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Before The Empire Struck Back: Tie-Ins & The Making Of Star Wars
Over in California, Ned Raggett is still as interested in Star Wars as he was forty years back. But forty years back meant grappling with the fact that cooking shows for Wookies and brutal lightsaber attacks on young princesses coexisted fully. Here is his exploration into the original Star Wars expanded universe
Live Reviews
Maverick Magic: Adam Ant Live Royal Albert Hall
Adam Ant tours his anthems and his insect nation fill the Royal Albert Hall. It’s a comeback which can only be hailed as triumphant. Chris Roberts argues that the later, solo hits are every bit as dynamic as the Antmusic which gave us the early Eighties’ brightest star
Black Sky Thinking
Off The Record: How Studios Subliminally Silence Women
Producer, engineer and musician Grace Banks argues that recording studios are all-too-often male dominated and even hostile to women, from outright misogyny to the subtle messages in the buildings themselves. What might be done to change this?
Live Reviews
Buildings Are Transient Things: Einstürzende Neubauten Live
Newcastle's Boiler Shop was the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Now a new music venue, it was the perfect setting in which to witness the graceful evolution of Einstürzende Neubauten. Photos by Jay Dawson / Boiler Shop
Black Sky Thinking
Junk Shop Classical: Music Stories Told £1 Record By £1 Record
In this new column, Phil Hebblethwaite will be picking one classical record bought in a charity shop per month, beginning with Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 4 played by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan - a doomy symphony that sounds like how many of us feel today
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