James Gaunt

Writing about music. Editor of The Shadow Knows music zine. I don't check this account anymore!

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Another ad from Go Magazine Nov 12 1968. Apparently the magazine was renamed Afro-Star in 1969.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Does anyone know of an archive that holds the newspaper/magazine R'n'B World? Other than one copy on eBay right now I can't find anything.

Photo: Soul singer Solomon Burke reads the latest copy of R'n'B World on February 20, 1969 in New York City

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Continuing the search for R'n'B World. These ads and articles appeared in their sister publication Go Magazine. I made an article on Wikipedia about Go Publishing in the hope someone might eventually add more information too.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

I really miss @JournalismMusic. It was the only newsletter I read weekly without fail as I loved the interviews with music journalists from around the world. Is there something else like it?

[Laurent Fintoni @laurent_fintoni]

RIP @JournalismMusic, it was good while it lasted. Thank you as always to Todd for being a friend. After much anxiety-induced procrastination I have turned the archives Google Doc into a website which is where it will live for now https://t.co/53gdw7n9bp

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

And it's just gone live now: https://t.co/5oX31JGejx

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Have you ever wondered who the man is on the cover of DJ Shadow's 'Midnight In A Perfect World'? His name is John Hillyard and since 2001 a friend and I have been researching his life. The article will finally be published next week!

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Have you ever wondered who the man is on the cover of DJ Shadow's 'Midnight In A Perfect World'? His name is John Hillyard and since 2001 a friend and I have been researching his life. The article will finally be published next week!

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@Detroit67Book I just finished your Harlem 69 book and I'd love to pick your brain about a couple of things as I'm researching a similar topic. What's the best way to contact you?

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

I quite like this feature of Wikipedia, showing the impact of my edits on my Homepage. You can see yours here if you're logged in: https://t.co/ZtM2VwE0BD

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@natalieweiner @verge For me, I’m mostly annoyed about Discogs’ recent deletion of comments at the bottom of releases that aren’t considered reviews. There were so many interesting factoids people have added over the years that are slowly being wiped. Their review policy is weird and unclear too.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Back in the 90s Fellaheen Records released debuts from Gerling and Ben Lee, as well as that awesome clear Beastie Boys 7" everyone loves. I interviewed Steven "Stav" Stavrakis about his label and found out why it was so short-lived https://t.co/QQmqSpSXIu

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@SamuelJFell @GuardianAus Nice to see TAGG get a mention! Looking forward to read the book soon too.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@emmacatnip Thank you for putting on such an amazing show! I keep watching the YouTube videos but seeing it live was incredible

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@TroveAustralia I'm very late to the party, but over the weekend I wrote a Wikipedia page about Australian actress Agnes Dobson based on articles from @TroveAustralia https://t.co/Tv0QUEZPOO

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

Music is the open door to popularity and happiness. Via @nlagovau https://t.co/AjAaO8eBN0

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

@brianlforbes @Tim_Burgess @4AD_Official @josephinewiggs @kelleydeal @thebreeders Was the 1993 gig moved to a different date and venue? I was looking at old shows for Luscious Jackson and saw your ticket. I found a listing for The Plaza on the 29th, but then it looks like it was rescheduled for Barrowlands on the 28th.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

I'm currently writing an article about Fellaheen, and I'll have all chart data for their releases up alongside the article and a detailed discography.

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

I've been looking at the Australian label Fellaheen Records, and their releases on the ARIA Alternative Top 20 Chart. Here's Pavement's album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. It peaked at no. 2 on 17 April 1994 https://t.co/TjA7ttvG4r

[James Gaunt @jamesrgaunt]

And for something more local, here's the Fellaheen release of Budd's Ovit single. It spent 15 weeks in the ARIA Alternate Top 20 Chart, the longest for any Australian group released by Fellaheen Records. It peaked at no. 3 https://t.co/lZQFeQLVF0

[AustLit @AustLit]

Today's interesting snippet about our new dataset, Australian Writing and Rock Music: it tracks both works about rock music and works by rock musicians*, and the contrast in numbers is intriguing.
*that is, creative works other than music.