Ep5| "I lost an emotional connection to music" - Simon Tucker, Music Journalist & DJ

Our next guest is Music Journalist, DJ and friend, Simon Tucker. We've both known Si for almost 20 years since meeting at Uni in Wales.

In this conversation he talks about Tangled Parrot, the independent record shop where he works, his love for radio and how he’s adjusting to the challenges of homeschooling a 7 year old!

Recorded on April 16th, he also talks about his sobriety during the lockdown and his hopes for the future.

Links for this Episode

Tangled Parrot Twitter | Facebook
Hope Not Hate website | Twitter | Facebook
Louder Than War website | Twitter | Facebook
Radio Free Matlock website | Twitter | Facebook

Music Venue Trust website

Tim Burgess Listening Parties website | Twitter

Si mentions how the current situation has been associated with grief. Here's an interesting article in the Harvard Business review that discusses how "That discomfort you're feeling is grief".

Hacienda live stream/United We Stream website

5G/COVID-19 consipracy theory FT article | BBC article

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Artwork by George Hall @geogeohall

Animations by Emily Turvey @digeoproductions

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Positive Negative creates discussion with a wide range of people around the same set of questions, building a picture of how a certain topic or event is affecting them.

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