Actress was on the Essential Mix this week, and for someone I always thought of as a v. forward-looking producer, it's quite a throwback mix. That's not to say it ain't good, it's a tidy listen and v. good for a drive to Porthcawl. Just wasn't expecting it to be so ravey.
The mix was broadcast last night so you have a month or so to listen back on BBC Sounds. Talking of Porthcawl, slim picking in the chazzers, like really bad, either everyone is keeping their good CDs or they never had them in the first place.
And going back to rave, I watched a fab scare 'em straight BBC doc from 1993 about the dangers of ecstasy. What makes it worth watching is the section on Shelley's in Stoke, the interviews with ravers, and the tropes used in the doc - they really don't make them like that any more. The video was featured in Off The Fence, the weekly newsletter from The Fence. The link takes you to Substack, just flagging if that's an issue for you? I've seen this week that Garbage Day and Platformer are leaving Substack due to Nazis or something.
Anyway, back to rave again. So, when I was thinking about posting the Actress Mix and the Ecstasy doc, I thought why not pop a link in for Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore? Especially as its maker was on the first episode of the second series of Flo Dill's Digging Podcast. Turns out Jeremy Deller made Everybody In The Place not Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore. That was Mark Leckey.
Maybe I belong in Porthcawl.
Original Image: Rough Sea, Porthcawl (4641323) - Martin Ridley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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