Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Simon Price
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TWO QUESTIONS.
1 Are you in Brighton?
2 Are you into Siouxsie Cure Smiths Depeche Talking Heads Clash Sisters Bauhaus Soft Cell Cramps PiL etc?
It's @spellboundclub.bsky.social at Komedia THIS SATURDAY!
Tickets here: www.komedia.co.uk/shows/spellb...
Full info at: www.facebook.com/events/86632...
GOTH RECRUITMENT DRIVE
(The majority of advance tickets are already gone, so get on it...)
Simon Price
New Zealand's Tommy Smith plays for Braintree, in the sixth tier of English football. Of all the players in this World Cup from the English pyramid, is he the one playing club football at the lowest level? (Of all players from any nation's pyramid, for that matter?) Numerically, I mean, not quality.
I never imagined I would one day feel nostalgic for the days of Dogwhistle Racism. But here, in the days of Megaphone Racism, we are.
Also we're on Instagram @spellboundclub.
This is a fantastic question, so I'm quote-reposting it rather than just replying.
I think it has to be "Shakespeare's Sister". It's post-The Smiths and not on Hatful Of Hollow, a stand-alone which could've been MIM's lead single, it's really thrilling, and the R'n'R vibe matches other MIM tracks.
It's 40 years since The Queen Is Dead so @thequietus.com have reshared my article on it.
In it, I consider why The Smiths were so vital, unload memories of being a teenage Smiths obsessive, and argue TQID only has 7 good songs out of 10 and I prefer Meat Is Murder...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...