Jon Savage One Inc's 4-year obscenity battle (1954-1958), ended up at US Supreme Court, and led to the first legal victory for gay rights in the US. legacyprojectchicago.org/milestone/dist…

69 years ago: One magazine cover designed by Eve Elloree. One was part of the trinity of grassroots homophile magazines that campaigned for gay and lesbian rights in an extremely hostile climate. The cover article examines masculinity as a construct

So honoured to host our friend Jon Savage in conversation with our other friend p6 (he/him/openly gay/terror operative) about The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture (1955–1979)

Event will be at The Glad Cafe 7:30pm, June 30th

Tickets, CD+Book bundles here: shorturl.at/fTOiG

42 years ago today, the Hacienda Nightclub opened. Here’s some never-before-seen footage of inside the iconic club in its early days, filmed one Friday night in late 1983. youtu.be/oTNxf1rKqR0?si…

Great review of The Secret Public by Alex Needham in the Guardian today theguardian.com/books/article/…

'England's Dreaming' by Jon Savage is considered one of the best #musichistory books of all time!
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21st, May 1977 The Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect and The Prefects' gig at the Rainbow reviewed by Jon Savage. 'Rock 'N' Roll can be one of the few honest things left in this world.' Jon Savage The Clash
The Jam Buzzcocks Vic
The Nightingales

In Portmeirion

Bought OTD in 1969 - pretty much on release. Notorious in later iterations for bombast but the original is cool clean and sharp. Some filler, but plenty of highs (Underture, Pinball, I’m Free, Sensation). Here with photocopy 1968 draft script by Kit Lambert

The Who - I’m a Boy (1966)

The parents wanted a girl, but they got a boy; but they insisted on a girl after all. Strange, confusing, funny, prescient; all things at once. A magnificent single from an era when this band excelled at them.

Good misty morning

🌈 NEW EVENT 📕
JON SAVAGE
THE SECRET PUBLIC
21Soho LONDON
In conversation with TOM ROBINSON
MON 17 JUNE
TICKETS Eventbrite UK👉🏻 tinyurl.com/SECRETPUBLICSO…

Bound finished copy finally arrived! Begun in early days of lockdown, published 06.06.24 faber.co.uk/product/978057…

Ace new Jon Savage book. 👏

SIGNED BOOK!

JON SAVAGE
The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955 – 1979)
Limited Signed Hardback Book
Preorder: resident-music.com/productdetails…
The master music writer explores the undeniable influence of LGBTQ culture on the broader worlds of pop and

'..thrilling...chock full of cultural milestones. Spanning 1955 to '79, it's also the sound of emancipation...' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ MOJO Magazine 🙏

Excerpt from The Secret Public book in this month’s Mojo magazine, plus great review of Ace Records compilation of the same time. Book published by Faber Books in June