Phil McMullen
Phil McMullen is a British writer and music journalist. He was the founding editor of ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' magazine from 1989 until 2005, at which time management of the publication was handed over to Pat Thomas in North America. McMullen co ...
(1988–2005) Pat Thomas (2005-07)
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music
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, company = Woronzow Records
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Nick Saloman
The Bevis Frond is an English rock band formed in 1986 in Walthamstow, London, England. The band is fronted by Nick Saloman and has recorded many singles and albums on various independent labels.
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Saloman was originally in a band kn ...
, firstdate = May 1989
, finaldate = October 2007
, finalnumber = 36
, country = England (1989–2005) USA (2007)
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Melksham
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Early history
Excavations in ...
,
Wiltshire
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Oakland, California
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(2007)
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, website = http://www.terrascope.co.uk/
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''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' is a magazine covering old and new music, usually of a
psychedelic
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nature. It has been published irregularly since 1989. Originally published by the Woronzow record label, it covers a wide variety of bands and artists from the 1960s to the present day. Issues typically come with a 7" vinyl record or latterly a CD, and sometimes also special inserts such as
artwork
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editor
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Phil McMullen
Phil McMullen is a British writer and music journalist. He was the founding editor of ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' magazine from 1989 until 2005, at which time management of the publication was handed over to Pat Thomas in North America. McMullen co ...
announced that the magazine would be coming under new management and relocating from
Britain
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to
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. Th terrascope.co.uk domain name has been retained by McMullen for the website ''Terrascope Online'', featuring reviews, interviews, articles and artwork by the majority of the former Ptolemaic Terrascope staff.
The ''Terrascope Online'' website also acts as a focus for the semi-annual
Terrastock
Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website. The event typically features independent bands playing psychede ...
indie rock
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festivals
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which, since 1997, Phil McMullen has curated.
According to the magazine, the name ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' has no real meaning. Their official web page explains, "
Ptolemy
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is a
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who lives at Terrascope Towers. ''Terrascope'' is a word Phil made up because (a) it matched the artwork we'd designed for the first issue, and (b) we like the
Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet (; born 'Don Glen Vliet'; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the M ...
song 'Tarotplane'."
Additionally to the online magazine, McMullen started a new letterpress-printed music magazine, the ''Terrascopædia'' in 2012.
Personnel
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Phil McMullen
Phil McMullen is a British writer and music journalist. He was the founding editor of ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' magazine from 1989 until 2005, at which time management of the publication was handed over to Pat Thomas in North America. McMullen co ...
, editor (print issues from 1988–2005, since then online as ''Terrascope Online'')
* Pat Thomas, editor (one print issue, 2007)
See also
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Terrastock
Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website. The event typically features independent bands playing psychede ...