£5 Bag – struck by the status inequality of a huge pile of top notch mint condition digital reggae singles being given away for a fiver when a similar consignment from another era could cost you the price of a house, Ben Thompson attempts to even the score by giving this fantastic music the respect it deserves.
Music journalist and author Ben Thompson has been presenting Resonance 104.4FM show The London Ear for more than two decades.
In the ten years he’s been putting on events in Hastings, the nights and afternoons he has organised have included Marina Fountain sabbath free-for-all Keep Sunday Special, Black Box ambient/spokenword/film celebration Lamps & That, White Rock Hotel basement monthly jazz night Berth (then ReBerth) of the Cool (with Ian Greensmith) and occasional Bullet Coffee House vinyl nerd death match B-Sides By The Seaside. He also puts on live shows as Southcoast DonArden and recently launched East Hastings based record label Either Ore.