Simon Warner
@simon-warner.bsky.social
Popular music researcher with interests in the Beat Generation writers, Founding Editor of the website Rock and the Beat Generation
At last, a store for the tramp about town…
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
At last, a store for the tramp about town…
Soul searching: In the week that the English monarchy broke its 500-year-old golden rule – don’t go praying with no popes – a packed congregation filled Halifax Minster to worship at the feet of a Luther Vandross impersonator to absorb a little gospel truth. Postmodernity indeed.
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Soul searching: In the week that the English monarchy broke its 500-year-old golden rule – don’t go praying with no popes – a packed congregation filled Halifax Minster to worship at the feet of a Luther Vandross impersonator to absorb a little gospel truth. Postmodernity indeed.
Megafungi: Paperback book just a marker but four huge mushrooms on our lawn. What are they, I wonder?
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Megafungi: Paperback book just a marker but four huge mushrooms on our lawn. What are they, I wonder?
As the latest Dylan Bootleg Series surfaces, the new Mojo cover mount CD puns on the recent Bob biodrama…
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As the latest Dylan Bootleg Series surfaces, the new Mojo cover mount CD puns on the recent Bob biodrama…
Melody Maker, 1968…
August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Melody Maker, 1968…
Of interest? A snapshot of our current home page at Rock and the Beat Generation…
July 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Of interest? A snapshot of our current home page at Rock and the Beat Generation…
The Observer, the UK’s oldest Sunday newspaper and relaunched today under new ownership, is now the nation’s newest weekend print edition…
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Observer, the UK’s oldest Sunday newspaper and relaunched today under new ownership, is now the nation’s newest weekend print edition…
Great to see some politically conscious football badgeware!
April 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great to see some politically conscious football badgeware!
Pleased to report that the second issue of Beat Spotlight, the online publication of the US Beat Studies Association, has published a feature on my website Rock and the Beat Generation. Thank you for including me…
March 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pleased to report that the second issue of Beat Spotlight, the online publication of the US Beat Studies Association, has published a feature on my website Rock and the Beat Generation. Thank you for including me…