Phil Sniff

I guess the coolest mailer I've ever been sent! Doubtless prohibitively expensive, but where do you get these?!

Just been sent a second absolutely killer Lea Bertucci album, definitely shaping up to be a modern fave.

AI, you are soooo not up on the proto-Goa scene.

It was an open mic, line up drifting per piece, rather than pre-set bands. Not the most amazing music ever, but wonderful to see 15 mins from my village, and quite a lovely little atmosphere as well.

It’s on the site of a medieval cathedral in the centre of Coventry, so please vibrate carefully.
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Hey @astralsocialite.bsky.social , actually made a (slightly) weirdo gig in ELY (godammit!) tonight, with folks I think you might know from Crushing Death... & Bad Timing jamming away on their electronic gubbins. Should hit em up to get you down, was decent turnout for a small room really!

Punishing myself by looking at what stuff I sold on Discogs in the last 15 years is going for now. It is crazy, stuff I got good prices for going for many times that price. Most of it I sold cos I didn't like it (that much), or there's a much cheaper edition available. Madness.

"...Their classic power ballad about cruel workplace regimes..."

Catching up with promos from the last year or so...I know he is now an old git with hairy ears, but that Dennis Bovell Sufferer Sounds comp is the real deal.

Deleting old promo emails...what is it that makes these folk think no-one will want to look at them less than a year later and that it is cool to delete the online pix that make up half the message?

Erm.

Chuckling away as I make my annual Sonay "Vybz" Kartal joke to myself.

Bit harsh the Beeb currently jumping on people leaving Glasto for vox pops...Think he would get short shift from me at this time on the Monday!

I've been what I imagined might be 'forcing' my way thru the minor Larry Clark films I hadn't seen, but kinda enjoyed em all, the randy ol'bugger! Teenage Caveman is kinda stoopid but fun; I'd suggest seeing both Marfa Girls, works better; & now on Smell of Us, probably his most pro since Ken Park.

Looked the Diz Willis 1 up again & I HAD seen the cover of wot is indeed a poetry book b4, & prob it 4 sale 4 £30 (bit much 4 me!) British Library does indeed have it. The press is from Norwich, which fits w/Diz @ the time, but doesn't look 2b his own. They also published an early Marc Bolan poem!

Hey @astralsocialite.bsky.social , woke from a dream where we met up at a festival & a bunch of v upfront & distinctive music/performance art lasses poss linked to both Sheffield & Leeds were there also. Felt like there was some kernel of truth in there. Had I forgotten a whole group of people?!

Looking forward to this for ages, after I'm sure we all noted these freax appearing en masse during lockdown. I hadn't ordered from this publisher before, so I in fact subscribed to the newsletter & got a whopping 50% off (before then adding postage, but, y'know...), so happy days all round...

...(I have quite a long list of books I'm after saved on Amazon as well, but those 4 are the kinda pinnacle...)

Diz Willis - The Terrible Funeral & After: V early printed obscurity from me old mucker Diz, of performance art gubbins fame. Been flagging it since the 90s & no sign yet. Presumably a diddy poetry chapbook or similar. Doubtless in some art libraries/national collections, I haven't looked THAT hard.

Shut Up, Little Man! comic: Guys record drunks arguing creatively, release tapes, much hilarity. Prob seen panels from these on doc/online, & there might be more than 1 comic now. Suspect it was a bit expensive to order from US, & feel those guys r milkin it a bit now (see doc), but would like 2c...

Albert Goldman's Disco: Did a scandalous book on Elvis that most people said he just made up. Did one on disco as well. It is available second hand, but very expensive. THINK there might be photos in it, & MIGHT be more than one ed, but never seen at a reasonable price...

Black Giantess zine is a Yank fetish thing I read about in RE/Search. Guy's collages of giant black women destroying cities. Im not rubbing my thighs, just think theyre cool. Didnt find out about til yrs after, emailed, he said he'd finished. At least 7 ishs, over best pt of 10 yrs, 20-30 yrs ago...

The last times I have put up my uberwants list, I have had digital copies sent to me of things I've wanted for years.

My music collection is big & my wants similar, & the remaining films I only have 2 open my wallet 4, so I thought I'd concentrate on the v small BOOKS/zines list & add some info...

Public Housing | Part 1 of 4 | 97190dct-1 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/peabody/id:1997_97190_dct_1-4

Obscure, educational home for great 3 1/2 hour Wiseman (Titicut Follies) doc Public Housing, filmed 95 in Chicago (with some public dancing to vintage ghetto house halfway through the fourth part): kaltura.uga.edu/media/Public...

Enjoyed that - thanks very much!

Awesome, thanks, will do!!

Oooo yes please. Do let me know more!

I'm down to only one film I don't think I'm gonna be able to find for love or money, unless I try a (from memory expensive) US DVD - Rockets Redglare!, the documentary. What has happened to that? I saw it had some distro problems I think, but the DVD got out over there at least. Any clues?!

Watch We the Ragamuffin - BFI Player Julian Henriques' urban musical showcases the style, vernacular and vibrancy of British Caribbean Dancehall culture.

Entertaining little 1992 British ragga-themed short feature up free on BFI (no, sadly never seen the guy's more well-known later feature, but will now track down): player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...