Archive of posts filed under the politricks category.
home on the range
equal rights/legalise it
[23.06.03] new at uncarved.org
pay it all back
William Burroughs tells a good story about Hassan I Sabbah, the old man of the mountains, the head of the Assassins/Hashishin. The Assassins were infamous for not engaging in all out warfare with their enemies, but employing stealth and infiltration instead. So when Alamout, the Assassins’ mountaintop HQ (situated in what is now the north …
The Hacienda Must Be Built
“I love talking to my nephews about the warehouse days of glory. They look at me like Uncle Albert telling his Navy stories. I dont think they believe the Hacienda actually existed… ive offered to take em to the site and show em 24Hour Party People but it just makes em yawn! Kids eh!” Suddi …
what goes around comes around
T.W an’ B.O.C.
Matt turns up trumps again with an entry on legendary reggae spoofs dealing with homophobia. Including mp3 downloads of the tracks (from Chris Morris and Keith Allen, no less). Wish I could hear these RIGHT NOW. Apparently the Allen track “Sex Boots and Dread” received a rave review from Julie Burchill in the NME when …
bloggin’ fer Jesus
It felt good doing some entries which aren’t about music the other day. Music blogging is accessible and addictive – you do get loads of feedback that you generally don’t for the other stuff. Plus I find it very easy to write about music, and quite hard to write the psychogeography/politics/occulture/analysis. I guess this is because …