Ned Raggett
Encyclopedia
Ned Raggett is a library assistant, freelance writer and music journalist. His work has been published in Allmusic, the OC Weekly
, Plan B
, Metal Edge and The Quietus
, while pieces have also appeared in Dream, Arthur
, as well as Stylus
, The Broken Face, Fake Jazz, Freaky Trigger, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Loose Lips Sink Ships, Perfect Sound Forever, the Seattle Weekly
, and Pitchfork
in the past. Raggett has contributed approximately 4000 reviews to Allmusic, including a large portion of the reviews of independent music of the 1980s and early 1990s in addition to current electronic, psychedelic, and metal releases.
Raggett has also contributed to the book Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs.
Raggett formerly DJed for UC Irvine
's KUCI
college radio station (when he was also a part-time roadie for The Dingbats), and currently works as a library assistant for UCI Libraries. He runs two music-themed electronic mailing list
s: the official Squirrels
list, and the Sparks
list. He lists My Bloody Valentine as his favorite band As of 2006, he has recorded and released two spoken-word albums, Ned Raggett Reads the Almanac, Pi and has occasionally recorded and performed with the Gang Wizard.
OC Weekly
OC Weekly, a sister publication of both LA Weekly and The Village Voice, is a free, left-wing weekly paper distributed in Orange County, California and also in Long Beach....
, Plan B
Plan B (magazine)
Plan B was a monthly music magazine based in London, England. It catered mainly towards independent music but did not discriminate between the relative popularity of the bands it features. Plan B also documented alternative culture such as film, comics, video games, visual art and books. The...
, Metal Edge and The Quietus
The Quietus
The Quietus is a British online rock music and pop culture magazine, focusing on arts news, reviews, and features. The site is an editorially independent publication led by John Doran and a group of freelance journalists and critics, some of whom have worked for other media outlets...
, while pieces have also appeared in Dream, Arthur
Arthur (magazine)
Arthur magazine, a free bi-monthly 50,000-copy periodical, was founded in October, 2002 by publisher Laris Kreslins and editor Jay Babcock. It has received favorable attention from other periodicals such as L.A. Weekly, Print, Punk Planet and Rolling Stone...
, as well as Stylus
Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....
, The Broken Face, Fake Jazz, Freaky Trigger, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Loose Lips Sink Ships, Perfect Sound Forever, the Seattle Weekly
Seattle Weekly
Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster as The Weekly...
, and Pitchfork
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
in the past. Raggett has contributed approximately 4000 reviews to Allmusic, including a large portion of the reviews of independent music of the 1980s and early 1990s in addition to current electronic, psychedelic, and metal releases.
Raggett has also contributed to the book Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs.
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
's KUCI
KUCI
KUCI is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Irvine, California, USA, the station serves the Orange County area...
college radio station (when he was also a part-time roadie for The Dingbats), and currently works as a library assistant for UCI Libraries. He runs two music-themed electronic mailing list
Electronic mailing list
An electronic mailing list is a special usage of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list — a list of names and addresses — as might be kept by an organization for sending publications to...
s: the official Squirrels
The Squirrels
The Squirrels are a novelty band based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1984 by lead vocalist Rob Morgan , the band has been through numerous lineups, but has stuck to the aesthetic that Peter Blecha describes as "cross-pollinat[ing] bubblegum sensibilities with punk attitudes."Although most of...
list, and the Sparks
Sparks (band)
Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...
list. He lists My Bloody Valentine as his favorite band As of 2006, he has recorded and released two spoken-word albums, Ned Raggett Reads the Almanac, Pi and has occasionally recorded and performed with the Gang Wizard.
External links
- Ned Raggett Ponders It All - Ned's blog
- That desert-island question never gets old - Ned's chapter on LovelessLoveless (album)Loveless is the second studio album by alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. Released on 4 November 1991, Loveless was recorded over a two-year period between 1989 and 1991 in nineteen recording studios...
from Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs - Ned Raggett's Top 136 Or So Albums Of The Nineties
- Ned Raggett answers readers' questions as part of 1p3 ROCKTOBER
- Ned Raggett on Marriage to Liza Minnelli