The New Cue #445 November 27: Pulp's Mark Webber

"I can’t believe it’s 2024 and we are still using cables"

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Welcome to your Wednesday dose of TNC. Today Pulp guitarist Mark Webber takes on our Release Valve Q&A and tells us about the process of putting together his new book I’m With Pulp, Are You?. You can get stuck into that below, but the full, award-winning Q&A is only for paying subscribers only. It’s what they deserve and, more importantly, what they pay for. It only costs £5 a month to become one of our legendary paying subs, the icons who make us look less foolish when people ask what we do for a living. Join them!

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Release Valve: Pulp’s Mark Webber

This evening, Pulp guitarist Mark Webber celebrates the release of his new book I’m With Pulp, Are You? with a launch party at London’s ICA. Mark will be in conversation with Miranda Sawyer and afterwards some guest DJs will be providing tunes deep into the night. There are still a handful of tickets available here. Can’t make it? Well, how about this instead: in a few weeks, Mark will be joining Pete Paphides for a vinyl listening session to Pulp’s masterful This Is Hardcore. Oh wait, that’s sold out. You’ll just have to make do with this interview and Mark’s excellent book, which documents the gazillion artefacts that he has gathered during his time with Pulp, first as a teenage fan, then as their tour manager, and since 1995 as their guitarist. You can read more about it below as Mark gets to grips with our Release Valve queries…

The first record I loved was: The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.

The last record I loved was: Blue Raspberry by Katy Kirby.

The musician I grew up most wanting to be is: I’m not sure there was one in particular, but as I taught myself guitar the musicians I tried to imitate were Lou Reed, Sonic Boom & Jason Pierce, Dean Wareham, Tom Verlaine, Rain Parade and The Feelies. 

My fantasy band would feature: