New ‘Thick Ear’ film noir Blu-ray from @indicator.bsky.social. Very pleased to have provided the notes for William Castle’s neat little thriller, Undertow #filmnoir

Ugly Things magazine has interviewed Peter Stanfield about his book, The Yardbirds. Get the podcast on your usual podcast app, or on Spotify, right here:

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Michael S. Begnal's excellent book 'Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74', which I commissioned and edited for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social coming in May. Thanks to @jonsavage.bsky.social and @peterstanfield.bsky.social for the enthusiastic endorsements.

THE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interview Podcast Episode · Ugly Things · March 16 · 1h 32m

Listen here or on Pantheon Podcasts, Spotify, etc.
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Are the Who tracks live versions or studio? They rather dominate the set. Could it have been cut for a radio show given the mix of artists?

New ultra greased-up Ugly Things mag heading this way soon. . . flame on with the #flamingroovies

#dontstealthisbook
Features yours truly. . .

An addition to an earlier blog post on the Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy . . . Gary Farr and the T-Bones from JazzBeat (September 1964)

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#yardbirds #garyfarrandthetbones #garyfarr #crawdaddyclub

When Guy met Chuck (JazzBeat, March 1964)
#guystevens #chuckberry #jazzbeatmagazine

New blog post on the Yardbirds’ extracurricular activities in 1966

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#yardbirds

Cheers for the tip, I’ve not lunched with the devil lately but will take a peek

His pop criticism for Let it Rock and Creem is outstanding. He was among the best commentators of the scene in the early 70s. Took me years to make the connection between him and Fred!

I found it fascinating to track writers at NME and MM to see how they developed their ideas and positions.A million miles from my favourite pop critics Nik Cohn and Penny Valentine but Simon Frith came close and so too Duncan Fallowell who is just a fabulous critic

Thank you once more. Researching the book was a true labour of love

This post has made my day
@reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Thank you for the thumbs up, it has made my day. So pleased you enjoyed the book. I hadn’t thought about getting Patti Smith in but wish I had made space for Laura Nyro’s Gonna Take A Miracle, an album I only discovered after I finished the book

Will Straw’s 'Nights in Fairyland: Gossip, Blackmail, and the Many Lives of “Broadway Brevities”' (2026) is a neon lit history of New York’s pre-war sensationalist press and the lurid exposé of queer nightspots and lifestyles. Essential @wstraw.bsky.social

The Private Life of Peter Green as serialised in Jackie magazine . . . new blog post – www.peterstanfield.com/blog
#petergreen #fleetwoodmac #jackiemagazine

The Who ten-pin bowling club at Piccadilly's Excel lanes in the Summer 1965. Paul Hogarth illustration . . . New post: www.peterstanfield.com/blog
#thewho @thewhothismonth.bsky.social

Seen near the U.S. Embassy in London, UK 🇬🇧 (Nonce is UK slang for pedo.)

High Priest of RnR — 16 sermons

Merry Christmas from me too

Mine was a very similar experience and a I definitely bought a copy or two from Compendium

A new blog post on Brian Hogg's marvellous book, "Low Yo Yo Stuff: Music and Memories a Thousand Times Over". Get a copy for the one you love the most. www.peterstanfield.com/blog

Day 4 of our advent calendar shows how some British pop trailblazers helped to shape rock music ... it's The Yardbirds by Peter Stanfield.

#advent #christmas #rockmusic #books #nonfiction #reaktionbooks

Brighton’s Lambrini Girls do an Iggy, Dreamland, Margate’s last night

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a recent find among my mum's photos. The scene is the common room, Maria Grey teacher training college, Twickenham, c.1954. Two years later the college's students would be raving on Eel Pie Island just over the bridge

In solidarity #nokings

#thewho play Vancouver March 1968