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Black Sky Thinking
Windrush & Anti-Semitism: When Politicians Play With Fire, Minorities Get Burned
As the headlines are dominated by the cruel treatment of the Windrush Generation and Labour's issues with Anti-Semitism, David Bennun argues that politicians of all stripes must be held responsible (photo Wikipedia Commons)
Black Sky Thinking
Junk Shop Classical On Decca & EMI: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP
In 1958, Decca Records audaciously began to record Wagner’s epic, 15-hour Ring Cycle. As Phil Hebblethwaite explains, there was more at stake than art. Decca was a classical music underdog determined to land a knock-out punch on arch rival EMI
Film
“Why Must Fireflies Die So Young?”: Isao Takahata’s Masterpiece 30 Years On
Studio Ghibli's co-founder Isao Takahata passed away on 5 April. Karl Smith commemorates the legendary director, screenwriter, and producer with a personal reflection on grief through Takahata's first film Grave of the Fireflies, released thirty years ago this year
A Quietus Interview
Country Cousin: Thurston Moore On The Power Of The 12 String
Ahead of the ambitious Galaxies 12x12 project at the Barbican on April 14, Thurston Moore talks to John Doran about why he has formed an orchestra of 12 strings and how this relates to Sun Ra, Glenn Branca and his roots in No Wave...
