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14 Jul 2026

No More Heroes 1: Malcolm McLaren - Stuckism and the Quest for Authenticity

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No More Heroes (Malcolm McLaren) (SA/2026)       I.    One of the things said by Johnny Rotten that has stuck with me for fifty years is his...
19 Dec 2025

A Cheap Holiday ...

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Sex Pistols: 'Holidays in the Sun'  (Virgin Records, 1977) [1]     I.    I don't know why - perhaps because I'm a little nai...
2 Jul 2025

Thoughts on Ian Trowell's Article on Heaven 17 and the Yuppie 1980s in SIG News 4 (Sept. 2025)

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Ad for the album  Penthouse and Pavement  by Heaven 17  Artwork by Ray Smith (Virgin Records 1981)     I.    It's interesting to ask why...
11 Nov 2024

Vive le flâneur - et la flâneuse!

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  Mariateresa Aiello: The Flâneur (Ink on paper, 2011) sketchbloom.com     "Around 1840 it was briefly fashionable to take turtles for...
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17 Aug 2024

Punk's Dead Knot: Reflections on an Essay by Ian Trowell - Part 2: On Big Flavour Wraps and Vicious Burgers

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You pays your money and you takes your choice ...  McDonald's Big Flavour Wraps (2016) [a] Vs Jamie Reid's Vicious Burger (1979) [b...
26 Jun 2023

On Recuperation and Karaoke Culture: Welcome to Glastonbury 2023

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Steve Jones, Billy Idol, Tony James, and Paul Cook demonstrating  the spectacular nature of punk rock at Glastonbury 2023 [1]     I.      I...
25 Jun 2023

From Harold Hill to Hampstead Heath: Walking in the Footsteps of D. H. Lawrence with Catherine Brown

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  Ceramic Blue Plaque erected in 1969 by Greater London Council  at 1 Byron Villas, Vale of Health, Hampstead, London, NW3  englishheritage....
15 Sept 2020

Evolution as a Vaudeville of Forms: Notes on Genetic Drift and Ontological Seasickness

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Peter Sloterdijk by Martin Sjardijn  Oil on canvas (21.7 x 23.6 inches)  saatchiart.com      I.   Say the word drift to me and, being a chi...