22-And-A-Half
The most widely read stories so far at the midpoint of 2022
by LamontPaul, Founder & Publisher
first published: July, 2022
first published: July, 2022
Tim London's interview with Manchester based photographer, Richard Davis, tops the lot. So far...
2022 is one of the most exciting ever at Outsideleft. We've seen so much great content; we've featured amazing new contributors and some of the greats have been back too. So, a snapshot at the end of June of the biggest, most widely read stories of 2022. So far.
- I Photographed All Of Steve Coogan's Early Characters In My Hulme Flat
Madchester scene photographer Richard Davis discusses his vital documentation of the Manchester scene with Tim London by Tim London - America Never Deserved Bowie
Spencer Kansa says the American media didn't dare get David by Spencer Kansa - Re: Wire
This is what Wire's Not About To Die really sounds like by Alarcon - Toon Traveler: One Man's Dream in Tangerine
Toon Traveler takes a three mile Metro ride to see Tangerine Dream. It Ain't That Easy by Toon Traveller - The Yellow Wallpaper - Film Review
The latest version of the classic feminist gothic horror story hits the screens by Lake - John McGeoch: Quintessential Guitar Man
McGeoch's biography, The Light Pours Out Of Me, by Rory Sullivan Burke is out in April by Tim London - The World We Knew - Film Review
Sheridan Coyle on the stylish low budget gangsters versus ghosts spookfest. by Sheridan Coyle - David Bowie Turns 75, Releases a New Album, Continues To Pivot and Live Forever
Alarcon in his birthday suit... Remembering a lost master by Alarcon - Momus : Smudger
John Robinson listens to Smudger the new LP from Momus by John Robinson - Hope and Glory After All
Hailed as an exciting new voice in British fiction, Jendella Benson arrives with her debut novel, Hope and Glory by Ancient Champion - Momus - A Complete History
John Robinson's journey through the work of Momus starts here... by Jay Lewis - Our Subversive Voice: The History and Politics of the English Protest Song
An Interview with Oskar Cox Jensen, an investigator of the use of song to register protest through the ages by Tim London - Ceremony: Pop Comes to Campus 1965-1995
Ancient Champion sees the University of Birmingham's live music history make an exhibition of itself. by Ancient Champion - I Was Buffalo Bill
Jeremy Gluck on Nikki Sudden, Rowland S Howard, Epic Soundtracks and becoming Buffalo Bill by Jeremy Gluck - Dust and Wisps
Drawing and Painting at Cornelius Projects by LamontPaul - Bruce Claypool
The abstract art and iconic design of Bruce Claypool by Ancient Champion - Mark Stewart. VS
Tim London listens to a new LP of collabs from Pop Group legend, Mark Stewart by Tim London - Kind Of Punk, Part 2: Buzzcocks
Kind Of Punk - the recollections of a 'nice girl' in a small town by Pam - Marion Raw
A Star Is Born by Ancient Champion - Real Teen Shimmer...
John Robinson hears the new Amoeba Teen LP and what he hears is good by John Robinson - Forty Years On: The Fall's 'Hex Enduction Hour'
The first of Jay Lewis' deep dives in his favourite albums of 1982, start with an album that's 40 years old this week... by Jay Lewis - Pamina Stewart Found Art
Often for Birmingham based artist Pamina Stewart the work begins with something thrown away by Ancient Champion
Essential Info
Main image by Richard Davies taken from his book The Madchester Years 1989–91 available from Café Royal Books (£6.50) here
Richard Davis on Facebook here
The Outsideleft review of The Madchester Years, here
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