Here's a thing - a 1978 Nova Mob interview with Pete Wylie and Julian Cope. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/nova-mob-a...
Nova-Mob: A 1978 Interview
Now, here’s a thing.
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Grant McPhee
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Film director: Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars, Far From the Apple Tree. Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
A new Substack on questionable Sex Pistols posters used in Merseyside during 1976 grantmcphee.substack.com/p/sex-pistol...
Sex Pistols in Merseyside 2 : 50 Years of the Pool of Life 17
We previously covered the Sex Pistols at Eric’s in part one, which you can read in the link below:
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Playlists from recent Long Play Sessions with @stephanopolus.bsky.social & her brilliant book We Were Here on the reclamation of rock'n'roll for Black artists & @grantmcphee.bsky.social & his superb book Scene Within A Scene on Scottish Indie music 92-01 In bio here www.instagram.com/the.long.pla...
Thanks to Tom Doyle for this Scene Within a Scene review in this month's Mojo. With a nice mention of Spare Snare. Pick up your copy of Mojo in all good newsagents. #scenewithinascene
Chatting Scene Within a Scene and Scottish 90s Indie with Aidan Moffat from Arab Strap during 'The Long Play Sessions' at SAE Institute in Glasgow on 1st Oct at 19:00. £5 - Come along, it'll be fun! eventslist.co.uk/glasgow/even...
There's a Teenage Superstars screening at The Pyramid Weekender in Glasgow, with a Q+A with Jim McCulloch from BMX Bandits and Soup Dragons Tomorrow (Sat) 3:45 PM - 6:32 PM Jim McCulloch (BMX Bandits, The Soup Dragons Lot's of other great things there too! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teenage-su...
Teenage Superstars (15) plus special Q&A
Join us for a film screening as part of Rip It Up at The Pyramid Weekender, presented by The Pyramid at Anderston
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Scene Within a Scene 90s Scottish indie chat in Glasgow - 1st October, 7pm with the wonderful, wonderful Aidan Moffat. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-p...
The Long Play Sessions - Scene Within A Scene with Grant McPhee
The Long Play Sessions hosts Grant McPhee & Aidan Moffat from Arab Strap to discuss Grant's new book Scene Within A Scene.
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I thought I'd bring together Parts 1–16 of 50 Years of The Pool of Life into one place. The series charts Mathew Street’s evolution from 1961 to 1983, encompassing Eric’s, punk, Jung, Illuminatus! and all manner of strangeness. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/pool-of-li...
Pool of Life at 50 / Parts 1 - 16
This brings together Parts 1–16 of 50 Years of The Pool of Life in one place.
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'Mathew Street Welcomes the World'. A look at the 2nd Liverpool Jung Festival from 1977 grantmcphee.substack.com/p/mathew-str...
Mathew Street Welcomes the World: The 2nd Jung Festival, 5 & 6th June 1977
Mathew Street Welcomes the World:
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New and improved guide to Eric's, Liverpool, 1976-1980, listing all the gigs that took place there, and much more. liverpoolerics.blogspot.com @andrewmale.bsky.social @grantmcphee.bsky.social @gottobedrifting.bsky.social @phlogginganorse.bsky.social @babylonpink.bsky.social
Liverpool Eric's
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I remember someone telling me there was a brief moment in 1960 when Beatnik men had long hair rather than the stereotype of goatee beards, short hair, black polo necks and horn rimmed glasses. And here's some footage. They look like time-travellers from Woodstock www.facebook.com/reel/1383180...
Brian Epstein died 59 years ago, yesterday and he was the best manager the Beatles then could have had. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/brian-epst...
Brian Epstein Died 59 Years Ago
Brian Epstein died 59 years ago, on the 27th of August.
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San Fransisco! London! Falkirk? When a tiny Scottish town briefly became one of the centre's of UK 60s Counter-Culture. Liverpool had the Cavern, London had UFO, San Fransisco had Haight-Ashbury. And Falkirk had Brian Findlay's Record Emporium. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/san-fransi...
San Fransisco! London! Falkirk?
When a tiny Scottish town briefly became one of the centre’s of UK 60s Counter-Culture
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Thanks Barry Didcock and @heraldscotland for this piece on tomorrow's Caledonia Screaming event and a dive into Scene Within a Scene; with some mentions of The Male Nurse, Huckleberry, Urusei Yatsura, Lung Leg and The Yummy Fur for good measure. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2649338...
