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Why You Must Watch The New Luke Haines Film, By Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers gives us several pertinent reasons why you should watch Art Will Save The World, a documentary about Luke Haines

North Sea Scrolls: Coughlan, Haines, Mueller Present New History

Messrs Luke Haines, Cathal Coughlan and Andrew Mueller are currently chasing Hawkwind's hot air balloon to the Edinburgh Festival in search of the true history of Britain. Ben Graham investigates. Portraits by Al Overdrive

John Moore Recalls Thirsty Misadventure With Zodiac Mindwarp

John Moore tells us that he's cheerful this January 2011. His diary takes a break as he recalls time spent with the terrifying and unpleasant Zodiac Mindwarp

John Moore Is Cheered By Port Eliot & Luke Haines Being Nice

After a spell in the doldrums, our man Moore heads to the West Country for the fruity extravaganza of the Port Eliot Literary Festival, where he plays some songs and Mr Haines does a reading

John Moore Remembers His Friends Mr Horsley & Mr Wojas

Uncovering The Ballardian Universe Of Black Box Recorder

Danger, death and British humour: it's all in a day's work for Black Box Recorder, says Jude Rogers, as she sifts through their back catalogue to bring you the choicest cuts

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part Three. By John Moore

After slicing his hand open and whiling away the hours turning his hand into a newsagent's top shelf, our man Moore falls off the wagon...

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part Two. By John Moore

In his first diary for the Quietus, John Moore had a nasty accident with a pair of scissors and a shredder. Ever the artist, he didn't let this stop him making some fingerbob bongo. Pictures may appear work unsafe...

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part One. By John Moore

Former thirsty absinthe importer, Mary Chain drummer, Black Box Recorder guitarist and debonair man of letters Mr John Moore starts a new diary for the Quietus. In Part One, an altercation with a shredder leaves him rueing the fact that, all too often, the first cut is the deepest

Luke Haines Interview: Middle Age Is No Time To Sing About Maddy

In a wide-ranging chat, Luke Haines spills the beans on The Libertines, staying smart, why being a middle aged parent means songs about disappearing children are out of the window, and the follow-up to _Bad Vibes_