IIPC Magazines Ltd | 14p | Edited by Barrie Tomlinson Back in November 1980, this issue of Tiger and Speed hit the shelves — and I was ten years old, sprinting (well, walking fast) to the paper shop between TISWAS and the start of Grandstand. Forty-odd years later, it’s part of my ever-growing digital archive — one of… Read More »
Released on this day – 30th October 1995 By the autumn of 1995, Pulp had gone from being Sheffield’s best-kept secret to the band that defined British life in the mid-90s. Jarvis Cocker — gangly, awkward, funny, and a little bit filthy — was suddenly a national icon. He’d conquered Glastonbury, confused the tabloids, and made being the… Read More »
October 29th 1990 By 1990, Paul Heaton had perfected the art of sounding chipper while quietly reminding us that life is largely disappointing. Choke, their second album, is a masterclass in middle-England melancholy — cheerful brass, bitter lyrics, and the sort of charm only found in pubs with sticky carpets and functioning jukeboxes. It’s the record that gave… Read More »