by firehazard Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:34 pm
From
The Guardian:
In 1982 former public school boy Simon Parkes bought a rundown cinema in London for £1. Over a glorious decade he turned it into a stronghold for reggae, rock, hip-hop and dance music. In his hilarious new memoir he recalls the often hairy balancing act of managing musicians, promoters, local gangsters and the police. Here, he talks through some of the Academy's finest moments"Looking back over my years at the Academy, I must have seen it all in terms of debauched partying… But I can say with absolute certainty that
when it came to a pure riotous, drunken melee, there was nothing more visceral and hardcore than the Pogues"
http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2014/jan/24/london-brixton-academy-first-decade-in-pictures#/?picture=427859565&index=7Some more great (non-Pogues) pics if you follow the link.
From [i]The Guardian[/i]:
[i]In 1982 former public school boy Simon Parkes bought a rundown cinema in London for £1. Over a glorious decade he turned it into a stronghold for reggae, rock, hip-hop and dance music. In his hilarious new memoir he recalls the often hairy balancing act of managing musicians, promoters, local gangsters and the police. Here, he talks through some of the Academy's finest moments[/i]
"Looking back over my years at the Academy, I must have seen it all in terms of debauched partying… But I can say with absolute certainty that [b]when it came to a pure riotous, drunken melee, there was nothing more visceral and hardcore than the Pogues[/b]"
[url]http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2014/jan/24/london-brixton-academy-first-decade-in-pictures#/?picture=427859565&index=7[/url]
Some more great (non-Pogues) pics if you follow the link.