Hidden Scottish music scene gave us Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and Franz Ferdinand
Author and filmmaker Grant McPhee reveals the overlooked artists, venues and moments that shaped modern Scottish music in his new book Scene Within…
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Make your afternoon, day, week, month, year a little better by picking up a copy of this superb album from Warren James
Review of Scene Within a Scene launch. Thanks Is This Music?
is this music?@isthismusic.bsky.social · 2mo agoGig review: Radhika / Scene Within A Scene book launch, Glasgow Mono, Wednesday August 6th 2026 @grantmcpheefilm @radh__1ka__ @monoglasgow
There are still untold Beatles stories The one I wanted to know was how Liverpool fell out of love, and then back in again with The Beatles This is a lengthy Substack on Liverpool's attitude to them in the 70s and the rebirth of Mathew St as Beatle Street grantmcphee.substack.com/p/beatle-str...
Beatle Street: How Liverpool fell out of love, and then back in love again with The Beatles
a work in progress
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Thank you The Wire and Claire Sawers for this review of Scene Within a Scene. 'A super enjoyable dive into an ethically and musically fertile time.'' You can pick up the mag in all good magazine shops, and you should.
Thanks so much Iain Key and Louder Than War for this review of Scene Within a Scene. Delighted to see David Douglas McArthur Richie Dempsey and Craig Tannock get mentions too. Check out David's excellent new band, Dark Mile too. See you at the launch party at Mono! louderthanwar.com/scene-within...
Scene Within A Scene: Scottish Independent Music 1992-2001
Scene Within A Scene follows the authors excellent Postcards From Scotland, this time focusing on 1992-2001
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louderthanwar.com@louderthanwar.bsky.social · 2mo agoScene Within A Scene follows @grantmcphee.bsky.social excellent Postcards From Scotland, with labels such as Chemikal Underground and acts such as Belle and Sebastian and bis joining the party. @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @omnibuspress.bsky.social louderthanwar.com/scene-within...
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Grant McPhee takes us through an oral history of the early days of one of 90s Glasgow's fiercest live bands, Urusei Yatsura Teen Dreams: Kitten Frenzy, Urusei Yatsura & the 90s Scottish Indie Scene @omnibuspress.bsky.social buff.ly/NTCtKsv
More Scene Within a Scene today. This time Urusei Yatsura and Modern Independent Records in The Quietus. thequietus.com/culture/book...
Teen Dreams: Kitten Frenzy, Urusei Yatsura & the 90s Scottish Indie Scene | The Quietus
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Scene Within a Scene: Scottish Indie Music from 1992–2001, Grant McPhee takes us through an oral history of the early days of one of 90s Glasgow's fiercest l...
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Teenage Superstars screening with Radhika, 1st August at North Berwick's Fringe by the Sea! www.enjoy.ly/uk/activity/... Anyone with a ticket will receive a 20% discount on my new book, Scene Within a Scene from the good folk @omnibuspress.bsky.social @fringebythesea
Wavelength - Teenage Superstars/Grant McPhee/Radhika
A 3-part Wavelength film/chat/gig event. Enjoy a screening of 'Teenage Superstars' (1hr 32, 2017) in which director Grant McPhee delves into the pre-Britpop Sco…
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50 Years of Punk at Edinburgh Book Festival. 28th August. An evening of music and chat. A Q&A with author Grant McPhee and Nicola Meighan, and concludes with a special performance by the Caledonia Screaming Band performing deep cuts from the punk explosion of 1976 and 1977.
Scene Within a Scene is one of this week's 'Reads of the Week' in the Sunday Post. "This is the fascinating history of how visionary Scottish bands changed the trajectory of the country's indie scene'
I only discovered this album existed yesterday and it's great. It's on the same label as The Watersons' Bright Phoebus, so, already in great company. Dark drones and spooky folky goings-on, helped by the backing band including Martin Carthy, Tim Hart and Ashley Hutchings.
My deep dive into LSD through the eyes of the UK press Part 1 - 1952-1966. From wonder drug to mind-warfare to teenage scourge, to garden centre mayhem, to people dressed as moths. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/when-drugs...
When Drugs Go Bad : The Changing Perceptions of LSD in the UK Press
When Drugs Go Bad : The Changing Perceptions of LSD in the UK Press
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The great and good folk @ Monorail and @OmnibusPress have put together a fantastic Glasgow launch for Scene Within a Scene Featuring the excellent Radhika, DJ sets and a Q+A with Lung Leg's Annie Spandex, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian 5th August, 7PM, Mono
Monorail Music@monorailmusic.bsky.social · 3mo agodelighted to be hosting a launch evening for @grantmcphee.bsky.social's latest release Scene Within A Scene, in collaboration with @omnibuspress.bsky.social. Featuring a panel discussion, live music from Radhika and DJs sets till the wee hours (just). tix: monorailmusic.com/products/sce...
