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A young Nietzsche looking joyful in 1869 Image via The Mindless Philosopher     "The lowest animal can imagine the pain of others.  But...

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

Killing Joke in their mid-80s splendour (L-R: Geordie Walker / Paul Raven / Jaz Coleman / Paul Ferguson)    A correspondent writes:  I got t...

(E. G. Records, 1983)     It's amazing just how strongly certain songs from forty years ago still continue to resonate. For example, the...

Clockwise from top left:  Haywire Mac / Napoleon XIV / Jaz Coleman / Siouxsie Sioux     There are almost as many songs about being mad or go...

Image credit: UCLA / Horvath Lab   Somewhat paradoxically, whilst having a minimal sense of self on the one hand, I've always possessed ...

Image adapted from the sleeve to the Killing Joke album  What's THIS for ...! (E.G. / Polydor Records, 1981) [1]   "He shall fall ...

The Class of '83 ... Photo by Mike Laye   "Consigned to a foul demise by the forces of cash and chaos, punk broods alone in its dar...

My application for a job as an Assistant Editor  (Youth and Entertainments Features) at Channel 4     I.   My first dealings with Channel 4 ...

S. A. von Hell: A New Day  (c. 1985-87) Someone very kindly emailed to say how intriguing  and  strangely affecting  they found my ...

S. A. Von Hell: A New Day (c. 1985-87) One of the few things I have in common with Adolf Hitler, is that I too failed to get into ...