Ziggy's Lament
Steve Thorp, Neil Mason, Philip LeeA place for music lovers. Stories of musical passion, crate digging and cultural improvisation...
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One day at a time...
Deadsea Records, St Davids, all spruced up and ready for the Boia Festival, 2026 (photo from Facebook).
A weather prelude
It’d been a fine old summer and the long range forecast for the Boia Festival, for a while, promised mor...
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: This Machine
Gordon Chapman-Fox aka Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, photo by Otto Mendelsson, 2026
TOTW 29
TOTW (Track of the Week) is a growing playlist of (almost) weekly tracks. One or more tracks curated straight f...
An interlude
Stevie Wonder live at the Beat Workshop session in New York, 1974.
Introduction
Last year I wrote a piece with the same title as above (except the part 2 bit!). It feels important sometimes to stop and reflect… Here’s a link t...
GWEN: POP! & Meshell Ndegeocello: With God on Our Side with W/Bill Callahan, Chris Thile
TOTW 28: a double header from GWEN & Meshell Ndegeocello
TOTW (Track of the Week) is a growing playlist of (almost) weekly tracks. One or more tracks curated straight from the vaults and rabbit holes of Ziggy’s La...
listening2: Rough Trade summer sale edition 2026
listening2… is a series of regular posts on what I’ve been listening to. Tracks from my travels. New songs and music to explore further. Half forgotten tracks from my collection. Roadtrip gems. If you like this post, let me know or,...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Editor at Unpsychology Magazine & writer of Ziggy's Lament. Also a psychotherapist and poet.
Free-range music journalist, formerly of Electronic Sound/NME/Melody Maker/Muzik. Champion of DIY electronic music, editor of Moonbuilding mag. moonbuilding.substack.com / moonbuilding.bandcamp.com
I’m just a mate of the bloke who writes all this brilliant stuff about music.
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