Summary
It's been written since his death that [Swells] is best known for his writings at NME during the '80s. Not true. During the '80s, as brilliant and inspirational as he often was, he was operating at a paper that actively championed writers of his ilk. It wasn't until most of the tastemakers flicked off towards the end of the decade that Swells really shined: as the NMKs one truly opinionated voice, he stood alone- whatever readers thought of his taste in music. He was unafraid because he didn't know HOAV else to behave.
All the outpouring of grief surrounding Stevens death have something in common: 1) We'll never see his like again. 2) Wc would like to see his like again, but we won't. 3) We miss those days of the tastemaker critic and isn't the NME (etc.) a weaker publication for the passing of them?See the full content of this document
Extract
'You Write to Make an Impact.'
You write to make an impact.
Engage, argue, inform, irritate, but above all entertain. In the early '80s I'd seen Seething Wells wi...See the full content of this document
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