Issue 102, August 2011
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Stories Kermode, Mayo & Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe, festival DJs, the Queen of Twitter
Meltdown Festival
Stewart Lee in Facetime
Best/Worst Film directors
Ivor Cutler
When Goldie Met Pat Metheny drum'n'bass/jazz summit
Andy Kershaw in Facetime
Stephen Malkmus and Suzi Quatro in Word Of Mouth
WORD/Latitude CDs 30 tracks free, for crying out loud!
Molly Parkin in Word To The Wise
THE WORD COLUMNS
Francis Wheen
Andrew Harrison People who've never been to Glastonbury can only peddle ludicrous cliches
John Harris
Mark Hodkinson
David Hepworth remembers Clarence Clemons
THE FEATURES
The 40 Noises That Built Rock And Roll - Act II begins
Accidental Masterpiece Johnny Cash's American Recordings
Suede Agony, ecstasy, agony, ecstasy: repeat for 20 years
THE LAST WORD
Music Bottletop Band, Fountains Of Wayne, Josh Ottum, Washed Out, Charlie Dore, SBTRKT, JuJu, Neil Young, Fatoumarata Diawara, Ras G, Bonecheese
DVD & Cinema Super 8, Holy Rollers, Bobby Fischer Against The World, The Kingdom, Twenty Twelve, The Kennedys
Books Caitlin Moran, Little Willie John, Pauline Black
First Person: hand in glove
99% True Magicians: spot the smoke and mirrors