HeyJaredDave Haslam's Substack
Dave Haslam's personal Substack, with new and exclusive writing, interview transcripts, and journalism archives 1983-2024.
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The search for freedom and happiness (opens the original)
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I don’t know what my last memory will be, but I remember my first. It was soon after my third birthday, at a small pre-school nursery, adjacent to a church on Oxford Rd in Moseley, Birmingham. One morning, in the Spring of 1965, I slipped out of the front door, in search of freedom and happiness.<div class="image2
Free tickets to be won for my upcoming book tour. (opens the original)
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My new book, ‘Creative Journeys’, is out on October 13th and includes intimate and full length interviews with geniuses including Neneh Cherry, Pete Shelley, Andrew Weatherall, Maxine Peake, Jeremy Deller, Bernard Sumner, Raymond Carver, Lemn Sissay, Miki Berenyi, Kevin Rowland, Paddy Considine, Jarvis Cocker, Jonathan Franzen, Mark E Smith, Trackie McLeod, Afrodeutsche, Viv Albertine, and Terry Hall.Pre-order the book HERE</a
John Simm, Stephen Morris, Afrodeutsche (opens the original)
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My new book, Creative Journeys is out in October and many of the book events planned around publication feature special guests; including on October 24th at the Manchester launch at HOME Theatre where I’ll be joined onstage by actor John Simm, drummer Stephen Morris, and DJ/composer Afrodeutsche. They’ll be discussing their life and work with me. I’m genuinely excited to get to chatter to this trio of geniuses!Manchester launch tickets at HOME here - https://manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/ev
“If that’s music, then I’m the Shah of Persia” (opens the original)
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One noticeable feature of the passing decades is the vehemence with which the older generations hate on the music of the young generations. “Music was better in my day”, apparently. Even if your day included hit songs by the Wurzels and nonsense like ‘Mouldy Old Dough’ by Lieutenant Pigeon.<div c
What I did in July (1983) (opens the original)
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It intrigues me how much we change but in many ways also stay the same. After diving into my 1983 diary, I’ve reacquainted myself with the twenty-one year-old me. I’ve discovered a young fella with a Summer job, an interesting community of friends, living in Hulme, going to arty films, pubs, cafes, and galleries; and gigs galore (at the Haçienda and elsewhere). He’s definitely a version of me, and I like his energy.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/
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