Sunday, 14 February 2016 16:11
The Influential Factor Reviewed (From ZANI’s archives)
Trying to define a subculture in an entertaining and descriptive way without sounding like a professor of Sociology is a hard task.
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Culture
Monday, 08 February 2016 19:56
Husky Loops Chat to ZANI
Husky Loops is a young Italian band, Pier Danio Forni Jr, Pietro Garrone and Tommaso Medica from Bologna,
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Music
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 16:48
Tubby Hayes A Man in a Hurry Reviewed
The life and times of Tubby Hayes (30th January 1935) is both a jubilant and tragic story.
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Film
Sunday, 20 December 2015 15:28
Old Mods Die With Their Desert Boots On - Memories of a First Generation Mod – Part Two of Two
A crowd of us attended the 5th National Jazz and Blues Festival, at the Richmond Athletic Grounds on August 7th 1965.
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Culture
Monday, 14 December 2015 14:33
Old Mods Die with Their Desert Boots On - Memories of a First Generation Mod – Part One of Two
I grew up in southeast London and my family lived in Barnfield Gardens, a council estate in Plumstead that had a notorious reputation.
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Culture
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 18:42
A Short Biog of Andrew Loog Oldham on ZANI
Andrew Loog Oldham was born in 1944 in Paddington, West London.
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Music
Monday, 23 November 2015 21:33
Garry Bushell's Time for Action Revisited on ZANI
Garry Bushell's 2012 publication "Time for Action" is a collection of reviews, articles and interviews penned by the author based on his coverage of the Mod Revival (or Renewal as Bushell called it) for the rock press between 1978-81.
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Culture
Monday, 09 November 2015 15:46
A Brief history of White Boy Blues (UK) on ZANI
After the war, thousands of US troops remained stationed in the UK and flocked in their droves to Soho (London) looking for entertainment.
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Music
Sunday, 01 November 2015 15:18
The Miss World Riots of 1970
Miss World, where perfection is awarded. Women are judged on their bodies as they parade down a catwalk in bikinis, and where one of the biggest feminism riots took place.
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Music
Monday, 19 October 2015 13:44
When Whitney’s Band Jammed At The Wag.
Way back in 1986, I was well established as a successful club promoter and party organiser, having largely failed to make it as a singer-songwriter, despite having had two major record deals, great reviews and – in 1980 – lots of airplay in the US.
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Culture
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