Month: May 2010
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She makes my heart beat the same way, as at the start of Blue Monday
Just heard this on Lamacq’s program on BBC Radio 6 – Divine Comedy is back with a great song about Indie discos – reminds me of Misshapes which used to be on a Thursday (RIP) and Crimes Against Pop. And great wry lyrics, as you’d expect from Neil Hannon…such as: And now we’re moving to…
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Pray away the gay tories
Homophobic, xenophobic, Thatcher in sheep’s clothing – vote how you like but those in the UK please don’t vote Tory on the 6th. Why? Well here’s a few reasons close to my heart: Philippa Stroud, Tory PPC for Sutton and Cheam who might well win it, believes you can pray away the gay – literally…
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N-N-N-Nineteen – nothing much changes does it?
A few recent and not so recent videos reminding you that certain wars is still going on, political strife and protest are on the horizon, and history just keeps repeating itself… First from Paul Hardcastle whose created a 25th anniversary version of his 1985 hit ’19’ but of course this time about Afghanistan (apparently now…
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By The Time I Get to Arizona 2010 by Toki Wright
Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Toki Wright from Rhymesayers has made a timely and topical remake of the Public Enemy classic, referring to the recent sad events in Arizona re: immigration, making stop and search possible even if you ‘look’ illegal (you know how I hate those ‘sus’ stop and searches, be it photographers, muslims, latinos, whatever).…
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Elections?
(Jeremy Deller) (Bob and Roberta Smith, Mark Wallinger) Yes there’s an election on and I love these alternative artist’s election posters via the Guardian. Vote how you want as long as it’s not Tory (yes I’m biased, as you can see from this selection) – because as they on occasion accidentally drop the guard and…