Ned Raggett<p>I apologize that I'm stealing <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://heads.social/@doomandgloomfromthetomb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doomandgloomfromthetomb</span></a></span>'s valor a bit here but the latest entry on that wonderful blog is a recording of the mighty <a href="https://spaceballs.masto.host/tags/Slowdive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slowdive</span></a> opening for <a href="https://spaceballs.masto.host/tags/CatherineWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineWheel</span></a> at the Roxy in 1993 -- a show I was at! Both bands were spectacular; in Slowdive's case, _Souvlaki_ had been released in the UK but not quite yet in the US, due to label weirdness. The second time I've seen Slowdive -- next week will be my fifth. <a href="https://spaceballs.masto.host/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://spaceballs.masto.host/tags/shoegaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shoegaze</span></a> <a href="https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/730258076121415680/slowdive-the-roxy-los-angeles-california" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr</span><span class="invisible">.com/post/730258076121415680/slowdive-the-roxy-los-angeles-california</span></a></p>