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Posted by cutcopy
So I finally finished digitising my Pulp scrapbook.

FYI yes its a bit crap on the Heyzine platform especially on a phone but thought I'd do a ""soft launch""" here of it. My better half registered the name for me so I have a little bit of space within his website. Still working to embed it properly so at the moment its just a redirect to the Heyzine.

So much time and emotional energy has been invested into these pages ----over the decades - its a bit silly but also amazing that I'm now in my 40s and if I find something it goes straight in. Its moved towns, cities and states with me. And it has been on display once so has some exhibition clout

Many of the interviews I scanned and uploaded to PulpWiki but this is the scrapbook as is. Have a look if you have time. 

www.mypulpscrapbook.com

-- Edited by cutcopy on Monday 16th of February 2026 09:08:29 PM
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Bookmark
amazing, thank you
 

 
 
 
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Posted by hawalius1
This is brilliant!!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Sturdy
Lovely to read that, thanks for scanning it all in!

As a side issue it really did bring home how terrible Melody Maker was in is final years. Painful.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Ian
This looks great. I had a quick skim through but will have a proper read when I have more time later.

One thing I did notice is that "Hits" was quite heavily promoted and positively reviewed yet it still only just managed to scrape into the top 75.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
Thank you all.

Sturdy > Yes the Melody Maker was frightul - issues with Limp Bizkit on the front for one. But to a kid in Australia it was still a lifeline. My local newsagent didnt get NME but they did get in The Face, Q and MM. If I went to Sydney I was able to find NMEs at HMV.

Ian > Yes Hits - what a disaster. But everyone had moved on to The Strokes, White Stripes. I remember reading that it had come in at 75 and I thought it must have been a typo because it was so dismal.

Thank you all for your comments. Its as much for this community as well. I have been on here since 2007 - but I know I had another account before then.

My partner who is more tech bro than me is working on embedding it. I told him basically I want it to look like what you see in a museum. You see the label/didactic for contextual and then the artifact. Working with what I got.

Only a few days to go until they are in my part of the world. I feel like I'm now entering this weird phase 'please dont stress me out over the next few days + im focusing on getting enough food + sleep + energy for the gigs'.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
This is sick! (as in good)

Poor Mark Webber photocopying and cutting and sticking all those Pulp 80s press-cuttings for the official scrapbooks back in the day seems such a labour of love - not that this isn't. It just looks great with the software user-friendly page turns.

The chronology towards the end has More popping up alongside stuff from years ago, a product of caring less as we get older about how we ordered our youthful passions, I guess!

Some of the text is hard to read even when zoomed-in but there's still a wealth of stuff here that is likely not on the Wiki or Acrylic Avos.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
Thanks Eamon! Yeah its sick huh bruh! I feel old saying that.

Oh thats a shame some of the text was hard to read - I scanned it in at 400dpi so you can zoom in. I'll look into that. Yes lots of stuff is probably from newspapers and mags here. But a few months ago at the local Lifeline bookfair they have a tables full of magazines and someone obviously offloaded their old Q Mags. I bought 12 and so much Pulp goodness because they were from 94-through to 98. Amazing find. I know scrapbooking is a thing for wellness and mindfulness so maybe I was always ahead of the trend!

It means a lot that you've taken some time to have a look so thank you.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Frisko2000
Thanks for this!

Courtney Taylor calling out Pulp lip-synching and playing to tape is something I've never heard before.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Woah, where was that?!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Frisko2000
Pulp and Lou Reed get some static. 

 

 
 
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Posted by lucyduck
@cutcopy Thanks for sharing, it is awesome!!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
@luckyduck thankyou - I appreciate that!!

Frisko2000 - yeah that was for Livid 1998 here in Brisbane (page 81 in the URL). Apparently they were annoyed because their equipment was late - but they would have backing tracks ie Seductive Barry. Anyway whats Courtney going on with?? How about You Were The Last High... surely a few tapes are mixed in for that song (which I loveeee)

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Sturdy
A Little Soul had that loop, and I guess This Is Hardcore had the pre-recorded orchestra intro. Which doesn't mean Courtney wasn't... slightly off the mark.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Sounds like for its live debut in NZ, Begging For Change had backing tracks of the original "choir" BVs playing. There's 8 other voices on-stage get them singing/chanting!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
Hopefull the dandy warhols aint around to complain!!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by inspirit
That's magic, thanks for sharing it. Over this winter I've been going through my Pulp stuff, inc. cuttings, and am going to assemble them into a folder, but it won't be anywhere near as nice as this.

 

 
 
 
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