Tag: Donald Trump
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Same as it ever was
Love this cover of Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ by Angelique Kidjo – reclaiming and rebooting those African rhythms. She’s recorded the whole of Remain In Light, adding her own lyrics and style, so it comes full circle. I love her take on appropriation – she doesn’t see why it’s a problem if it’s…
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Cassetteboy vs Trump
Love it… Cassetteboy returns with that Trump / Piers Morgan interview…
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London isn’t reeling, Britain isn’t under siege
I had to go through London Bridge shortly after the London attack coming back from the Depeche Mode gig at London Stadium, so yes, I can confirm: LONDON IS NOT REELING. We are NOT under siege. This from the US press which LEAKED vital info from the Manchester investigation which I am still fucking livid…
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Doing The Best You Can
During my research for my Disco PHD (only partly joking, I do take it that seriously, maybe one day turn it into something more material than mixes) I discovered this anthem to gay tolerance by Theo Vaness, “As Long As It’s Love”. Proper hands-in-the-air anthem. I was listening to this when the news that 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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Give the fascist man a gunshot
Should you punch a Nazi? Really? This is my response. Credit To The Nation and Chumbawamba, sadly as current as it was in 1993. Always loved the steal from one of my favourite Pet Shop Boys songs, too. Odd video, like One Little Indian didn’t check the lyrics and thought ‘this is a foot-tapping number,…