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| | | 'We found 21 missing kids': Soul Asylum on making Runaway Train | | by Interviews by Dave Simpson Oct 31, 2022 | | David Pirner reveals why he wrote his ‘metaphor for depression’, while Tony Kaye recalls what inspired the video – which showed the faces of missing children and became a phenomenon We were a garage punk band who recorded for an independent label and travelled in a van. Then I thought I was losing my hearing. I was having a sort of nervous breakdown and needed to get away from the noise. I started playing an acoustic guitar and ended up writing songs on it, one of which was Runaway Train. Initially it went “two souls laughing at the rain, one’s crazy and the other’s insane”. But once I started writing about what was going on with me, the proper words came in one sitting. Continue reading... | | | | | 12-hour party people? Manchester tells Night & Day cafe to abate | | by Helen Pidd North of England editor Oct 31, 2022 | | Pioneering music venue and crux of city’s Northern Quarter faces noise abatement notice after neighbour’s complaint When the Night & Day opened in Manchester in 1991, the city centre was a desolate place. What is now known as the Northern Quarter was a seedy collection of sex shops, greasy spoons and ropey old pubs, surrounded by derelict warehouses. But Jan Oldenburg, a Dutch music lover, saw potential in the chippy at 26 Oldham Street. First he started hawking beers bought from the cash and carry. Then he began putting on small jazz shows, sleeping on a mattress in the basement, sometimes with his young children by his side. By the time the Madchester movement was in full swing, the Night & Day was a crucible of the city’s music scene, going on to host early shows from bands including Elbow, Wet Leg, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers and more. Continue reading... | | | | | What to read this Halloween and beyond | | by Neil McRobert Oct 31, 2022 | | Looking for a literary scare? Neil McRobert picks the must-read horror titles of the year so far It’s that time of the year again. Spooky season, goth Christmas, All Hallow’s Eve. Whatever you call it, Halloween is traditionally when attention turns to the scarier end of the bookshelf. For horror fans it’s a period of fun and frustration. On the one hand, our genre gets its moment to shine darkly; on the other, we have to keep screaming that great horror is out there all year round! 2022 has been a particularly good vintage. In the case of Ally Wilkes’ All the White Spaces (Titan Books £8.99) and Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s Echo (Hodder £9.99), icy shudders are delivered through hauntings at the Earth’s coldest extremities. Heuvelt injects his own mountaineering experience into the story of a mysterious Alpine summit and the creepy influence it exerts over those who climb it, and Echo contains possibly the most frightening prologue ever written. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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