“If that’s music, then I’m the Shah of Persia”
A hundred years of hating on new music…
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Dave Haslam's personal Substack, with new and exclusive writing, interview transcripts, and journalism archives 1983-2024.
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What I did in July (1983)
Hulme, running home at 1am, and names without faces
A beautiful girl locked in an attic
Investigating my grandmother’s barely believable story
DJing, losing my Mum, championing Manchester
My turn to be interviewed!
The king of the interviewers?
Celebrating James Lipton, Inside the Actors Studio
Stephen Morris; Joy Division, Ian Curtis, and more...
Archive interview from 2007.
The Rise and Fall of Jukeboxes
A controversial history and a slow fade out…
The bestselling ‘Take Five’; Jean Seberg in love.
An encounter in 1957, when two of my heroes met.
New book announcement
Out in October, something lovely for your mind and soul.
The making of '24 Hour Party People'
Twenty five years ago in a warehouse in Ancoats.
Nile Rodgers talking Chic, Bowie, Madonna, and the roots of disco
From 2011, previously unpublished interview.