Tag: Olympics
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Presets new album – Ghosts
Must say I missed this, being away and all – Presets just released the album Pacifica last week in the UK/Europe. If this excellent single and video (it’s like being back at the Olympics! Where’s Tom Daly?) ‘Ghosts’ is anything to go by, it’ll be a good un – sounds more mature without being all…
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When In Rome
The bread and the circuses came to be nearing The Saviour or somebody must be appearing Pagans and pageants were all disappearing Inside my head. The stones on the statues were staring and stalling Caesar and Cassius were cursing and calling The empire had risen and now it was falling Or so it seemed.
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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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Killer cops
The picture above from The Real Art of Protest is all I really need to say about the PC Harwood verdict. Disturbingly just before the Olympics that the Met can harm and kill without impunity – even when filmed they get off. Even with a history of bad behaviour that other police criticised. ‘One bad…
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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…