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HE WAS hanging out in one of those saucy marble and satin masterpieces tucked away neatly behind Piccadilly. His suite, equipped with Scotch, peanuts, a ...

Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar: The Concert for Bangla Desh (Apple/Twentieth Century-Fox)

Film/DVD/TV Review by John Pidgeon, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972

A SPECIAL PREVIEW BY JOHN PIDGEON ...

David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy: Shaun Cassidy, Rock Star

Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 5 March 1978

An overnight sensation No time for an explanation Sensation, yeah, yeah, yeah — Shaun Cassidy, 'Teen Dream' ...

Blues Brothers, The: The Blues Brothers: The Horrifying True Story!

Special Feature by Robert Duncan, Creem, April 1979

(or, Ain't Got No Love, Don't Want No Starch) ...

Ramones, The: The Ramones: Joey finally gets the girl

Report by Ira Robbins, New Musical Express, 12 May 1979

The Ramones' first feature film, Rock'n'Roll High School, had its world premier last week at a Texas drive-in. Will a touching tale of teen romance ...

Stephanie Mills: The Stephanie Mills interview... The Sweet Sensation of Wizdom

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 June 1980

AT THE tender age of just twenty-three, Stephanie Mills has starred on Broadway, earned two Gold albums and a Gold single and headlined concerts in ...

Elvis Costello: Elvis goes eyebrow

Report by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 28 February 1981

Mr Costello and a high class chatshow confrontation witnessed by Sylvie Simmons ...

Goodbye Young Lovers (wherever you are)

Retrospective by Jon Savage, The Face, March 1982

Jon Savage laments the Sixties attitudes still stubbornly enshrined in television's coverage of pop: "Boom Time is over and its children must shape up." ...

Clash, The, Joe Strummer: Joe Strummer (1988)

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages audio, February 1988

The former Clash front-man on recording the soundtrack to Permanent Record; his musical and acting participation in Walker and Straight to Hell; on the Clash compilation Story of the Clash Vol. 1; how touring with the Who led to the end of the Clash; playing with the Pogues, and his hatred of being spat at onstage; on Reagan and Thatcher; his (now) dislike of drugs; on his diplomat father; forming the 101ers, and the Rude Boy movie.

File format: mp3; file size: 83.8mb, interview length: 1h 27' 20" sound quality: *** (background noise)

How MTV Plays Around the World

Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 7 July 1991

THE FACTS SPEAK for themselves. MTV Europe, the fastest-growing cable and satellite channel on the continent, is available in 24 million households in 27 countries, ...

U2: Welcome to Empty-V: U2's Zoo(ropa TV)

Comment by Stephen Dalton, Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 21 August 1993

Is Zoo(ropa/TV) a subversive, ironic multi-media bombardment and situationist statement or a two-hour post-modernist Pot Noodle advert made by politically naive, culturally unaware squares with ...

Leftfield: Kings of '95: Leftfield

Interview by Calvin Bush, Muzik, January 1996

A nomination for the Mercury Prize. An appearance on Top Of The Pops. Music for the soundtrack to Shallow Grave. Oh, and a gold album. ...

Martine McCutcheon, Barbara Windsor: Albert Square dancing

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 March 1999

EastEnders is having a right old knees-up at the moment. Caroline Sullivan talks to Martine McCutcheon about her million pound record deal and, below, finds ...