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12 Oct 2026

The Clash: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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   ' Clash City Rockers ' - single release (1978)      ' This Is Radio Clash ' - single release (1981)    ' We Are The C...
3 Sept 2026

Dancing in the Rain: Notes on The Wild Boys

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Simon, John, Andy, Nick, and Roger -  the (not so) Wild Boys of Duran Duran  Photo by Mike Owen (1984)   I.   Just to be clear: I don't ...
7 Jul 2026

No, Jasmine, Cliff Richard Isn't Cool

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Cover of the debut album by Cliff Richard and his band  the Drifters (later known as the Shadows)  Columbia (EMI) (1959)    I.    The latest...
18 Apr 2026

Munch's Daughters: Tracey & Marlene

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Edvard Munch / Tracey Emin / Marlene Dumas   I.   I have a highly intelligent and sensitive friend who loves the work of Norwegian sjelemale...
8 Dec 2025

Jean Baudrillard: Notes on a Biography by Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nichol (Part One)

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Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol:  Jean Baudrillard   (Reaktion Books, 2025)   'What I am, I don't know? I am the simulacrum of myse...
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2 Oct 2024

Better Dead Than Woke: Reflections on Sam Tyler's Suicide in 'Life on Mars'

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  The central cast of Life on Mars (BBC One, 2006-07)     I.    Whether by accident or subconscious design, I have long avoided watching th...
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16 Apr 2023

Brief Notes on David Bowie's 'Life on Mars'

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David Bowie looking perfect in the video for  'Life on Mars' (dir. Mick Rock, 1973)     David Bowie's arty glam rock ballad ...
15 Apr 2023

Is There Life on Mars?

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Is There Life on Mars? (SA/2023)     The question of whether there is - or at some point has been - life on Mars is one that continues to ex...
20 Jul 2022

Get It On and Punk It Up With Marc Bolan

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Marc Bolan with Dave Vanian of the Damned  and Siouxsie Sioux in 1977   According to Sebastian Horsley, Marc Bolan was super-plastic profoun...