originally published: July, 2005
Robbie Williams sat in the car outside while his friend came in and bought a lot of comics. Robbie leaned out of the window and shouted to his friend. It only took a few seconds for the car to be surrounded by fans. It would have been difficult for Williams to draw more attention to himself without climbing on the roof and singing Angels.
Behind the counterculture is a recurring series of celebrity encounters or near encounters in or close to a West London used book and record store.
Behind the counterculture episodes compiled by Lake
Previously on Behind the Counterculture Gilbert and George ⇨
Lake
Editor, London
the first journalism Lake ever had published was a history of Johnny Thunders for Record Collector magazine, since then he has written for publications including the Guardian, Dazed and Confused, the Idler and more recently, outsideleft.com as you have just seen.
- Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest - Bill Callahan
- Return to Me - Lilac Time
- 2020 - Richard Dawson
- Chalk Hill Blue - Will Burns & Hannah Peel
- All Mirrors - Angel Olsen
- Shlagenheim - black midi
- The Imperial - The Delines
- Old New - Tomeka Reid Quartet
- Ugh, Those Feels Again - Snoh Aalegra
- 5 - Sault
- You Made it this Far - Esther Rose
- Hiding Places - billy woods + Kenny Segal
- I Found a Place - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
- Thanks for the Dance - Leonard Cohen
- Walk Through Fire - Yola
- We Really Did This and We Really Existed - David Benjamin Blower
- The Reeling - Brighde Chaimbeul
- Eton Alive - Sleaford Mods
- Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
- Biiri - Nihiloxica
more stories you really could read...
thumb through the ancient archives:
Ancient Champion - A Song For Older Skins Outsideleft contributor the Ancient Champion is taking over the world in 2018. A new single every month and a collection of short stories to come.
Punk Publishing Andy Conway and David Wake's guide to the world of DIY book publishing. Love this so much almost don't want to share it!
Walker Brigade - Therapy Animal (LP) Loving the latest LP from the Walker Brigade 'Therapy Animal'. They say Anthemic despair and savoir faire. Difficult to argue with that.
Christian Present - Ma Dernière Pelée Christian Present's beautiful, challenging and enthralling poetry...
The Rakers - Regina (LP)... Petulant, primitive & all-powerful rock 'n' roll from Baton Rouge's Rakers. Amazingly graceful and not to be trifled with. 
Pixie Kisses... Our favorite poet, Pixie Vic brilliantly skewers every rock you reside on or under. Out in December.
Most Things Don't Happen... Great collection of Kirk Lake's song lyrics, poetry and prose of the past decade and more
Buried In Time... Andy Conway's Jack the Ripper takes a trip to Birmingham
Every Day I Atrophy... Award winning Chris Connolly's first collection of short stories. Get it from Amazon and elsewhere....
Ron & Nancy - the SideCartel present out loud SoCal 90s pranksters Ron & Nancy. Every one a winner, baby that's no lie.
Prehistoric Man - Soundscaper Prehistoric Man's ransacks his library of sounds. Blissfully.
