Dave Haslam
@davehaslam.bsky.social
Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Hiya Edwyn - 30 March 1984 This was a great night - Orange Juice at the Haçienda with the Go-Betweens.
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hiya Edwyn - 30 March 1984 This was a great night - Orange Juice at the Haçienda with the Go-Betweens.
Gerald Brockhurst 'Jeunesse Dorée' (painted 1934)
31st October #otd in 1890, British painter Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
'Jeunesse Dorée' portrays Kathleen Woodard. It's on show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral.
31st October #otd in 1890, British painter Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
'Jeunesse Dorée' portrays Kathleen Woodard. It's on show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Gerald Brockhurst 'Jeunesse Dorée' (painted 1934)
31st October #otd in 1890, British painter Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
'Jeunesse Dorée' portrays Kathleen Woodard. It's on show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral.
31st October #otd in 1890, British painter Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
'Jeunesse Dorée' portrays Kathleen Woodard. It's on show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral.
25th Oct #otd in 1938 - Archbishop Beckman in Iowa denounced "jitterbug orgies", warning jazz music was "gnawing away at the moral fibre of the young"
Thousands of kids spent the next weekend looking for a jitterbug orgy...
Thousands of kids spent the next weekend looking for a jitterbug orgy...
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
25th Oct #otd in 1938 - Archbishop Beckman in Iowa denounced "jitterbug orgies", warning jazz music was "gnawing away at the moral fibre of the young"
Thousands of kids spent the next weekend looking for a jitterbug orgy...
Thousands of kids spent the next weekend looking for a jitterbug orgy...
Johnny Marr at the Elysee Montmartre last night was awesome, really loved it.
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Johnny Marr at the Elysee Montmartre last night was awesome, really loved it.
22nd October in 1982 Nico guests with Bauhaus onstage at the University of Salford Student Union for a rendition of 'I'm Waiting For the Man'...
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
22nd October in 1982 Nico guests with Bauhaus onstage at the University of Salford Student Union for a rendition of 'I'm Waiting For the Man'...
In Paris on Tuesday DJing at Les Bains, can sort guest list.
October 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In Paris on Tuesday DJing at Les Bains, can sort guest list.
Birthday; photographer Don McCullin is 90 today (born 9th October 1935). Photo; grieving for a Turkish man killed by Greek militia, Cyprus, 1964.
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Birthday; photographer Don McCullin is 90 today (born 9th October 1935). Photo; grieving for a Turkish man killed by Greek militia, Cyprus, 1964.
3rd October 2010 >> I did an onstage interview with Jonathan Franzen at the Whitworth Art Gallery. It was a great evening.
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
3rd October 2010 >> I did an onstage interview with Jonathan Franzen at the Whitworth Art Gallery. It was a great evening.
Saturday afternoon from 3:30pm, free entry at Soup (on Spear St) - Kate Magic's book, '88: The Untold Story of a Revolution', an account of the UK's 1980s rave culture based on interviews with nearly 100 people involved in the scene; lots of new voices & new perspectives.
Info ra.co/events/2239053
Info ra.co/events/2239053
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Saturday afternoon from 3:30pm, free entry at Soup (on Spear St) - Kate Magic's book, '88: The Untold Story of a Revolution', an account of the UK's 1980s rave culture based on interviews with nearly 100 people involved in the scene; lots of new voices & new perspectives.
Info ra.co/events/2239053
Info ra.co/events/2239053
Brian Patten RIP.
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Brian Patten RIP.
This Friday (3rd) I’m at the acclaimed Golden Lion in Todmorden. One of my very favourite places to DJ.
Ticket link ra.co/events/2233142
Ticket link ra.co/events/2233142
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This Friday (3rd) I’m at the acclaimed Golden Lion in Todmorden. One of my very favourite places to DJ.
Ticket link ra.co/events/2233142
Ticket link ra.co/events/2233142
Last night’s gig in Preston was great, busy room, great dancers. I look very serious and focussed - someone told me to smile more. Pffft. My only goals are to fill the dancefloor with ace tunes and choose a good t-shirt!
September 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Last night’s gig in Preston was great, busy room, great dancers. I look very serious and focussed - someone told me to smile more. Pffft. My only goals are to fill the dancefloor with ace tunes and choose a good t-shirt!
