History is made at night
The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Star Trek Myth: towards a historical materialist critique
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The following text is still one of the best things I've read on Star Trek. It was originally published in a magazine called Melancholic ...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Lucian Freud
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The death of artist Lucian Freud this week reminded me of going to his big exhibition at Tate Britain in 2002. As a sometime mandolinist th...
Friday, July 22, 2011
New Cross Street Art
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Took this last week in Laurie Grove, New Cross (that's South London for you out of town people). Just around the corner from Goldsmiths ...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Short Hot Summer 1981: Bradford 12
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As the uprisings of July 1981 died down, the focus shifted to the defence of those arrested. The most remarkable trial was that of the Brad...
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Rock Against Racism Documents, 1979
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Rock Against Racism was a significant cultural force in Britain during the late 1970s, mobilising some of the best punk, post-punk and regga...
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Friday, July 15, 2011
If I ever slip, I'll be banned
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A Radio 4 profile earlier today revealed that Rebekah Brooks, who resigned today as Chief Executive of News International, was a youthful fa...
Short Hot Summer 1981: Brixton Round 3
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Another in the series of posts on the 1981 summer riots . Thirty years ago today, on 15 July 1981, Brixton exploded for the third time that...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
8 Arguments for Vinyl - from 1969
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I found this CBS inner sleeve in an old record the other day - actually it was Leonard Cohen's Songs from a Room from 1969. It sets out ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tolpuddle singer deported to Australia
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The punitive UK immigration controls against musicians have been highlighted here before . A particularly poignant example this week, with a...
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