Sean over at expletive undeleted unearths Flux of Pink Indian’s most, ah, “challenging” album and also republishes his interview with them from around the time it was released. I came into anarcho punk from the wrong end – managing to pick up this LP and Crass’ similarly experimental “Yes Sir I Will” before the more …
expletive undeleted Well, he needed a gentle nudge after me bigging up his accounts of seeing Crass and Jah Shaka in the early 80s, but Mr Smith3000 has returned to form with some great posts including: Checking Stone Love in JA, The Butthole Surfers in fine conversational form circa Locust Abortion Technician, Sly and Robbie.
Kill Your Pet Puppy… …was a beacon of colour in the monochrome early 80s dominated by misery merchants Crass and TG. A zine I never saw at the time, but had read about in passing on a few occasions. I retold what I knew during a talk on magick and anarchism about ten years ago, …
Everyone’s having the time of their lives Fighting with snowballs, not bottles and knives Just like a snowman on a sunny day White power hatred is melting away Singing a song of holiday cheer Drinking egg nog instead of beer To every boy and every girl Merry Christmas to all… And happy new year! Crucial …
Stars of Vague Magazine now have a tribute page of press cuttings up on the web including the lowdown on squatting the Libyan Embassy and the “Enoch and Roll” tapes exposing some racist lyrics by The Beatles… GOD TOLD ME TO DO IT Oh yeah, just remembered that they also did this Mark Stewart pisstake …
History is made at night: The great disco debate On elitism vs utopianism in disco. Great stuff, though I can’t help siding with H.I.M.A.N. on this one. Quite clearly capitalism is glued together by stuff like elitism, hierarchies, celebrity status, etc so it’s hardly surprising that these appear in social movements as well. More interesting …
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Expect Anything Fear Nothing – Seminar Online At the beginning of March 2007 a seminar on the Situationist Movement in Scandinavia took place in Copenhagen. At this event artists, activists and academics met and discussed the Scandinavian branch of the Situationist movement and its ambition to renew society through art. Today at the 50 years …