Ali Smith: Guardian Article + New Interviews

Portable Infinite Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvvA-vtt4E

“Author, Artist and Musician Ali Smith has popped in this week for a chat about her latest tome “The Ballad of Speedball Baby”. This memoir charts the trials, tribulations and dream crushing of attempting to navigate the world of major labels in the 90s, at the height of their post Nirvana feeding frenzy.

Which original punk band need their electrics looking at? Which Beatle was upstaged by a drum destroying singer? Should we pay any heed to the wants and needs of Sloveinian bikers? Listen and find out the answers to all these questions, as well as ones you didn’t know you had.

Tom and Niallism talk mis-matched line ups, Tom’s talking up his parenting and Niall hits a milestone.” – Mid Life Punk Podcast

Listen Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1187609/14588452-mlpp152-ali-smith

Ali Smith’s 90s New York punk scene – photo essay on TheGuardian.com includes some great live shots on The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and a photo of Cristina Martinez.

“Verta-Ray’s apartment on Ridge Street is where he built the studio that launched the torrid career of my band, Speedball Baby. Passing through were James Chance, Kid Congo Powers, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Eugene Hütz, Mick Collins and acres of others whose raison d’être was to create, create, create. No permission asked, nor granted. The clean, controlling, corporate world stayed far away from downtown’s gritty streets.”

FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/05/ali-smiths-90s-new-york-punk-scene-in-pictures