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11 Oct 2026

Live Forever / Fuck Forever (Nick Egan Contra Jamie Reid)

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Nick Egan:  Live Forever   (2026) [1] Jamie Reid:  Fuck Forever  (1986) [2]     I.    I'm pleased to say that I've been invited to a...
9 Oct 2026

Strike a Match! It's Sparks vs The Clash (Ron and Russell Show Joe and Bernie How to Cut the Crap)

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Fig. 1 Cover of The Clash album  Cut the Crap  (1985) [1] Fig. 2 Image from the official video (2022) to 'We Are The Clash' by Spark...
7 Oct 2026

Kicking for Kicks: On The 48 Laws of Power (1998) by Robert Greene

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Cover of the paperback edition  (Profile Books, 2000)      I.    Until last night [1], I had never heard of Robert Greene - the American aut...
6 Oct 2026

A Tale of Two Caped Figures

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  In the absence of bats, a caped Kirk Field  feeds the pigeons in Trafalgar Square (1981)   Meanwhile, a caped Larry David (alongside Jerry...
5 Oct 2026

Eight Diary Fragments from 1981 with Reference to Malcolm McLaren and My Teenage Politics

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Malcolm Mclaren holding Vol. II (1981) of  The Von Hell Diaries  (1980-89)     1981 was a big year for me: I turned eighteen (13 Feb); I lef...
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4 Oct 2026

Postcard from Crete

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  Angry waves arise The Cretan Sea fights the sky  Cliffs of stone stand fast    Άγρια τα κύματα υψώνονται  Το πέλαγο το κρητικό μάχεται τον...
3 Oct 2026

Collecting Conkers in the Autumn

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(SA/2026)   When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder.                                                             ...
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2 Oct 2026

Memories of Fantastic Four Issue No. 137 and My Days as a Friend of Ol' Marvel

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Fantastic Four  #137 (Aug 1973)     I.    As regular readers will know, 1973 was a crucial year for me: the year that I was initiated into t...
1 Oct 2026

Tell Everyone - King Kong is Here!

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Movie theatre poster advertising the showing of    King Kong  (RKO Radio Pictures, 1933)    I.   Whether informing the punk aesthetic as con...
29 Sept 2026

Reflections on Virginie Despentes's King Kong Theory in Relation to Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto and Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts

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  Virginie Despentes:  King Kong Theory   Cover of the FSG Originals edition (2021)    I write from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, th...