Tag: Margaret Thatcher
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RC 386: Bagpipes, Big Smoke & Bling
Bagpipes are the new rock n’ roll, as is fiddles, accordions and folk is not a four letter word. From London to Scotland via Ireland, we visit hiphop, mashups, deep house, the new ANOHNI album, new Grove and new-ish AFX, and visit two kinds of Drakes (and don’t talk about one of them). And the…
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Paranoia in America
As you might have guessed from the last post I’ve been revisiting past eras to find music of resistance for today – the UK and Trump situation isn’t a new one, resisting Thatcher, Nixon, Reagan and Bush v1 and v2 created a lot of music pertinent to today. One of those is The Au-Pairs with…
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Jonathan Pie: State of the news
Many a truth spoken in jest ‘off camera’ about Jeremy Corbyn. It is crazy that during #piggate and all the stuff and nonsense about an atheist republican not singing ‘God Save The Queen’, there’s been tax cuts for the poorest, trying to scrap free school meals, the refugee crisis, an estimated 50,000+ people died of…