July 2012
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The art of Dave Little
Dave Little designs: If you’re of a certain age, then you’ll be familiar with the art of Dave Little, although you may not know it. Spectrum, Boys Own, Flying, Future - all logo’s that Dave Little designed. Those Cowboy Records 12”s - Dave did them. Check out the full range of Dave’s output on his website on the link below. You can even purchase prints...
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Crap Flyers #11
Number 11 in the ‘Crap Flyers’ series. This time a student night at the Marcus Garvey Centre, Nottingham. It can’t have been all that bad, as it features one of the Acid Grandad’s favourites, Simon ‘DK’ of DiY (although here spelled as Decay!). Anyway, when it comes to crap flyers, I think we may have a winner.
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So why not be both?
An cutting taken from a 2 page article on ‘remixers’, featuring Andy Weatherall - right at the start of his recording/producing career. From the Acid Grandad’s archives.
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Steel drum cover version of the day
Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller teams up with drumming expert and band leader Michelle Huggins-Watts in Trinidad to work together for the BBC’s Collaboration Culture project.
Together they devise a performance and music event, featuring a steel pan drum cover version of Pacific State by British electronic band 808 State.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18889040
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Rave Season
Flyer of the day - from the Acid Grandad’s ‘up north’ series. Gamma, in a warehouse in Bradford.
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Fine
from the Acid Grandad’s archive of stuff store in shoeboxes beneath our bed, here in sheltered accommodation. Circa 1989.
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WatchThe future of techno is safe.
I wish we’d had music lessons like this when I was at school.
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THE HOUSE GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Flyer of the day - Inner Zone at the Marcus Garvey Centre, Nottingham, 1990. Rave cliche #43 popular brand rip off - this time for Lucozade Sport energy drinks.
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WatchSee Acid House legend, DJ Pierre, in Bristol this weekend.
http://www.facebook.com/muzik303
Muzik Friday 27th July 2012, Factory Studios,Bristol, BS5 9TQ 8pm-6am
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Food - Dancing - Drinking
Flyer for ‘Hacienda Package’ - a tour during ‘84 which saw DJ Greg Wilson, Mike Pickering’s ‘Quando Quango’ and the break dancers of Manchester’s Broken Glass Crew despatched around the country. Most notable about the above is the fact that Greg met a young Quentin Cook and taught him the rudimentaries of scratching and cutting, thus...
Puts thumb on nose. Waggles fingers.
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Don't look back
(Source: http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?aid=173&vid=235)
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acieedtrax asked: Love this blog! The genres have had a great impact on my work. It's awesome getting a glimpse at all this nostalgia.
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No Hot Lines Numbers
Flyer of the day - Free ‘n’ Easy, October ‘89. Gloriously ambiguous.
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How we made: Ben Kelly and Peter Hook on the... →
classof808:
‘We even had an inflatable pool in there one night – and it burst’
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#808 Tales
“Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808” - Teaser 1 from You Know on Vimeo.
Planet Rock & other tales of the 808 is a documentary film that will tell the inspiring story of the Roland TR808, from the creation of Planet Rock which established it as a dynamic modern instrument, to how it defined hip hop and modern dance culture, through to its continued use today.
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From Midnight
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KAOS
Flyer of the day - KAOS at the West India Centre, Leeds. This one goes out to ‘Rovers 71’ who left us this message on one of our previous posts:
KAOS was 87 to 89 I reckon. Think it tURNED INTO SOAK AFTER THAT (see what they did there?). Which may or may not have been something to do with the blokes who did joy. Which became SOL. I know this because I was one of the blokes...
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Crap flyers #10
I’ve got no idea what this is about, or how it came to be in my possession. In any case, it deserves its place amongst the ranks of the ‘Crap flyers’ series. They even forgot to put the address on and added it later in pen.
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Mix of the day
808 State DJs Darren and Andy in Sunset FM, Manchester, 29/5/90. Courtesy of Rico on Soundcloud.
http://soundcloud.com/r_co/808-state-sunset-fm-pirate
Gerrussattit, as they say locally.
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Ebay auction of the day
Spare couple of grand kicking around? Want to go one better than those knobs who have their photos taken in front of some apartments in Whitworth Street? Then how about this?
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Rampant Obsession
Frankie Bones:
While I do refrain from selling records that are written on or loaded up with stickers, certain people always ask me for a signed copy of something and respect due, I’m like the last man STANDING when it comes to the appreciation of a DJ and his record collection. And I am not saying this as if the one who dies with the most toys wins because it’s...
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The original owners will certainly be compensated
An update from the NME regarding the use of samples from ‘Love Sensation’ by Black Box on their track ‘Ride on Time’ (1989). ”It is obvious that most of the vocal on ‘Ride on Time’ is original and performed by Catherine of Black Box” says Pete Hadfield of De/Construction. Of course it is, Pete. Catherine of Black Box has been acknowledged...
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Acid Grandad's Story Time
Now then, children, are we sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
Once upon a time there were two boys called Nathaniel and Earl and, as boys do, they liked to play. One day, while viciously throwing down on their box (hang on, flipped out a bit there, lets try that again). One day, they got a new toy and started to play with it and created something...
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You might see yourself on TV
Massive A4-sized flyer of the day. From the Acid Grandad’s ‘oop North’ series. A televised allnighter at follies in Huddersfield. Late 80s?
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Sundance
Flyer of the day - Sundance at the West Indian Centre, Leeds. Early 90s.
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"Look the cat is doing human things!"
Cat ‘scratching’ post in the shape of an SL1210 deck. See what they did there?
http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/unusual-gifts/dj-decks-cat-scratching-post.htm
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SUNDAYS HOW THEY USED TO BE
Nicely designed/badly photocopied flyer of the day. Sundays at MacMillans, Yarm. early 90s.
Jack Your Body!
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All Night
It seems like an age since I scanned anything. Anyway - Fantazia at the Eclipse, Coventry in 91.
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Media hysteria of the day
This newspaper cutting relates to a party that the Acid Grandad’s put on back in 1993. Someone objected to not being allowed back into the venue and took it out on security with CS gas. For some reason we got banned for that - although it wasn’t the first time we’d been banned.
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Trance Encounter
A look back at Acid House and all that followed appeared in yesterday’s Independent, ahead of Dave Swindell’s exhibition ‘A Little Summer of Love’, which kicked off with an event at Westbourne Studios, yesterday evening.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/trance-encounter-can-it-really-be-25-years-since-acid-house-was-born-7893365.html
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Phwoooooaaaaaarrrrrr!!!
Just look at all of that vinyl. Beautiful. What I could do with that. Etc.
