Songs That Lux Taught Us

"If you can't dig me you can't dig nothin'" - in praise of the late Lux Interior

by Lake, Film Editor
first published: February, 2009

Garbageman was the coolest pop promo video of all time.

Pictured above is my membership card to the Cramps fan club from back in the early 1980s. Twenty six years ago I thought the Cramps were quite possibly the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world and that Garbageman was the coolest pop promo video of all time. Sitting here now after being prompted to watch it again on youtube after hearing of the sad death of Lux Interior I realise that, for once, my 16 year old self was 100% correct.

Lake
Film Editor

Kirk Lake is a writer, musician and filmmaker. His published books include Mickey The Mimic (2015) and The Last Night of the Leamington Licker (2018). His films include the feature films Piercing Brightness (2014) and The World We Knew (2020) and a number of award winning shorts.

about Lake »»

Garbageman was the coolest pop promo video of all time.

the weekly guide to new releases

see it here every week →

Swansea Sound
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 7pm
Featuring Hue and Amelia from the Pooh Sticks, plus Rob and Ian from other places...

Swansea Sound + The Proctors
Rock & Roll Brewery
19 Hall Street Birmingham B18 6BS
Thu, 16 March 2023, 7pm
Tickets £12.50, are available now from Eventbrite

10 clickable things

☉ Robert Forster: why Venus by Television is the most perfect song of all time (Guardian) ☉ Magentaverse ☉ Elvis returns to the Las Vegas Hilton ☉ Marc Newson designs a toilet ☉ Racist Football Games ☉ ITV News Partygate Exposed Podcasts ☉ Hot Priests (Guardian) ☉ Jean-Luc Godard, Final Days (Le Monde) ☉ Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk ☉ Why Jelani Cobb is leaving Twitter ☉

RECENT STORIES

Contemporary Responses to the Childhood Paintings of John Scarlett Davis

Gemma Moore's views from the Windows in Leominster

Tom Verlaine

Carried Away

Outsideleft Week in Music: So this is what 100 looks like....

we're hearing from De La Soul, Hania Rani, Young Fathers, U2, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eloise, Nick Cave, Valerie June, Holy Moly and The Crackers, Rich Brian, Wilco, Jethro Tull, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Say Lou Lou, Jesus Piece and The Telescopes

How Music Saved Miki Berenyi From Success

Indie Superstar Miki Berenyi talks about her career and her memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success

Wolverhampton Literature Festival 2023

Some highlights and other lights at the 2023 Wolverhampton Lit Fest

Obrigado Pele!

Sofia Ribeiro Willcox relembrando Pele (em portugues)

Gemma Moore Sells Out

Gemma Moore's Imagined Landscapes work at Bishop's Castle has sold out

Obrigado Pele!

Sofia Ribeiro Willcox remembers the difference Pele made off the field

Outsideleft Week in Music singing from the Grimbook with Sleaford Mods

We're hearing from Sleaford Mods, Sun Kil Moon, poolblood, Gaz Coombes, Peter Gabriel, Guided By Voices, The National, Yo La Tengo, Wilco, The Luka State, Eddie Chacon, Leatherette, The Fabulous Three, John, Wednesday, The Tubs, Pile, Ron Gallo, Ghost Woman, Italia 90, Hooray for Earth, Shakin' Stevens and Ishmael Ensemble

Italia 90 - Harmony

when a band is rooted so firmly in a particular aesthetic then the review should acknowledge that and apply the same social and cultural context

Adventures in the archives

MUSIC
CULTURE
LIT
SCREENS
PRODUCT
SSH

RANDOM READS

The Pop Group vs. Dennis Bovell

Coventry City of Culture Music Festival
August 2021

A Bunch of Five - Maya Kuroki

Lead singer with Canadian psyche-rockers TEKE::TEKE, and an acclaimed visual artist, Maya Kuroki's surrounded by 5 significant things
December 2022

Dead Alive

Toon Traveler sees the previously unreleased Grateful Dead live at Tivoli Concert Hall film
November 2022

300 Words From London: Psychedelic Lights and Burned Out Lions

A night of films with the Boyle Family, light pioneers and archaeological artists.
August 2006

National Health Care, the Metric System and Now This

The infectious twitterings of Broken Social Scene are so good that I almost don't want to make fun of Canada anymore
January 2006

Dazed and Confused

Holy Bones of Saints! Shane has shattered his ankle, in passing, oh and other things are on his mind too
September 2007

All About and Contributors

HELP OUTSIDELEFT

Outsideleft exists on a precarious no budget budget. We are interested in hearing from deep and deeper pocket types willing to underwrite our cultural vulture activity. We're not so interested in plastering your product all over our stories, but something more subtle and dignified for all parties concerned. Contact us and let's talk. [HELP OUTSIDELEFT]

WRITE FOR OUTSIDELEFT

If Outsideleft had arms they would always be wide open and welcoming to new writers and new ideas. If you've got something to say, something a small dank corner of the world needs to know about, a poem to publish, a book review, a short story, if you love music or the arts or anything else, write something about it and send it along. Of course we don't have anything as conformist as a budget here. But we'd love to see what you can do. Write for Outsideleft, do. [SUBMISSIONS FORM HERE]

WRITERS thru' the Years

Alan Devey, Alex V. Cook, Ancient Champion, Andy Allison, Annemiek, Belle Plankton, Bruce Bailey, Caiomhin Millar, Chantal, Cheiron Coelho, Chris Connolly, Christian Present, Damon Hayhurst, Dan Breen, David Hackney, Denni Boyd, Dirty Lillie, DJ Fuzzyfelt, Dr. Richard Bennett, Duncan Jones, Erin, Erin Pipes, Erin Scott, Gracey Babs, Graham Baker, Guilaine Arts, H.xx, Hamilton High, Henderson Downing, Holly Martins, J. Charreaux, Jay Lewis, Jaycentee, Jennifer Lynn, Jenny McCann, Jeremy Gluck, Jez Collins, Joe Ambrose, John Robinson, Julie O, Karl Morgan, Katherine Pargeter, Kelsey Osgood, Kevin McHugh, Lake, Lee Paul, Luke Skinner, Malcolm, Marek Pytel, Mark Piggott, Meave Haughey, Michelle Williams, mindy strouse, Neil Campbell, Ogglypoogly, OL House Writer, Pam, Paul Hawkins, Paul Quigley, Peter Williams, Pixie McMowat, Pixievic, Rene Williams, Rick Casson, Ronan Crinion, Ruby Lake, Ryan 'RJO' Stewart, Samantha Charles, Seth Sherwood, Shane O'Reilly, Sheridan Coyle, Sofia Ribeiro Willcox, Sophia Satchell-Baeza, Spanish Pantalones, Speedie John, Spencer Kansa, Steve McCarthy, Tim London, Tim Sparks, Toon Traveller, Wayne Dean-Richards, and founders, Alarcon & Lamontpaul