22-And-A-Half

2022 is one of the most exciting ever at Outsideleft. We've seen so much great content; we've featured amazing new contributors and some of the greats have been back too. So, a snapshot at the end of June of the biggest, most widely read stories of 2022. So far.

1. I Photographed All Of Steve Coogan's Early Characters In My Hulme Flat
   Madchester scene photographer Richard Davis discusses his vital documentation of the Manchester scene with Tim London by Tim London
2. America Never Deserved Bowie
   Spencer Kansa says the American media didn't dare get David by Spencer Kansa
3. Re: Wire
   This is what Wire's Not About To Die really sounds like by Alarcon
4. Toon Traveler: One Man's Dream in Tangerine
   Toon Traveler takes a three mile Metro ride to see Tangerine Dream. It Ain't That Easy by Toon Traveller
5. The Yellow Wallpaper - Film Review
   The latest version of the classic feminist gothic horror story hits the screens by Lake
6. John McGeoch: Quintessential Guitar Man
   McGeoch's biography, The Light Pours Out Of Me, by Rory Sullivan Burke is out in April by Tim London
7. The World We Knew - Film Review
   Sheridan Coyle on the stylish low budget gangsters versus ghosts spookfest. by Sheridan Coyle
8. David Bowie Turns 75, Releases a New Album, Continues To Pivot and Live Forever
   Alarcon in his birthday suit... Remembering a lost master by Alarcon
9. Momus : Smudger
   John Robinson listens to Smudger the new LP from Momus by John Robinson
10. Hope and Glory After All
    Hailed as an exciting new voice in British fiction, Jendella Benson arrives with her debut novel, Hope and Glory by Ancient Champion
11. Momus - A Complete History
    John Robinson's journey through the work of Momus starts here... by Jay Lewis
12. Our Subversive Voice: The History and Politics of the English Protest Song
    An Interview with Oskar Cox Jensen, an investigator of the use of song to register protest through the ages by Tim London
13. Ceremony: Pop Comes to Campus 1965-1995
    Ancient Champion sees the University of Birmingham's live music history make an exhibition of itself. by Ancient Champion
14. I Was Buffalo Bill
    Jeremy Gluck on Nikki Sudden, Rowland S Howard, Epic Soundtracks and becoming Buffalo Bill by Jeremy Gluck
15. Dust and Wisps
    Drawing and Painting at Cornelius Projects by LamontPaul
16. Bruce Claypool
    The abstract art and iconic design of Bruce Claypool by Ancient Champion
17. Mark Stewart. VS
    Tim London listens to a new LP of collabs from Pop Group legend, Mark Stewart by Tim London
18. Kind Of Punk, Part 2: Buzzcocks
    Kind Of Punk - the recollections of a 'nice girl' in a small town by Pam
19. Marion Raw
    A Star Is Born by Ancient Champion
20. Real Teen Shimmer...
    John Robinson hears the new Amoeba Teen LP and what he hears is good by John Robinson
21. Forty Years On: The Fall's 'Hex Enduction Hour'
    The first of Jay Lewis' deep dives in his favourite albums of 1982, start with an album that's 40 years old this week... by Jay Lewis
22. Pamina Stewart Found Art
    Often for Birmingham based artist Pamina Stewart the work begins with something thrown away by Ancient Champion

Essential Info
Main image by Richard Davies taken from his book The Madchester Years 1989–91 available from Café Royal Books (£6.50) here
Richard Davis on Facebook here
The Outsideleft review of The Madchester Years, here