Taylor Parkes
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Taylor Parkes (born 30 April 1972) is a British journalist. He is best known for his music journalism which appeared in Melody Maker from 1993 to 1998.
Parkes was a champion of Saint Etienne, Pulp,[1] Manic Street Preachers[2] and the Romo scene, something he supported along with colleague Simon Price.[3] He was critical of Britpop groups that he considered to be unadventurous but was for a time largely positive towards Oasis.[4]
He also contributed to Careless Talk Costs Lives and Plan B, both edited by his former Melody Maker colleague Everett True, as well as 1990s pop-cultural magazine Ikon and early 2000s music monthly Bang.
He has since written for the football magazine When Saturday Comes[5] and The Quietus,[6] a music and pop culture website, and has contributed to Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service on BBC Radio 6 Music.[7]
In 2015, Parkes wrote an article for The Quietus on
After the
Parkes is a co-creator of and contributor to Chart Music, a podcast which provides analysis and commentary of classic episodes of
References
- ^ "PULP - ACRYLIC AFTERNOONS - Jarvis Cocker Interview". Acrylicafternoons.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | There Are No Horizons: The Holy Bible At 25, By Taylor Parkes". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ The Plastic Age – live review of Plastic Fantastic/Viva/DexDexTer by Taylor Parkes, Melody Maker. 7 October 1995 p16
- ^ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | A British Disaster: Blur's Parklife, Britpop, Princess Di & The 1990s". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Parkes, Taylor. "When Saturday Comes - No love, no joy". Wsc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "The Quietus". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service". BBC. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Last House on the Left". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Nick [@NickCohen4] (9 September 2015). "Excellent and quietly devastating essay by Taylor Parkes "Last House On The Left: Following Corbyn's Campaign" http://t.co/6KGPB7kCm4" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Toynbee, Polly [@pollytoynbee] (10 September 2015). "Although Labour ballot has closed, compulsory read is this best yet article on Jeremy Corbyn, by Taylor Parkes. http://t.co/yi7nEprLWz …" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ gabyhinsliff [@gabyhinsliff] (9 September 2015). "Long but worth it: Taylor Parkes argues Corbyn's the wrong person to front up the left's agenda http://t.co/zInrGCzk6S (via @motoclark)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Marie Le Conte [@youngvulgarian] (16 December 2019). "I remember reading this piece on Corbyn from someone on the left in 2015, days before he was elected as Labour leader, and thinking it was very good - it's aged pretty well: https://t.co/AqSVoeFxaK https://t.co/PZwDSJN6mJ" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Katerji, Oz [@OzKaterji] (28 February 2020). "Episode 7 of my podcast Corbynism: The Post-Mortem is now live! This week's episode is an in-depth exploration of Corbynism as an ideology, featuring academics Frederick Harry Pitts, Matt Bolton and journalist Taylor Parkes. Trust me it's a good one! https://t.co/eFDQWHkyGX" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CHART MUSIC: THE TOTP PODCAST". ACast. Retrieved 29 October 2021.