Tag: miner’s strike
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RIP Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat
Sadly Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat has died aged 61 (on the right in the above photo). I can’t stress how important his band was – not only launching the career of Jimmy Somerville but also soundtracking my early queer experiences and being one of the few out queer bands – the only one that…
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Everybody in the Place
Not sure how long this will be up, but this is a great documentary on youth culture and the rave scene by artist Jeremy Deller. It’s not your usual documentary either, just showing some dancing people in an hanger and then clips of angry news reports – Jeremy is filmed doing a talk to a…
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Unofficial Anthems (and unofficial strikers) 4 – Redskins
It is better To die on our feet Than to live on our knees If we fight as one Then the fight is won Til that day we’ll keep keeping on yeah Anthems tend to be upbeat, and full of empty inspirational poster platitudes of the sort of that terrible Keep Calm And Carry On…