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.
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A half-forgotten hero of British music
DJ Guy Stevens - let me tell you his story...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Did you see this? davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-half-for...
Yes! I recall them being proactive with posters and demo tapes but don’t think I ever saw them play.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Yes! I recall them being proactive with posters and demo tapes but don’t think I ever saw them play.
Reposted by Dave Haslam
My late elderly parents-in-law lived their entire lives in South Wales & used to talk of the 'Monkey Walk' but we had no idea what they were talking about & they never really elucidated other than 'the young people walking about', so this has been v interesting!
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My late elderly parents-in-law lived their entire lives in South Wales & used to talk of the 'Monkey Walk' but we had no idea what they were talking about & they never really elucidated other than 'the young people walking about', so this has been v interesting!
Just listening, they're on fire.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just listening, they're on fire.
I like “walkin the mat”
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I like “walkin the mat”
All very innocent? Mmmm....
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
All very innocent? Mmmm....
Salute to the writer/poet the great Guillaume Apollinaire who died #otd 9th November 1918 having suffered injury in the Great War & then contracting Spanish Flu.
Ginsberg’s ‘At Apollinaire’s Grave’ was put to music by Kramer, released by Shimmy Disc in 2021 youtu.be/Xj4l46-QSXo It's a beauty...
Ginsberg’s ‘At Apollinaire’s Grave’ was put to music by Kramer, released by Shimmy Disc in 2021 youtu.be/Xj4l46-QSXo It's a beauty...
Allen Ginsberg - At Apollinaire’s Grave (Official Shimmy-Disc Video)
YouTube video by Joyful Noise Recordings
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November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Coincidentally I saw a first edition of Little Gidding today in a bookshop. £35 which is reasonable value, definitely not “as new” but a lovely artefact.
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Coincidentally I saw a first edition of Little Gidding today in a bookshop. £35 which is reasonable value, definitely not “as new” but a lovely artefact.