Tag: the Olympics
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Orbital – Smiley / 30 Something
30 something years on and Orbital have a new best-of compilation celebrating their ’30 Something’ anniversary – the real anniversary was in lockdown. New track Smiley sums up the feeling of acid house, 303’s,distant raves and the times – especially with the evil Maggie robot and the sheep police and nods to Burning Man and…
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John Oliver tackles the FIFA World Cup
I was going to post the ‘You can take the world cup and stick it up your arse’ picture, but I think this video by John Oliver says more eloquently why you can do that. Especially worrying about Qatar, but also the dead kids and displaced people from the Brazilian favelas in the ‘Pacification’ areas…
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Unofficial Anthems 8: It’s an odd boy who doesn’t like sport
Haven’t checked if Stephen Fry (for it is he, he who apparently cannot be questioned :-/) is involved with the Olympics, but if he is remind him his favourite Bonzos song is this one. He explained in interviews and Moab Is My Washpot about finding this song and as a public school boy instantly got…
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Unofficial Anthems 2: A New England
The ultimate anthemic non-anthem, and the ultimate (anti?) lovesong given Billy Bragg’s obvious love of political change, it grates interestingly against his other songs. I suspect there’s more than a little sarcasm or irony here against those who apathetically look to relationships to guide them (the girls with prams, and even the protagonist even confesses…
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Fuck the Olympics
“I’m bored of it already” – amen brother, amen. (from TinRoofPress)