pop Archives - Resistor Magazine |

July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020

Synth Britannia – BBC 4 Documentary on Birth of UK Synthesizer Pop

There is a cascade of emotional and physical reactions when I hear “Cars” by Gary Numan. To the casual observer I appear to have a seizure, or fit as the music takes hold.

August 21, 2020

August 21, 2020

The Summer when Everything Changed

For me, the last few summers blend together. I’d struggle to pin down if the full moon party I played at was last year or three years ago, when I watched Purple Rain in the park, or exactly which year my bike got stolen. I can’t imagine that I’ll mistake 2020 for any other summer.

September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020

Songs in the Key of Fall – Spotify Playlist

It was hot. You’d breathe in and feel the temperature. Then the smoke came and you couldn’t breathe at all for a week. Then the light changed and you knew all at once that it was over.

January 23, 2021

Heavy Rotation: John Lennon – Imagine

While there were only 10 months between 1970’s Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon’s first post-Beatles studio outing – and his sophomore release Imagine, there’s been 50 years of people asking if there’s more or less light between the two LPs than critics of the time acknowledged.