Tag: Eastern Europe

  • Gentrification: The Horror Movie

    Gentrification: The Horror Movie

    Doesn’t this look like some Ballardian dystopian horror fiction? Something out of American Psycho? So much so, someone has recut it with that footage: The real horror is the vapid emptiness of the vision, and the pure naked greed, like the reviled yuppies in the 80’s, but that was a local phenomenon. And the fact…

  • Conchita Wurst

    Conchita Wurst

    Vaguely aware there is this Europevision or Yurovision thing or whatever it’s called tonight…I avoided going out on the gay scene tonight because of it’s grindingly depressing omnipresence (actually I don’t need an excuse to avoid the gay scene, the scene itself is a good enough reason, but Eurovision gives it an extra Brucie Bonus).…

  • The gradual acid drip of fascism

    The gradual acid drip of fascism

    Something I’ve always struggled with it certain labels, certain accusations towards the UK government and security services. ‘Police state’ ‘Nazi’ ‘Fascism’ ‘Stasi’ – all very easy to blurt out and demean the original usage, and when using them you think about some cold grey depressing country (oh it is the same!) in Eastern Europe with…

  • Shame in the East

    Shame in the East

    Well for the next couple of months it’s Pride season, traditionally June because of Stonewall but London Pride is in July and Brighton is in August. Prides in this country are fun mostly apolitical affairs (I’ve commented on that in the podcast before now). But spare a thought for those in countries where it’s still…

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