Sounding Off
News, events, dates, ideas, letters and the Wire-guide to what's going down

Philip Glass
Louise Gray gets the Lowdown on the pop-art composer

Bruce's Fingers
Chris Blackford celebrates ten years on the outside for the independent label

Seeing Things
TWA contemplate music under the gun

Hector Zazou
David Toop talks global village linkups with the Algerian flaneur

The Modern Musiquarium
Michael Banks was there, taking pictures

Metal & Islam
Kean Wong reports from South East Asia on the war between ancient faith and serious fun

Taboos & Routines
Mark Sinker looks at John Zorn, Genesis, P-Orridge and art-shock in music down the ages

Jazz & The BBC
Stuart Nicholson examines an institution's lamentable broadcasting record

Can They Shut The Rap Up?
Laura Connelly asks if America's Free Speech statutes are working for HipHop

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Censorship In Czechoslovakia
Stephen graham tells of cultural suppression in Eastern Europe before the fall of Communism

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Music Goes To Court
David Toop recalls his days as a defence witness for intolerable pop

Don Byron
Brian Morton listens to the Klezmer klarinettist

Great Lost Recordings
Ben Watson on Ennio Morricone

Invisible Jukebox: Coldcut
The mixmasters try their luck: Mark Sinker pulls the platters out of his hat

Reel-To-Reel
David Eimer discusses the latest video releases

Soundcheck
the records that matter by the writers that count