The Ramones. In barely two and a half minutes at a time they changed the direction of rock music, stripping it back to its essentials and creating the blueprint for punk as we know it today. Their branding and underrated songs … Continue reading The Ramones: Punk’s Founding Fathers Who Couldn’t Stand Each Other
Category: Music and Culture
The Night the Sex Pistols Blew Everyone and the Moralists Else Off the Stage. The 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour.
by Chris Harris In 1996 the Sex Pistols reformed and the reaction from large parts of the music press was swift and sniffy. Sell outs and hypocrites. A nostalgia act cashing in. The very name of the tour, Filthy Lucre, was treated as an open confession and therefore an open invitation for moralising by a … Continue reading The Night the Sex Pistols Blew Everyone and the Moralists Else Off the Stage. The 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour.
Inspector Morse: When the Detective Became the Story and Has It Stood the Test of Time?
by Chris Harris There was a time when Inspector Morse was not just watched, it was anticipated. Sunday evenings were quietly organised around it. It was one of those rare programmes that felt like a shared national pause, serious television that assumed its audience wanted to think and trusted them to keep up. In an … Continue reading Inspector Morse: When the Detective Became the Story and Has It Stood the Test of Time?
The Rights of Fans. 