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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 Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for leadership of the British Labour Party titled "Last House On The Left", [8] in which he criticized Corbyn's leadership and several of his policies. Parkes also used the article to voice his opposition to what he termed the "Mainstream Radical Left" for what he described as its "determination to indulge Islamic radicalism, even as its self-appointed warriors cut their comrades down", in reference to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. The article was praised by Nick Cohen, [9] Polly Toynbee, [10] Gaby Hinsliff [11] and Marie Le Conte. [12]

After the 2019 UK General Election, Parkes appeared on Oz Keterji's podcast to discuss Corbyn's defeat. [13]

Parkes is a co-creator of and contributor to Chart Music, a podcast which provides analysis and commentary of classic episodes of Top Of The Pops . [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "PULP - ACRYLIC AFTERNOONS - Jarvis Cocker Interview". Acrylicafternoons.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | There Are No Horizons: The Holy Bible At 25, By Taylor Parkes". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ The Plastic Age – live review of Plastic Fantastic/Viva/DexDexTer by Taylor Parkes, Melody Maker. 7 October 1995 p16
  4. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | A British Disaster: Blur's Parklife, Britpop, Princess Di & The 1990s". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Parkes, Taylor. "When Saturday Comes - No love, no joy". Wsc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Quietus". The Quietus . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service". BBC . Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Last House on the Left". The Quietus . Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. ↑ Cohen, Nick [@NickCohen4] (9 September 2015). "Excellent and quietly devastating essay by Taylor Parkes "Last House On The Left: Following Corbyn's Campaign" t.co/6KGPB7kCm4" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Toynbee, Polly [@pollytoynbee] (10 September 2015). "Although Labour ballot has closed, compulsory read is this best yet article on Jeremy Corbyn, by Taylor Parkes. t.co/yi7nEprLWz …" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ gabyhinsliff [@gabyhinsliff] (9 September 2015). "Long but worth it: Taylor Parkes argues Corbyn's the wrong person to front up the left's agenda t.co/zInrGCzk6S (via @motoclark)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ 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: t.co/AqSVoeFxaK t.co/PZwDSJN6mJ" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ 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! t.co/eFDQWHkyGX" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "CHART MUSIC: THE TOTP PODCAST". ACast . Retrieved 29 October 2021.


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