Matt Anniss

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Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net

Bandita the cat lying on a wall, looking bored, during the eclipse
Copy of Magic Wand Volume 20 vinyl EP, showing centre label with track listing. A2 is ‘Six Blade Scalpel (Sell By Dave edit)’, a rework of mine
Vladimir Putin smirking in front of a Russian flag
Show image for S6E6 of Join The Future, showing woodland paths covered in bright pink leaves and vibrant old trees.
Classic Optimo anti-fascist poster in Glashow, featuring a tweaked version of the keep Britain tidy logo binning a swastika. Words read “not in our streets - stand up!”
Steve Coogan as Alan Pattridge in Knowing Me, Knowing Yule, stood in front of a Christmas tree in a studio mock-up of his Norfolk home
Post from Sooz Kempner, complaining that a YouTuber’s history of Churchill video was just “glossily reading out Wikipedia Badically”.
Excerpt from the index at the back of Join The Future, showing a very large number of references to Sheffield.
Screen grab of BBC sport live page on the final day of the EFL Championahip. Text begins “‘We’re going Arsenal, you’re going Spurs’ chant the jubilant Ipswich Town fans”
Still from Monty Python’s life of Brian, with John Cleese’s character pointing and yelling at a man in chains, who has been sentenced to death by stoning
Quote: “Lampard was left aghast when referee Anthony Backhouse waved away the hosts’ appeals for a penalty after Wright and Furlong clashed on the edge of the box”
Table showing results records of clubs in games refereed by Anthony Backhouse. Ipswich Town have played 6 games, won 5, drawn 1 and lost 0. Norwich City have played 6 games, won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4
Bandita the cat, sat inside a small cardboard box looking extremely grumpy
Quote from the FT article: the rich “really value the ability to move and work wherever they want, when they want”
Quote from the Guardian interview with Pete Tong“…. Tong appeared to avoid the hedonistic excesses of DJ life”.
Steve Coogan as the swimming pool security guard in “the pool”, a mockumentary segment within an episode of The Day Today
Results of a search on the Bristol City Council website for recycling collection days for my street. For both “last collection” and “next collection”, the results in each category say “not available”
A table lamp perched on a clear plastic box fashioned into an improvised bedside table
My sleeping arrangements at my brother’s over Christmas - double airbed and duvet combo squeezed into a small home office. Surrounded by office furniture, a music stand, an acoustic guitar and various other random items
Darts player Callan Rydz, showcasing a very Scargill like combover / Shredded Wheat hair vibe
Bandita the cat, settling down to snooze on my office chair
Bandita the cat, sat on my desk, with a slightly sad look that says “why can’t you stop it raining outside”
Bandita the cat, sat on a box of rexords. As you do.
Norwich era No Score Draws illustration of Herr Farke, here seen on the side of a mug
Cover image for Join The Future S5E10 radio show, featuring a vintage image of tower blocks in Glasgow
Clippy, the infamous Microsoft paper clip with eyes. Still a bastard
Bandita, a cute cat, using her paws to fiddle with Lego models on the mantelpiece, including a McLaren F1 car
Daily Star front page, featuring Liz Truss and a lettuce wearing a wig. Headline: “Lettuce rejoice! Plucky Daily Star veg outlasts Lettuce Liz as she wilts in political heat”
Bandita the cat, lying on my office chair after tricking her way into it
The vinyl version of Global Communication’s ‘Remotion’ remix album, being held up in front of full shelves of records.
Join The Future S5E8 show image, featuring a lighthouse atop some rocks in the North Sea
Event flier for Well Dressed Social, Derby, on 15th August 2025.
Join The Future S5E7 show image, featuring Bandita the cat, sat in a garden chair with a table in front of her, looking extremely grumpy
Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, jogging at Norwich Cathedral, in a still from Knowing Me, Knowing Yule (1995)
Bandita the cat, sat on the garden table miaowing loudly in a frustrated manner because her food ape (ie me) was reading rather than succumbing to her daily demands to be fed early
A pint of cold beer (some session pale ale) being held up in front of a pair of turntables and a mixer in the centre of Bristol
Lizard Point light house, Cornwall, in the sunshine. Pink/purple wildflowers in the foreground, lighthouse middle with blue skies behind
Event image for Bedmo Disco at the Propyard Building’s Courtyard Seasions, Saturday 17th May. Features an artist image of Bedmo Disco (Gareth Morgan AKA Awon on the left holding a mirrorball and staring at it, Matt Anniss on the right looking at the camera) plus date and venue logo
Bandita, a calico cat, sat on the arm of a green leather sofa, looking at the camera with a mix of sadness and grumpy irritation, as part of an extended campaign to be fed early
Still of me on BBC Look East. Caption reads: Matt Anniss Dance music historian
Great Yarmouth beach, showing the Pleasure Beach and what was the Tiffany’s leisure complex in the distance
Text reads: EAST ANGLIAN RAVERS REQUIRED! If you have been to or organised a free party or rave in East Anglia since 1989, we want to hear from you! As part of an ongoing PhD project, music historian Matt Anniss is creating a new history of rave culture in East Anglia, showcasing the stories, memories and experiences of those who took part. To have your say and share your experiences, head to www.tinyurl.com/rave-research
Promo image for this weekend’s DJs at The Ref Church, St George, Bristol. Saturday 05/04 - Matt Anniss
Promotional image. Text reads: Join The Future presents Uncovering Hidden Histories: A Brief History of Rave Culture in East Anglia A talk and book reading by dance music historian Matt Anniss Sunday 13th April 2025 The Holloway, 19B St Lawrence Steps, St Benedicts St, Norwich, NR2 4PE
One little corner of my container garden, showing branches and leaves from an acer tree, some plants in a long box container and plants and shrubs in pots
Join The Future, March 202t show image. An old black and white photo of the Tinsley viaduct in Sheffield showing one of the now demolished cooling towers
Bandita the cat sprawls out beneath an acer tree
A copy of David Kane’s recently published What Do You Call It? From the grassroots to the Golden Era of UK rap
Bandita the cat hanging out inside one of those massive blue IKEA bags
Bandita the cat, hanging out in the patented Cat Fun Zone - cardboard box with “cat fun zone” written on it
Flier advertising a book talk with author David Kane, about his new history of UK rap, ‘What Do U Call It?’, at the Idke Hands record store on Lower Park Row, Bristol, on Wednesday 26th February (6.30pm start)
Bandita the cat, stood on a book shelf, looking shifty