Thank you everyone who came to find me and then danced all night in the back room of the Talleyrand in Levenshilme. Great mix of people.
Tonight - Preston
Tonight - Preston
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Thank you everyone who came to find me and then danced all night in the back room of the Talleyrand in Levenshilme. Great mix of people.
Tonight - Preston
Tonight - Preston
New article - Guy Stevens taste-maker extraordinaire (just ask Pete Townshend, The Clash, the Stones, Steve Marriott).
Here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
Here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New article - Guy Stevens taste-maker extraordinaire (just ask Pete Townshend, The Clash, the Stones, Steve Marriott).
Here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
Here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
One of the most influential DJs in British music history, beloved by members of the Who, the Stones, the Small Faces, Mott the Hoople, the Clash.
My new article telling the story of Guy Stevens here on Substack - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
My new article telling the story of Guy Stevens here on Substack - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
September 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
One of the most influential DJs in British music history, beloved by members of the Who, the Stones, the Small Faces, Mott the Hoople, the Clash.
My new article telling the story of Guy Stevens here on Substack - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
My new article telling the story of Guy Stevens here on Substack - davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
I got confused by this at the Egoiste Gallery in Afflecks Palace this afternoon.
September 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I got confused by this at the Egoiste Gallery in Afflecks Palace this afternoon.
Forthcoming DJ gigs, this weekend and next - proper nights out...
26 Sep Levenshulme, Talleyrand shorturl.at/9MDmc
27 Sep Preston, Chew's Yard shorturl.at/1ox30
3 Oct Todmorden, Golden Lion ra.co/events/2233142
26 Sep Levenshulme, Talleyrand shorturl.at/9MDmc
27 Sep Preston, Chew's Yard shorturl.at/1ox30
3 Oct Todmorden, Golden Lion ra.co/events/2233142
September 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Forthcoming DJ gigs, this weekend and next - proper nights out...
26 Sep Levenshulme, Talleyrand shorturl.at/9MDmc
27 Sep Preston, Chew's Yard shorturl.at/1ox30
3 Oct Todmorden, Golden Lion ra.co/events/2233142
26 Sep Levenshulme, Talleyrand shorturl.at/9MDmc
27 Sep Preston, Chew's Yard shorturl.at/1ox30
3 Oct Todmorden, Golden Lion ra.co/events/2233142
Joan Jett's birthday today - born 22nd September 1958. Here she's talking to her friend Lisa on the phone at the Tropicana Motel in LA in 1978.
Photo Brad Elterman.
Photo Brad Elterman.
September 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Joan Jett's birthday today - born 22nd September 1958. Here she's talking to her friend Lisa on the phone at the Tropicana Motel in LA in 1978.
Photo Brad Elterman.
Photo Brad Elterman.
NEWS Official Morrissey - gig in Connecticut cancelled in view of “a threat to Morrissey’s life”
“In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey’s life. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and audience, tonights engagement at Foxwoods has been cancelled.”
“In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey’s life. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and audience, tonights engagement at Foxwoods has been cancelled.”
September 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEWS Official Morrissey - gig in Connecticut cancelled in view of “a threat to Morrissey’s life”
“In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey’s life. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and audience, tonights engagement at Foxwoods has been cancelled.”
“In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey’s life. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and audience, tonights engagement at Foxwoods has been cancelled.”
18th September 1981 pop star Gary Numan began his journey to fly around the world in his own single-engine Cessna plane with his co-pilot Bob Thompson. The attempt ended after he was forced to land in India, where local police arrested him.
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
18th September 1981 pop star Gary Numan began his journey to fly around the world in his own single-engine Cessna plane with his co-pilot Bob Thompson. The attempt ended after he was forced to land in India, where local police arrested him.
Idea for a radio play (number 104).
A dramatisation of the meeting between Sylvia Plath and Tony Benn in September 1962. It happened! They had afternoon tea together.
A dramatisation of the meeting between Sylvia Plath and Tony Benn in September 1962. It happened! They had afternoon tea together.
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Idea for a radio play (number 104).
A dramatisation of the meeting between Sylvia Plath and Tony Benn in September 1962. It happened! They had afternoon tea together.
A dramatisation of the meeting between Sylvia Plath and Tony Benn in September 1962. It happened! They had afternoon tea together.