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  1. The Deep Field by

    Fandoms: Blur, BritPop (music), British Singers RPF  

    27 Apr 2013

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    "All your teenage dreams have come true, and it's turned into a bit of a nightmare" - Alex Jones, bassist, Slur

    This sprawling epic was the centrepiece story of an ancient "Pop Music Fan Fiction" site called Entertain Me! way back in the mid-90s. It originally started as Blur fan fiction, and expanded to be a snapshot of the 90s indie music scene. After being (allegedly) threatened with lawsuit by certain unamused musicians who shall remain nameless, all of the band names were changed to ciphers - part of the fun of reading is trying to figure out who "Radioshack*" or "Jim and William Gallivant of Mirage**" or "AbSynth***" really were. It eventually became hard to tell the real bands from the made-up ones.

    *Guessing these people is easy
    **A strange mixture of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Oasis
    ***Duran Duran

    We wanted to read and write original female characters who were as cool, as interesting, and as rock'n'roll as the boys we lusted after. In a music scene that included Elastica and Lush and Huggy Bear and Stereolab, a band like The Charms really seemed possible. 20 years later, re-reading the story, I realise that the girls, all based on real people I knew back then, *are* the story.

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    Chapters:
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