Tag: Stewart Lee
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RC 340: …. .- .–. .–. -.– / -. . .– / – .. . .-.
Happy New Tier! 340 Returns! That’s what the Morse above says. Inventor Samuel Morse was pro-slavery and a candidate for the 19th Century version of Trump, the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic ‘Know Nothing’ Nativist party who started riots over race and religion. He seems oddly relevant to what is happening in the States in the last…
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Comin’ Over Here
This was supposed to be on the Xmas podcast but I forgot. It is by Asian Dub Foundation and Stewart Lee and is a version of his infamous sketch/rant/piece about immigation. They are attempting to get this song to #1 by December 31 – when the UK fiinally leaves Europe – a debate soiled by…
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The Ballad of Shirley Collins
Beautiful and moving documentary about the folk singer Shirley Collins by Tim Plester & Rob Curry, currently available to stream for free at Lush. Amazingly David Tibet and Stewart Lee also feature, as she says her fan base is now quite diverse compared to the old folkie days. It details her history recording songs in…
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Paul Nuttall and alt-right ‘patriots’
Paul Nutall? Of the UKIPS? Well let Stewart Lee say it best (NSFW). And I think the best response to the ‘alt-right’ (sorry, like New Labour you can’t rebrand Nazis – yes not all ‘alt-right’ people are fascists but some are) and the far-right is Maajid Nawaz’s response on LBC – you aren’t patriots. You…
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Hawkwind with the Prince of the Hawk-Men
I heard this via Stewart Lee standing in for Stuart Maconie on the Freak Zone – genius combining Brian Blessed (Prince Vultan of the Hawk-Men in Flash Gordon) with Hakwind on this remake of Sonic Attack. Completely mental, in the best way.
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Stewart Lee on arts funding
Worth watching this clip from a 2010 interview with Stewart Lee on arts funding…I think this very much has come to pass, much more with Cameron and co, where University is where you go to learn jobs that make money. And I think the point about the arts ‘fighting the war on their terms’ is…