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Tom Phelan

London
As seen in: Far Out Magazine, Flipboard, Still Listening Magazine
Covers:  Music mainly, film, art, politics, and pop culture typically finds its way in.
Staff Writer at @faroutmag, ‘Ead of Heads on Sticks, studied a media degree and work in the media, socialist 🚩 👽👌

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I'm a writer and and all round music obsessive based in London eternally exploring the fringes of culture and delivering content which grabs you with its humour, social commentary and distinct voice.

Have delivered reviews and interviews for numerous sites including Far Out, Still Listening, RGM Magazine, and In Stereo, in addition to creative writing contributions to award winning short films.

Founder of Heads on Sticks, a moniker/alias exploring the latest in alternative music and featuring r…

Tom Phelan’s Journalist Portfolio

Redskins: the socialist soul punks too left for Red Wedge

Redskins: the socialist soul punks too left for Red Wedge

In the early 1980s, socialist soul punks Redskins pursued a staunchly committed left politics in pop later at…

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The tale of Franz Kafka, the little girl, and the lost doll

The tale of Franz Kafka, the little girl, and the lost doll

One of Czech writer's Franz Kafka's most-loved and enduring anecdotes involves his creative efforts between a…

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'Sex Dwarf': Soft Cell's underground music video

'Sex Dwarf': Soft Cell's underground music video

In the aftermath of their success with 'Tainted Love', synthpop dup Soft Cell sought to turn heads with a gle…

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When Tom Waits rallied against the commodification of music

When Tom Waits rallied against the commodification of music

In response to The Doors' account of nearly selling a song for an advert, Tom Waits provided a passionate rip…

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Lip Critic - Hex Dealer Review - Still Listening

Lip Critic - Hex Dealer Review - Still Listening

Electropunks Lip Critic crush dense, aural collages of combative hardcore and hazardous breakbeat into an ent…

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“Separate having orgies from doing business”: Grace Slick’s Altamont regret

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By Tom Phelan
| Far Out Magazine
Credit: Far Out / C.J. Strauss & Co. Grace Slick can count herself as fronting the only band that took the stage at all three of the 1960s’ most famous and infamous festivals of the US counterculture. Across the Monterey International Pop Festival and Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Jefferson Airplane enjoyed prominent billing among the era’s most lauded rock names of the turbulent decade. They were West Coast royalty.
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“Separate having orgies from doing business”: Grace Slick’s Altamont regret

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By Tom Phelan
| Flipboard
1 day ago Biden and Trump shared a car from the White House to the Capitol on January 20, 2025. Jill Biden is getting candid about her experience as the former First Lady. On June 2, Biden, 75, released her memoir, View From the East Wing, which chronicles her four years in the White House, including …
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Why Depeche Mode turned their backs on their 1984 hit and refuse to play it live

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By Tom Phelan
| Far Out Magazine
Credit: Far Out / Anton_Corbijn Despite standing as their biggest hit yet, Depeche Mode’s distaste for one early smash in 1984 has meant its erasure from setlists for nearly 40 years. They’re not averse to playing the hits.
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