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Saying The Unthinkable! Vinyl Documentary Film

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This is a clip from Vinyl, the documentary film about record collectors, hoarders, miscreants, and music lovers in general. In this segment, filmmaker Alan Zweig talks about maybe packing it in, getting a life (huh?) and finding a girlfriend. The most insane moment in the clip is when he intimates that collecting vinyl and having a life are incompatible. What?



Fascinating, but the sentiment is a bit misguided. You don’t have to be a no-life cellar dweller to collect vinyl, but I DO understand the obsessive need to immerse yourself in something. What did you think of this clip? I haven’t seen the full documentary yet so it’s hard to say if he’s deadpan kidding here or if there’s a scary degree of seriousness to his idea that vinyl might be incompatible with life in general.

–Joe Wallace

DJ Paisley Babylon Mix: After The Punks Have Gone

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Another DJ Paisley Babylon mix in a retro vein–this time it’s post-punk, new romantic, early industrial, even some Cramps thrown in for good measure. As varied and all-over-the-map the bands are, the sounds all work very well together. Who needs genres when you’ve got groove? Have a listen to AFTER THE PUNKS HAVE GONE–the DJ Paisley Babylon post-punk and beyond mix. It’s a solid hour of solid tunes by Polyrock, Fad Gadget, Blondie, PiL, Gang of Four, Adam and the Ants, plus many others.

If you like the mix and want to book DJ Paisley Babylon, by all means get in touch. Contact me by e-mail: jwallace (at) turntabling (dot) net or call (312) 504-1264.

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Peter Hook Spills the Beans on Hacienda, Acid House

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peter hook bbc photoOctober 5th is the day Hooky fans and Manchester sounds lovers alike get a treat. According to a blog post at Junk, Hooky’s new book Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club debuts 10/5 along with an accompanying CD called Hacienda Acid House Classics.

Both releases are pretty exciting for old-school vinyl lovers who still own their original FAC series New Order 12-inch singles and yearn for the glory days of club mismanagement, free-flowing adult refreshment, and non-stop hugs.

Hooky’s been quite the unpredictable sort–in the 90s it didn’t look like he was doing much (even though the album covers for his Revenge side project made for slightly steamy viewing.) but since the days of Pineapple Face Hooky has done Monaco, Man Ray and countless DJ gigs all over the planet.

Presumably, the Hacienda book is a tell-all, and now that Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton are both sadly passed away, Hook is free to dish, but I expect it will be tasteful but likely a tad bitter.

Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club is listed on Amazon.com but it’s not even available for pre-0rder at press time, but as October 5 creeps closer and closer, chances are that will change. Keep checking–we will, too. You CAN pre-order the double-disc set mentioned above, Hacienda Acid House Classics. No word on whether a vinyl version will come out in October or not, but here’s hoping.

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DJ Peter Hook: Beyond New Order

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For fans of New Order, Peter Hook’s solo antics are well known…but have you ever seen Hooky in action as a DJ? He tours semi-regularly, coming to Chicago’s Smart Bar and plenty of other DJ venues around the globe including Melbourne, Argentina, and elsewhere.

There’s a certain segment of the New Order audience quite into Hooky’s non-NO projects like Monaco and Revenge, but it’s unclear (to me, anyway) how many love Peter Hook as a DJ. Here’s a chance to see the man in action behind the decks…does Hooky make the grade? You decide.