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- Alzhemer’s and dementia can be utterly devastating, stealing memories, relationships, and lives – but new research suggests that they cannot steal memories of music
- Remember the song from the blood club scene in Blade? That tune with the killer acid line? It was ripped off more times than Happy Birthday. Read the background in this great piece on RBMA
- Luis Manuel Garcia has written an excellent (and important) history of sexuality in club culture for RA
- I’m so hyped for Joe Muggs upcoming book on the history of sound system culture – tQ has got a short write up here – and keep checking here for the pre-order
- I really enjoyed this post on the enduring legacy of Jimi Hendrix’ version of the American national anthem – it put the whole act in a new light for me too
- In sad news, the Ibiza institution (and founder of the hotel where Club Tropicana was shot) Tony Pike passed away this week – Bill Brewster has written a fitting obituary in Mixmag
- Shane Parrish (the man behind the Farnam Street newsletter) is in GQ, talking about how to properly digest books – rather than skim them and retain nothing. It’s worth a read, and his newsletter is good too (although sometimes a bit dense for me)
- Tom Ravenscroft stood in for Gilles P on 6Music last Saturday, and had Pete Buckenham on as a guest. Pete is the founder of my favourite record label, On The Corner, and the show is brilliant (with loads of exclusives too)
- Bandcamp has a great (and super accessible) guide to Afrofuturism, and some great tracks that point to the future too. Worth a read
- Finally, Mark Hollis very sadly passed away this week, and while there are many glowing obituaries and features, I found this collection of thoughts from different people who Hollis influenced by Laura Snapes most fitting
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