Author Archives: racket racket

Kid Creole at The Ritz
Astounding short clip from one of a handful of unclassifiable, unstoppable and unputdownable acts of the last 50 years. Unbelievably great.

Kid Creole at The Ritz
Astounding short clip from one of a handful of unclassifiable, unstoppable and unputdownable acts of the last 50 years. Unbelievably great.

Gaucho
The late and significantly notable 60s, 70s and 80s pop critic and journalist Ian MacDonald looks at the LP that followed Aja. No mean feat.

The Radiant Child
A retrospective – of sorts – on the pivotal NYC artist and musician Jean Michel Basquiat. A true trail-blazer in every sense of the term.

The Radiant Child
A retrospective – of sorts – on the pivotal NYC artist and musician Jean Michel Basquiat. A true trail-blazer in every sense of the term.

Kraftwerk Live 1970
Early Kraftwerk performing live in 1970, you say? An experimental and most compelling psychedelic bug-out if ever we saw one. Erstaunlich!

Kraftwerk Live 1970
Early Kraftwerk performing live in 1970, you say? An experimental and most compelling psychedelic bug-out if ever we saw one. Erstaunlich!

Wattstax
Fascinating and ferociously funky ’73 doc about the famous Wattstax Music Festival held in Watts, California in ’72. Hard to argue with.

Moon-Boots
First class Salsoul meets Germany disco with a bit of a Tom Moulton makeover from Orlando Riva Sound, otherwise known as O.R.S. Moon… Boots!

Moon-Boots
First class Salsoul meets Germany disco with a bit of a Tom Moulton makeover from Orlando Riva Sound, otherwise known as O.R.S. Moon… Boots!

October Moonglow
Latest mix comes courtesy of Eden Rock, a collector we’ve been pleasantly mesmerised with on numerous occasions over the last few years.

October Moonglow
Latest mix comes courtesy of Eden Rock, a collector we’ve been pleasantly mesmerised with on numerous occasions over the last few years.

Ian Dury Documentary
A couple of enjoyable documentary features on the work of everyone’s favourite New Wave Essex wordsmith, artist and joker Ian Dury.

Ian Dury Documentary
A couple of enjoyable documentary features on the work of everyone’s favourite New Wave Essex wordsmith, artist and joker Ian Dury.