Tag: London 2012
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Olympic Bus Apartheid and The Invisible Poor
The Olympics is about to start in Rio, if they get it finished in time, LOL. It’s interesting though that apparently 11 bus lines from the poor North of the city have been cancelled so poor people don’t come into the richer south where the tourists and Olympics are. Also near the airport a wall…
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RC 225: Babylondon 2012
Welcome to Gridlock! They call it murder… A state of the capital address about London, 2012, Babylon and ting. Righteous music from roots reggae to dubstep, soul, rock and gothabilly & psychobilly (and two Orchestras and some funky dubby jaxz from Miles Davis!) celebrating Jamaica’s 50th birthday and Red, Gold and Green rather than Bronze,…
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Cassetteboy’s Opening Ceremony aka Panem et Circenses
Well more Boris telling the truth for once about the Panem et Circenses that is the Olympic Games. Very funny! (via b3ta) And you can’t ring my bell with everyone’s favourite walking rhyming slang, Jeremy Hunt (via Dean W):
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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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Unnofficial Anthems 7 – Arse is the size of a small country
Weirdly Divine Comedy’s National Express re-entered my consciousness twice this week, once via Maconie on 6Music then a day or two later it came round randomly on my iPod (I have random playlists but that hadn’t popped up before and hadn’t ‘shuffled’ for a long time). Now we are approaching the Opening Ceremony, my personal…
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Fuck the Olympics
“I’m bored of it already” – amen brother, amen. (from TinRoofPress)