Tag: Philosophy
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The Story of Techno Viking
I found Matthias Frisch’s documentary about the whole Techno Viking case via another video “The Meme that Sued It’s Creator’ which pretty much sums it up in one line. Matthias Frisch filmed the man who became Technoviking at Fuck Parade in Berlin in 2000, but it later became a meme and out of control of…
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RIP Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire
= Really sad to hear of the death of Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire fame aged 65. As someone who has family links to Sheffield and did my degree there, and even used to hang around the very cemetery where the Sensoria video was filmed (Meersbrook represent! Well, no-one was there, it was dawn)…
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Uncle Carl came out at Xmas
Gosh darn that made me cry…now this is how country should be, talking about real things and real situations. Aaron LaCombe made an Xmas song I can get behind – annoyingly I have just finished recording the non-mashup Xmas podcast otherwise this would be in it. More about this song, and the weird push-back he’s…
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Mr B is Back With An Existential Crisis
A THOROUGHLY MODERN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer It seems the lockdown is now paying major dividends – another new(ish) release is this album from Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer ‘A Thoroughly Modern Existential Crisis’ about COVID-19 and the state of the nation. Particularly like the live-streaming ode ‘Live Stream for One’ – been…
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New Everything Everything
Everyone’s talking about the ‘new normal’ and tbh it’s usually like the old normal but less good. But one of the few good things in lockdown is an explosion of new music being released, such as this song by Everything Everything ‘In Birdsong’. (via Guy Garvey on 6Music) Another good creative by-product of COVID-19 is…
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The Philosophy of Antifa
Great video on anti-fascism. If you’ve ever tutted at antifa violence, if you’ve ever compared fascists with anti-fascists, if you’ve said that you will defend the free speech of fascists or opposed no-platforming of fascists – then you NEED to watch this video by Philosophy Tube – a philosophy masters graduate explaining how things work,…