Ray Philp
@ray_philp_
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writer. bylines: @GQMagazine, @The_Fence_Mag, @TheEconomist, @lit_review @Pitchfork, @thewiremagazine, @residentadvisor
London
Joined March 2017
for @TheEconomist, I went to Cumbria to find out where Britain may bury its nuclear waste – and how local residents might be persuaded to host a tomb for stuff that will be hazardous for at least 100,000 years (other than a £296k Jurassic park)
economist.com
Cumbria is considering whether to host a radioactive tomb
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for @Lit_Review, I wrote about Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen, a speculative fiction banger about the cultural consequences of biohacking—Huel dinners, sunny days, negligible culture—that resembles a certain low-tax city for the Turkey teethed
literaryreview.co.uk
Ray Philp: Forever Young - Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen (Translated from Danish by Joan Tate)
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For @The_Fence_Mag, I profiled Stef Shaw, AKA the Glasgow Cabbie. a wild ride, to say the least
"Shaw – who’d once praised Sturgeon’s ‘human touch’ – later organised a conga line of around 250 people in George Square upon her resignation, leading chants of, ‘Ding, dong, the witch is dead.’" @ray_philp_ tracks down an infamous cabbie. https://t.co/aPNbU3CUce
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eye-opening.
Inspired by @j_amesmarriott I wrote a post about professional jealousy. Free to read. https://t.co/UZM2wZS5dC
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I'm in the Autumn issue of @The_Fence_Mag, in which I meet Scotland's Poet Lorryete and foremost SNP hater, Stef Shaw, in the pub
Issue 25 is here 📸 With work from @_F_B_G_, @jadeAfitton, @gary_is_hip, @jimmy__mcintosh, @nishantchoksi, @Yoelnoreally, Snake Denton, @joe_bish, @e_llabe, Zara Meerza, Antonia Bentel, @Dan_Zep, @ray_philp_ and many more. https://t.co/XIZkMHbKt9
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wrote about a great record by Call Super for @pitchfork, ft. a theory on cultural progress, mix CD obits and a sesh riddle
Disguised by a fistful of new aliases, the London DJ-producer pays homage to the classic mix CD as a cornerstone of dance-music culture—and a showcase for the artist’s individual style to flourish https://t.co/B0MnmvKhA0
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Keith was talking here about Andrew Weatherall, but I hope he wouldn't mind me saying that this tribute, word for word, is true of Keith, too. I miss him terribly. Hard to fathom a world where I can't meet him for dinner, hear his naughty laugh and enjoy that bear hug
Today is the worst of days. Can’t believe it. He was the best of people. A lovely, lovely human being. Hilarious. A fabulous story teller. A man of impeccable taste. An inspiration. A friend. A comrade in arms. It’s so hard to imagine our world without him.
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thank you to @The_Fence_Mag for a wonderful commission—I loved writing this. more to come :)
In South Wales, @ray_philp_ meets the doomsters who are preparing for the coming apocalypse. https://t.co/DhFgYG5gyH
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i have a piece in the new issue of @The_Fence_Mag about British preppers and the struggle to make it mainstream, or, at least, less embarrassingly American
Issue 24 is here 🛏️ With writing from @EvaWiseman, @John__Phipps, @Emmafmagnus, @matthabusby, @WillBuckley24, @rosielanners, @PaddyGalbraith, @Bron_Maher, @venetiathompson, @ray_philp, @sophwilkinson & more. Cover by @nishantchoksi
https://t.co/XIZkMHbcDB
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I have a new essay about "Techno Twitter" in the @notagspodcast book, which I am forbidden from sharing (especially here)—so if you want to read it you'll have to buy it! https://t.co/elM6ST955Q
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this is funny because, even when life is objectively quite good, people love to make out that they're hard done by. there's a lesson here somewhere!
Great clip from the mid 2000s of people complaining that GPs would only see them…too quickly. I think one of the most difficult things politically is transmitting to younger people how much better things were. This sounds like a satire now.
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essential reading on the dance music press' laundering of a certain kind of guilt, and the patronising "environment of rank stupidity" it has created. https://t.co/B4tntIWopo
thebaffler.com
The notion that dance music’s emergence from marginalized communities gives it radical political power is utopian at best.
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I was interviewed by @PressVelocity about my newsletter, music journalism, being a fan of institutions, and the publication I hate most:
velocitypress.uk
An interview feature with music journalist Ray Philp about his newsletter Microplastics and the health of Music Journalism currently.
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late to this, but this AODJ with @ccl_url was fantastic. up there with the best of them! (nice one @andrewryce)
ra.co
Textures, moods, feelings—the seriously innovative artist guides us through their uncanny and unconventional methods.
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really sharp piece by @robarcand on the emptiness of "corecore" and its internet derivatives https://t.co/eBkR0TipzJ
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oh mein Gott. haven't been this happy since I found a £50 note in Soho on the actual ground the other weekend
Ricardo Villalobos: PASSIO Love Family Trax, 2002 Phase-inverted by Michaeloswell Graphicdesigner, 2022 https://t.co/p2Frv8mZOV
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me, on Instagram: this house is nice me, on Twitter: £4.7k in annual fees? we must overthrow capitalism me, on TikTok: i bought this house after dropshipping opaquely sourced paint thinner for 6 years https://t.co/wBDow2CYht
themodernhouse.com
Corbridge Crescent occupies a beautiful spot along the Regent's Canal in Bethnal Green.
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one of the lesser-known causes of arts journalism's decline is the interference of upper management, who can barely fact-check the alphabet but are imperiously confident of what journalism is and what readers want
"Where, however, those writers will come from, is increasingly unclear – a minor tragedy, in the raging fires of the contemporary world, but a tragedy, nonetheless." https://t.co/VQ7Wt69gZS
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thank you, Isabelia
it is nice to read some ideas about the future of music criticism that are concrete and hopeful, rather than cynical and bitter. worth a read:
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