Dad Casts: Fill Your Pod
All filler no killer - 100% dadcore. Honesty pays no bills.Dad Noise: The Hoover
Where did it come from, that mad noise?Dad Chat: Wevie Stonder
The world's top cack squad reveal their bollardsDad Noise: The Schaffel
Dad Dance: Stakker Hitman
Scantily clad ladies perform aerobics to Humanoid with Pete Waterman in BrechinHow To: Make Acid
Mike Ink demonstrates his excellent hairDad Dance: Glasgow Diamonds
Hudson Mohawke's dad rapping with cheerleaders outside GreggsDad Dance: Rahaan
Mach On & On cuts out, causing an epic outbreak of dad dancing in ChicagoDad Dance: Keith Allen
Rent-a-celeb mongs it up with the Mondays in 1990 New YorkDad Dance: Phil on Crack
Nothing is more embarrassing than a dad on crack
Category Archives: Dad Heroes
Dad Chat: Richard D James Aphex Twin Interview
You may not have noticed if you don’t pay attention, but top dad and Aphex Twin Richard D James has an album about to drop. We’ve been watching with interest the slightly ludicrous publicity campaign, which has involved a blimp … Continue reading
Dad’s Day: The Fall – Big New Prinz
Belated Dad’s Day ditty from certified Dad Hero and BHS fashion icon Mark E Smith, here sporting a natty purple polo neck tucked into his trousers. His missus at the time, Brix Smith, looks like a porn star version of … Continue reading
Dad Dancing: DJ Peter Hook
Famous for pursing his lips while holding his bass guitar far too near the ground, and for having hair that looks like he is permanently driving a convertible at high speed, Hooky has recently transformed himself into the most embarrassing … Continue reading
Dad Noise: Acid
Once upon a time there was Jack. And Jack had a groove, a groove called House. And House begat an evil child. And Lo! That child was named Acid. Acid spread throughout the world and became responsible for tabloid hysteria, … Continue reading
Dad Noise: The Schaffel
What do you get when you cross this: With this: Schaffelbeat was a funny little phenomenon that popped up somewhere in the mid 90s in Cologne, Germany (hence the flag), reaching a height of popularity in the early noughties with … Continue reading
The Quietus – Mark E Smith Interview
This big interview piece with certified Dad Hero Mark E Smith is well worth 10 minutes of reading time. An excellent piece of work from the writer Kevin Perry who spoke to Mr Smith over many pints in Manchester on … Continue reading
SNUB TV: Boys Own
We found this Youtube clip of Terry Farley and Audrey Weatherspoon (hair by Timotei) talking about setting up the Boy’s Own label, which grew out of their football-and-acid-house fanzine around 1990. Some of these tunes are seriously dated (Weatherall sure … Continue reading
Snub TV – KLF
You really don’t get music TV shows like this any more – you know, where a non-ironic journalist asks intelligent questions of someone interesting. I guess the closest thing would be the occasional Culture Show music item. Here’s the KLF … Continue reading
Dad Noise: The Hoover
The first thing to say about the hoover noise is it sounds nothing like a hoover. It was a preset called ‘WHAT THE…’ on an adequate but otherwise unremarkable synth, the Roland Alpha Juno 2 (EDIT: also on the Alpha … Continue reading
Armando Iannucci – Home For Middle Aged Men
Long before Armando Iannucci did The Thick Of It, he had a very good sketch show on Channel 4 which almost nobody noticed. It was probably just too downbeat, clever and odd for most people. It’s all on Youtube though. … Continue reading
When techno went glam
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