Roger Quail

Neon sign spotted in Merano, Italy. Photo by me.

Merano.

Thank you!

("Allegory of electricity" by Austrian sculptor Franz Ehrenhöfer, at the main train station in Bolzano, South Tyrol since 1928.)

Bolzano, Italy. Where it has all gone a bit Hawkwind.

Venice night-time.

Venice at night.

The sleeve illustration for 'Brigade' by Clock DVA, from the vinyl EP - "1980: The First Fifteen Minutes"

Very happy to see and hear 'Brigade' back out in the world. Recorded at Western Works with Cabaret Voltaire on September 28th, 1979. The day before my 19th birthday.
Links to listen here:
Apple - apple.co/4gXlQ3m
YouTube - bit.ly/4nFEvTV
Spotty - bit.ly/4h5CdLm

My picture of a lovely old Fiat 500 Belvedere in the reception of the NH Lingotto in Turin, a hotel on the site of the old Fiat car plant.

1952 Fiat 500 Belvedere. Spotted in the NH Lingotto, Turin.

A warm evening at the end of summer in Turin. Photo by me.

Night people, Cafe Des Arts, Turin.

In the words of the late Richard H. Kirk: "they sound like Jackanory."

Or, as we called them "Dirty Anne."😀

Gig poster by Martin Bedford for a Sheffield gig on 29th August 1980. Clock DVA, Prior To Intercourse and de tian.

29.08.1980.
DVA / PTI / De Tian at The Leadmill, Sheffield.
DVA played 2 sets.
The main one being: North Loop, Uncertain, Sensorium, 4 Hours and Piano Pain.
An earlier first set was a semi-improvised piece called 'The Clock DVA Theme', also known (briefly) as 'The Psychedelic Angler'.

Thank you. It's taken a while but we're getting there.

Clock DVA Reveal 'White Souls In Black Suits' Reissue | The Quietus Clock DVA’s 1980 album White Souls In Black Suits is being reissued. Marking the first time that the band’s debut album has been officially made available on physical formats in 35 years, the album ha...

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News: Mute Records announces remastered edition of debut album from Clock DVA, first reissue in 35 years As Clock DVA gears up to join the Industrial Nation 2025 Tour, Mute Records has announced a remastered edition of the electro/industrial outfit’s debut album, White Souls in Black Suits. Originally re...

News: Mute Records announces remastered edition of debut album from Clock DVA, first reissue in 35 years

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Thank you Simon! And we are getting there on the next one too.

Clock DVA circa late 1979, early 1980. L-R: Judd, Roger, Adi, David and Charlie. Location - the band's rehearsal room just off West Street, Sheffield. Photo by me.

On 26.4.1980 these 5 fleeting figures recorded an album in 1 day.
'White Souls In Black Suits' by Clock DVA is being re-released by Mute on 7.11.2025.
Pre-order the album here
mute.ffm.to/clock-dva-ws...
Here's a taster:
Apple - apple.co/47h62FL
Spotify - bit.ly/47hTUV0
YouTube - bit.ly/3UOeg0E

Good times with Oasis at Croke Park.
Liam G: "Where would be all be without 'Wonderwall'? Selling carpets or summat."

The Frank White Band, playing live at an unknown venue in Sheffield, in the early 1970s. Photo source - Mel Harrison/Facebook.

70s counterculture, Sheffield-style.
Frank White & his hairy hippies vs the Brylcreem'd City & Guilds lads.
I bet this was LOUD.
I saw Frank a few years later, on 12/8/78.
My memories here -
Blog - bit.ly/3t6quSp
Apple - apple.co/2OF7rjj
Spotify - spoti.fi/3cgFiah
YouTube - bit.ly/3X0vSZg

Your author at home with his vinyl copy of 'Ocean Rain' by Echo & The Bunnymen.

Last plug for the current blog & podcast episode.
Echo & The Bunnymen at York Racecourse in 1984.
Thanks folks for all your support!
Up next: Marc Almond at The Leadmill, Sheffield in October '84.
Blog - bit.ly/457K2vy
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Spotify - bit.ly/4ftWxVQ
YouTube - bit.ly/4lMnPJv

Seed Of Memory. One of the great polo necks in pop music. (The record is pretty great too.)

Concert ticket for the 1984 York Rock Festival, courtesy of Mark Jones.

Midweek plug for my latest blog & podcast episode.
September 1984 and a trip to see Echo & The Bunnymen at the first (and last) York Rock Festival.
Links -
Blog - bit.ly/457K2vy
Apple - bit.ly/4muZ2tg
Spotify - bit.ly/4ftWxVQ
YouTube - bit.ly/4lMnPJv

I love an early afternoon gig! 😀

A little bit late with this but just to say that Mari Samuelsen playing Arvo Pärt and Max Richter at the National Concert Hall in Dublin last Tuesday lunchtime was terrific.

Judi Dench as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (1968). Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Dame Judi wishes you all a Happy Yorkshire Day.

"Arlott-a shakin' goin' on"

And as we found out after the gig...

31.07.1983.
One of those nights when you wondered: "what the f*ck are we doing here?"
My memories of Killing Joke fans chucking things at us recalled here:
Blog - bit.ly/45835Vf
Apple - bit.ly/4lXpThR
Spotify - bit.ly/4mkPKzN
YouTube - bit.ly/3H8kAwO

"The Morrisons' Jim Morrison." Andrew Eldtrich of The Sisters Of Mercy onstage at The First York Rock Festival on 22nd September 1984. Photo by Jim B.

"The Morrisons' Jim Morrison" in all his splendour... (photo by Jim B.)

Hello Folks,
A fresh taster for my latest podcast.
A day out at York Racecourse in September 1984 for Echo & The Bunnymen, Sisters Of Mercy etc.
(Sisters' live pic by a chap called Jim B.)
Link to the full thing here - pods.to/ex8mxwr
Blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com
YouTube - bit.ly/4lMnPJv

Apparently it lost a lot of money. A shame, there was speculation that Talk Talk would headline in 1985.