A teenage emo has become the first to report an assault to the Greater Manchester Police under a new category of hate crime against ‘subcultures’. The 16-year-old boy was assaulted on Monday in the centre of Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. A 14-year-old boy and a 44-year-old man from Manchester were arrested and released on police bail until 7 May pending further enquiries. Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said: “Officers will be … Read More
Loserdom – It Hasn’t Gone Away You Know.
Loserdom is Dublin’s longest running print zine. Coming out sparodically, it’s always a top notch hand grenade of DIY culture and politics. Issue 23 is out now. There’s a collection of interviews over here with some of Dublin’s zinesters. They were done a few years ago around the annual zine fair, and were featured in this Totally Dublin article. In an era of print on demand, PDF’s and desk top … Read More
Rough Cut & Ready Dubbed.
Came across this little gem of musical documentary making over the weekend. The scenes with Stiff Little Fingers are amazing, and the rooks come rolling hard. What’s nice about it is the sense of the punk scene’s immediate energy. It’s not judged on its legacy or weighed up by cultural historians or scene leaders looking back frustrated on their youth – rather it just happens in front of you on … Read More
{Interview} The Radiators From Space return to earth
Thirty-five years ago Dublin punk band The Radiators From Space song Television Screen, became the first punk single to make the charts anywhere in the world. With their fourth studio album due on April 30th, Sam McGrath recently caught up with the bands ever stylish, Dublin born Philip Chevron to talk about life, music and his days in The Pogues.
{Review} Gee Vaucher Is Lost For Words
Currently on show in the Droichead Arts Centre is an exhibition of original artworks by Gee Vaucher. Most well known for her covers and record sleeve designs for the band Crass and it’s associated label Crass Records. Thomas McCarthy legs it down memory road.
{DIY Culture} The Phibsbronx Karate Kids.
Post ‘Celtic Tiger’ Ireland has more than its fair share of challenges. One being the endless amount of vacant space across the state. The Phibsboro Karate Club provides one possible solution. Barry Healy caught up with one of the projects founders, Eric, to find out more.
This Guy Bought The T-Shirt: Remembering The Dandelion Market.
John fisher was one of the original dublin punks. He dusted off some memories for us and has some stall tales from the dandelion market.
Do You Remember The First Time?
After ten years of hard work and research, garry o’neill has finally finished his long awaited photo book on the history of dublin youth subcultures. Entitled where were you?, The coffee-table book looks at fifty years of our city’s working class teenage fashion and music scenes. Jay carax caught up with him for an interview. Originally, Garry had planned to write a book based on his and other peoples’ memories … Read More
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