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14 May 2024

Ad Hominem à la Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) Master of the argumentum ad hominem   I.   Academic philosophers, who like to take a serious and professio...
27 Nov 2023

In Memory of Geordie Walker and Keith Levene

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Geordie Walker (1958-2023) and Keith Levene (1957-2022) [1]   November, it appears, is a mortally dangerous time of year for post-punk guita...
21 Oct 2023

Memories

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Public Image Ltd: Memories   (Virgin Records, 1979)     "Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of pain."     I. ...
20 Jun 2023

Johnny Vs Jimmy (Notes on a Punk Spat)

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Johnny Rotten on Jukebox Jury (30 June 1979) Jimmy Pursey on Jukebox Jury  (4 August 1979)   I.    As disussed in a recent post, Jimmy Purse...
7 Feb 2023

Aloha! Should Johnny Rotten Mind His Language?

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Johnny singing his heart out on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2023 Special   RTÉ Television Centre, Dublin (3 Feb 2023)     I.    Sadly, Johnn...
1 Nov 2022

A Brief Note on the Resurrection of the Damned and Johnny Rotten as an Artist in Decline

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The Damned - Rat Scabies, Brian James, Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible -  proving that whilst punk rockers never die, they do, sadly, grow ...
18 Oct 2022

Sing Hello

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    I.   I've mentioned before on this blog how the word hello has long held a privileged place in my personal vocabulary: click here . ...
6 Oct 2022

Snapshots from 1983 (Featuring Johnny Rotten, Billy Bragg and Lorrie Millington)

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Johnny Rotten and Billy Bragg (28 October 1983)     I.    Despite the cynical brilliance of 'This Is Not a Love Song' [1] , it's...
10 Mar 2021

The Bats Have Left the Bell Tower: Reflections on Graveyard Poetry and Post-Punk Goth

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Love Among the Gravestones (1981)  Photo by Kirk Field     La Rochefoucauld famously suggested that people never would have fallen in love ...