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13 Mar 2025

What's in a Word: Punk

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  'The cult is called punk; the music punk rock ...'     I.    In a pre-Grundy television interview, Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten is ask...
13 Jan 2025

Serge Gainsbourg: l'improbable artiste reggae

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Serge Gainsbourg and his Jamaican cohorts  (including Sly & Robbie)     I.    Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of the Clash were not the only...
11 Jan 2025

Where Every White Face ... Remembering That Time When the Clash Went on Their Very Own Dreadlock Holiday

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  They got the sun and they got the palm trees ...  I'd stay and be a tourist, but I can't take the gun play   I.    As we all know,...
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28 Nov 2023

Never Mind the Spiky Tops

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All the curly young punks: Michael Collins and Adam Ant (top row)  Mick Jones and Me (bottom row)*     I.    Short spiky hair - often dyed a...
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2 Jul 2023

Rioting: The Unbeatable High (With Reference to Current Events in France)

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For a note on these images see [1] below     Probably there are quite a few songs about rioting and I suppose they might be classified as a ...
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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....
17 Jun 2023

Poor Little Jimmy (All He Wanted to Do Was Be a Sex Pistol)

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The Sham Pistols: Jimmy Pursey, Steve Jones, Dave Treganna, and Paul Cook Photo by Paul Slattery (July 1979)     James Timothy Pursey - or J...
15 Jun 2023

On Unity, Diversity and Unity in Diversity

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"Our ability to achieve perfect unity in diversity  will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation." [1]      I.    Whilst I ...
24 Feb 2023

Notes on Young Kim's 'A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell' (Part 1)

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