Author Archives: trevor

Simon Frith – “Internet changed “compositional possibilities,”not “principals,”

Hobo Feature article 2 “Internet changed “compositional possibilities,”not “principals,” This was originally on the Hobo Vox blog (now closed) 08/10/2007 Simon Frith is a Rock Sociologist and journalist. He was based in Coventry from 1972 to 1987. A senior lecturer … Continue reading

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How the Pop Charts Work – Simon Frith

Hobo Feature article 1 This article by Rock Sociologist Simon Frith is from Wedge, a radical magazine from the 1970’s, which I bought in the Coventry Wedge Cafe / bookshop c 1977. Simon Frith was based at Warwick University as … Continue reading

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Welcome

This is new but will be a hub for the Hobo Coventry Music archives. Hobo was a Coventry music and arts magazine run by Trev Teasdel in the mid 1970’s. Until recently the main site for the archives of the Coventry music … Continue reading

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