D. Boon’s Death Shook Punk Rock. 40 Years Later, Minutemen Look Back.

My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

Tim Ingold describes Creativity as a process of ‘Undergoing’. I like that. It’s not a product or endpoint. Not even something that’s ever really ‘done’. It’s a constant process. Something that has to be experienced. If you skip the process, it’s not creative.

Bought my CD version about 20 years ago, wildly improbably, at the Tower Records shop at Disney World. God knows who was doing their buying at the time..

The Pop Group: We Are All Prostitutes

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Sinead O'Connor & Terry Hall - All Kinds of Everything YouTube video by Cerridwen

I know some people have seen it but for some who haven’t. It’s beautiful @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @keith70.bsky.social @desdelboy.bsky.social Terry Hall ❤️

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i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid

They did Route 66 on the b-side of Behind the Wheel, and they’ve just covered Universal Soldier for Help. They rolled out a cover of Bowie’s Heroes on the last tour too. I think there’s one more…

Just a quick update for the curious that given the total amount of purchases, this has now raised at least nearly $65,000 for Letters Charity, and of course possibly more if people pay over the amount. Great to see! A few hours left, who wants to see it get to $100K? Spread the word!

Ceremony still top five NO for me, and both versions are terrific - the pre-Gillian version halting and uncertain, still embryonic, and the second, just months later, seeing New Order audibly start to emerge. I love them both, as well as the extant JD takes.

A great show, and Maria’s new album is terrific

The PriceMaster (full version) YouTube video by ThePriceMaster

it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced

I’d be first in line. I’ve got a decent vinyl bootleg of the audio, but it’s a great video (particularly in the longer UK release vs the massively truncated US tape). Dave very much in the middle of the transition from awkward clapping teen to bum wiggling proto arena god..

Depeche Mode - See You [Live In Hamburg (1984)] YouTube video by novovipipo

Captured for posterity a little earlier on that same tour on The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg video youtu.be/ImztaPc0tBw?...

Warrington-Runcorn New Model Army

spring U.S. dates coming soon 💙

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

Soft Cell - Bedsitter

Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming

One of these two - can’t remember which came first. North Walsham Woolworth’s, probably the 79p ex-chart rack, late 1981.

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

Very sad. Dave Ball has always been underrated as a songwriter and particularly as a sound designer/programmer; each of the first three Soft Cell albums is quite distinct in its sound, and I’ve never heard synths sound quite as grimy as they do on The Art of Falling Apart and This Last Night

Soft Cell | Dave Ball (1959-2025)

Ah jeez. As officially announced on Soft Cell’s site and social media, the mighty Dave Ball has passed.

The day we turned off comments on tQ was a happy day, though it was sad to lose this comment left by Diamanda Galás, which is one of the greatest comments left on any comments section ever.

“Dirty Rocker” eau de toilette

Behold

Rema-Rema

I share this CYOA ending every couple of months, because it comes to my mind every time.

Slightly annoyed they changed the format from the previous 4CD/1LP sets (if only for consistency’s sake)

Remembering Keith Levene on his birthday. Here he is inventing every post-punk guitar sound in one go. Watch the full song and awkward interview at youtu.be/SzjWwfCJ65s

CEO of Oreo Cookies: the oreo cookie is as important as oxygen

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