Tag: Brighton
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Grace Jones — The Unrelenting Icon
Grace Jones is one of the most consistently electrifying live performers I’ve ever witnessed. Every single time. No off nights. No phoned-in sets. Just pure, commanding, unrelenting presence. She doesn’t perform at you — she takes hold of the entire room and reshapes it around herself.
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Life’s a Beach
“I grew up on the North East coast of Scotland, overlooking the Moray Firth. My family has lived there for generations—I can trace them back to Pennan, the village made famous by Local Hero, in the 1700s. My 4th great-grandfather was John Milne of Glenlivat. Born a shoemaker, he abandoned his trade to become a wandering poet.…
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Women of Punk 01
What I really loved about The Slits, growing up was their originality. They were unlike any of the other “punk” bands. They didn’t seem to want to conform to the usual punk stereotypes of girls in fishnets and bondage clothing, their dress sense and music was taken from a wide range of different styles and…