‘Your blog is futile’: How analogue is fighting back

 Debbie Harry and Anya Phillips (co-founder of the Mudd Club, NYC) in a panel from The Legend of Nick Detroit, issue #6 of Punk Magazine, 1976. Photograph: Chris Stein.         


Despite our world being transformed by digital - from how we listen to music, to the films we watch and the social media we use – the analogue is making a comeback. For a new breed of cultural outriders, the analogue world of vinyl records and old-fashioned print is where it’s really at. As SIMON RICHARDSON finds out, the gritty sensuality of old-school tech and media you can hold in your hands isn’t just nostalgia.