Patrick Clarke
@paddyclarke.bsky.social
Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
Noticing a few "publications" lifting a lot of my recent Soft Cell feature wholesale, so re-upping it in case there's anyone who still wants to read it from the source!
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 3d agoMarc Almond meets Patrick Clarke in Soho to discuss the death of Dave Ball, the final Soft Cell album Danceteria, his career as a shapeshifter, and why a tribute to the decadence of 80s New York marks a full circle moment Adapt or Don’t: #MarcAlmond Interviewed buff.ly/aVuB1oa
Just read a live review in a major UK music magazine that was just so obviously AI generated. Properly fucked.
Thought Benny off of ABBA was endorsing the far right and it was ruining my day until I realised that the Swedish Democrats and the Social Democrats are two very different things and he's just a centre-left dad doing an affably naff Mamma Mia parody tv.aftonbladet.se/video/407126...
Här framför Benny Andersson klassikern - Aftonbladet TV
På Socialdemokraternas slutspurtsrally framförde Abba-medlemmen Benny Andersson klassikern ”Mamma mia” med ny text.
tv.aftonbladet.se
BEDSIT LAND REDUX I had a long chat with the gent Marc Almond to discuss the end of Soft Cell. Includes a definitive answer on whether or not his pet boa constrictor really did escape into the sewers of London, AND MORE
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 3d agoMarc Almond meets Patrick Clarke in Soho to discuss the death of Dave Ball, the final Soft Cell album Danceteria, his career as a shapeshifter, and why a tribute to the decadence of 80s New York marks a full circle moment Adapt or Don’t: #MarcAlmond Interviewed buff.ly/aVuB1oa
Really enjoying this blend of deeply traditional and not-traditional music from Sicily. (via @paddyclarke.bsky.social and @thequietus.com)
Rama - Album by Nuhara | Spotify
Nuhara · album · 2026 · 9 songs
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The Quietus is 18!, as ever it feels absolutely nuts that I've been doing this job for such a long time, especially as given the media landscape / ad collapse / AI / mainstreamification of culture it has become harder each year. As ever, we rely on subscribers to survive thequietus.com/subscribers/
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The next edition of my Quietus folk column is out on the Autumn Equinox. Keen for any tips as to new records taking strange / experimental takes on traditional sound and/or instrumentation
Patrick Clarke@paddyclarke.bsky.social · 3mo ago🧌🧌🧌New @thequietus.com Folk Column!🧌🧌🧌 My ten favourite new radical traditional releases, taking me everywhere from Occitania to the Calanais standing stones via Sicily, Poland and America Plus an essay on DEEP TRAD PSYCHEDELIA via medieval crypt murals and French folk dance
Just had a piss next to Paul Weller. Pleased to report he washes his hands very thoroughly
I keep getting follows from a starter pack some random American "created by searching for words associated with my fighting Irish Heritage" and who obviously saw the word Paddy in my handle and thought 'yeah that guy'. Sadly I am an English wimp, sorry new followers.
Where was the discourse when that African Imperial Wizard guy turned out to be white
My favourite bit of this excellent Mr T interview is when he breaks down the numerological significance of his earrings www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
theguardian.com
Really made my therapist laugh, which means I’m winning
🚨 electroclash Spanish bagpipes klaxon 🚨 fruela757.bandcamp.com/album/cam-n
CAMÍN, by Fruela 757
15 track album
fruela757.bandcamp.com
In case the quote of mine on the poster isn't quite hyperbolic enough, I urge you once again to go see one of the best live bands in existence
Ex-Easter Island Head@eeih.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're putting this banger of a show on in Liverpool in three weeks (22nd September) - DM for address
Highly recommend the podcast Dolly Parton’s America which is among the best pieces of music journalism I’ve experienced in any format podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Dolly Parton's America
Music History Podcast · Series · In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, hist...
podcasts.apple.com
Never gonna get bored of how Bowie sings 'Slither down the GREAYSEY PIYPE' on Joe The Lion
See also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVX... Dunno if I'm just buzzing that it's rained in London at last but all of Revolution Dub is hitting insanely hard rn
Bush Weed
YouTube video by Lee "Scratch" Perry - Topic
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Patrick Clarke@paddyclarke.bsky.social · 4w agothe greatest
Got a cat who I’ve named Monty, after he of Withnail fame. Appropriately enough he’s very fond of dramatically marching into the bedroom unannounced in the early hours, in search of something to hump
I was just lighting a cigarette and that alert made me jump and I've set fire to my head and now everything is on fire
Loud American in the reading room I hate you so so much
