WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

Dave Thomson takes us on a first-person journey into the mosh pits of various London venues and beyond, boomeranging through space, time, gigs, and major life events, documenting a raging culture war against musical mediocrity, political alienation, social cleansing and the brutality of neoliberal economics. Dave joins the dots and makes the connections, as he shines a light on how this has fuelled a creative explosion not seen since post- punk blew up across the Thatcher ravaged cities of early eighties northern Britain.

A gonzo style close orbit around a disparate collective of misfits, who transform into some of the most era defining acts on the live circuit today, including Warmduscher, Goat Girl, Black Midi, Meatraffle and Fat White Family. We see the bands, meet the characters and experience the mayhem in all its pain and glory.

WOO! provides context, narrative and plenty of laughs along the way, as Dave tries to make sense of the world in which we now exist, intensified further by the mind-bending impact of this pandemic. Amongst all the anecdotes, tangential stories, music and mayhem, friendships unravel as the seeds of new relationships emerge. Dave is yet to realise it, but tonight, for the first time in his life, he has found his people, his tribe and ultimately, his WOO!

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WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

Dave Thomson takes us on a first-person journey into the mosh pits of various London venues and beyond, boomeranging through space, time, gigs, and major life events, documenting a raging culture war against musical mediocrity, political alienation, social cleansing and the brutality of neoliberal economics. Dave joins the dots and makes the connections, as he shines a light on how this has fuelled a creative explosion not seen since post- punk blew up across the Thatcher ravaged cities of early eighties northern Britain.

A gonzo style close orbit around a disparate collective of misfits, who transform into some of the most era defining acts on the live circuit today, including Warmduscher, Goat Girl, Black Midi, Meatraffle and Fat White Family. We see the bands, meet the characters and experience the mayhem in all its pain and glory.

WOO! provides context, narrative and plenty of laughs along the way, as Dave tries to make sense of the world in which we now exist, intensified further by the mind-bending impact of this pandemic. Amongst all the anecdotes, tangential stories, music and mayhem, friendships unravel as the seeds of new relationships emerge. Dave is yet to realise it, but tonight, for the first time in his life, he has found his people, his tribe and ultimately, his WOO!

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WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

by Dave Thomson
WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

WOO!: Strange Happenings at the Windmill and Other Tangential Rants

by Dave Thomson

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Overview

Dave Thomson takes us on a first-person journey into the mosh pits of various London venues and beyond, boomeranging through space, time, gigs, and major life events, documenting a raging culture war against musical mediocrity, political alienation, social cleansing and the brutality of neoliberal economics. Dave joins the dots and makes the connections, as he shines a light on how this has fuelled a creative explosion not seen since post- punk blew up across the Thatcher ravaged cities of early eighties northern Britain.

A gonzo style close orbit around a disparate collective of misfits, who transform into some of the most era defining acts on the live circuit today, including Warmduscher, Goat Girl, Black Midi, Meatraffle and Fat White Family. We see the bands, meet the characters and experience the mayhem in all its pain and glory.

WOO! provides context, narrative and plenty of laughs along the way, as Dave tries to make sense of the world in which we now exist, intensified further by the mind-bending impact of this pandemic. Amongst all the anecdotes, tangential stories, music and mayhem, friendships unravel as the seeds of new relationships emerge. Dave is yet to realise it, but tonight, for the first time in his life, he has found his people, his tribe and ultimately, his WOO!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781838156725
Publisher: Secure Publishing Limited
Publication date: 02/05/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 416
File size: 23 MB
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About the Author

Dave Thomson has a grade 3 Certificate of Secondary Education in English and lots of records.

Table of Contents

11.

The Roof Dog, The Train Driver, Burnt Human Hair, Meat Raffle Tickets

16.

Fleapit Feng Shui, Musical Pulp and the Brother from Another Mother

21.

Anti-Fashion, Fighting Cocks, Shit Live Music, Warm Flat Beer

29.

Trumpet-Wielding Marxists, Lifestyle Fascists and Alien Couture

38.

Kitchen Earthquakes, Mythical Suburbs and King of the Humble Brag

43.

Lord Snooty, False Prophets and George Osborne's Arse

50.

Herding Meerkats, Marketing Marxism and the Last Cultural Taboo

57.

Boiled Frogs, Indie Music and the Big Idea that Totally Fucked the World

64.

Tofu Love Frogs, Chanting Hippies, Noel's Breakfast Party

73.

Touts, Taxation, Blood and Guts

80.

Photographs: Batch 1

92.

Life-Changing, Conscious-Shifting Musical Epiphany

97.

Dickensian London, Broken Britain, Media Grooming, Oh Jeremy Corbyn

105.

Thin Fat White, Karmic Coincidence, Friends Ununited

109.

Corporate Subculture, Three Musketeers, Punk Rock Disorders, Superstar DJ's

119.

Magic Badges, Saul-Less Gigs and the Hardest Round in the World

129.

Wrong Country, Challenging Content, Instant Karma

134.

Guest List Hierarchy, Anti-Anthems and The Cunt Wall

138

Glory Holes, Singing Librarians, Slimy Friends and Turkey Necks

141.

Bots, Algorithms, Voluntary Profiling and the Economics of Gentrification

146.

Industry Pimps, The Rage Factor and the British Terrorist Unit

155.

Science, Charity, Love and Letterman

162.

Collective, Subjective Experience and Unfriendly Friends

172.

Towed by a Butterfly to Nirvana

185.

Converse Trainers, Military Coups and Rock Star Bacteria

192.

Photographs: Batch 2

204.

Paedo Presenters, Offensive Millennials and the Crackerjack King

213.

Headless Children, Horror Movie Teddy Bears and Pagan God Offerings

219.

He's Not Really a Cunt

228.

Soulless Hootenannies, Gurning Rockabillies, Schizoid DJs

234.

Weird Mates, Fragile Egos, Pissy Floors

240.

Trouble at Mill

249.

Golden Syrup, Daddy Bear, Dragon Spit and Discerning Disco

258.

Gonzo Journos, FAC51 and the Neoliberal Hangover

264.

Low-Grade Weapons, High-Grade Tears and a Dog called Elvis

272.

Fairy Godmothers, Black Sambucas, Tropical Rain and Lost Phones

279.

Treason, Treachery and the Gangster Poirot

283.

Crispy Fish Fingers, Hungry Cats, Terrible Texts

290.

Photographs: Batch 3

307.

King Midas, Prophetic Moths and the Legendary Swordsman

316.

Right-Wing Socialists, Public School Buffoonery, Serfdom and Servitude

330.

Marxist Anthems, Glaswegian Gents, Fat Whites Soft Play

336.

Medley's Meddling, Clams Ranting and My Fluffing

351.

Festival Tent Saunas, Limp Mojos, Royal Rapists and Damn Fine Coffee

363.

Abnormal Normality, Reptilian Illuminati and Kafkaesque Feedback Loops

370.

Human Centipedes, Official Bears, Venn Diagrams and Spectrum Dwellers

381.

Shit Sandwiches, Awkward Elephants, Glassy Dudes and WOO!

398.

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