http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/mark_ellen en http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/05/jackson-thriller-industry http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/05/jackson-thriller-industry Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Mark Ellen The Michael Jackson phenomenon represented a golden age - the peak of the music industry. The only way was down

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2007/08/rock-festivals-world-pub http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2007/08/rock-festivals-world-pub Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mark Ellen At the muddy rock festivals and the low-budget pub gigs, you can hear something that doesn't come off a computer

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200611060050 http://www.newstatesman.com/200611060050 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT Mark Ellen Number One in Heaven: the heroes who died for rock 'n' roll Jeremy Simmonds Penguin, 571pp, £22 ISBN 0141022876

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200602270002 http://www.newstatesman.com/200602270002 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Mark Ellen Kanye West delivers the most expensive four-minute performance I've ever seen in my life, with 77 women mostly wearing gold paint. He then exits vertically in a hydraulic cage

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200601300048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200601300048 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Mark Ellen Innocent When You Dream: Tom Waits, the collected interviews Edited by Mac Montandon Orion, 394pp, £14.99 ISBN 0752873946

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