John Doran
How to Get Properly Fit: A Realistic Guide for Lazy People
In the third instalment of his MEFF column, John Doran talks to writer, Oxbow frontman and martial artist Eugene S Robinson about the first steps towards becoming "Fight Club fit".
The New Sound of Egyptian Wedding Rave Is Coming to London
Electro chaabi blows most new music out of the water.
A Lifelong Music Festival Would Be a Living Hell
Five days of Glastonbury is quite enough for me, thanks.
My Wonderful Son Has Replaced Me with a 'Cardboard Daddy'
My wonderful son has replaced me with a 'Cardboard Daddy'.
The Panic of Someone Collapsing On a London Bus
I recently experienced the panic of someone collapsing on a London bus.
An A-to-Z Guide to Making Your Indie Band Not Suck in 2014
There are already enough terrible bands in the world.
If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next
Not leaving the house for 12 days will do more damage to your sanity than LSD.
I Thought That Lou Reed Would Outlive Death Itself
A personal tribute to rock's last bloody-minded genius.
A Soldier with a Broken Arm Fixed His Stare Into the Wheels of a Cadillac
Alcoholics Anonymous and wearing Mick Hucknall's pants – John Doran discusses five years of editing the Quietus.
I Walked 47 Miles of Barbed Wire (Part One)
My time in a crack house with the South of England’s most successful snakeskin boot salesman.
The Music Festival at the Top of the World
Eating whale and basking in saunas at Træna, held each year on the cusp of the Arctic Circle.