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Showing posts with label the great rock 'n' roll swindle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the great rock 'n' roll swindle. Show all posts
10 Oct 2025

Do You Know What's Funny? Do You Know What Really Makes Me Laugh? I Used to Think That Sid's Death Was a Tragedy, But Now I Realise It's a Fucking Comedy

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Heath Ledger as the Joker in  The Dark Knight  (2008) and an early visualisation of the character  based on Sex Pistol Sid Vicious      I.  ...
30 Aug 2025

The Sex Pistols - Who the Dickens Were They?

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Malcolm McLaren:  Oliver Twist Manifesto  (42 x 32 cm) Double-sided flyer created for the Sex Pistols' final British show  Christmas Day...
18 Jul 2025

That Time I Met Mr Pickle ...

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  I.    One of my favourite scenes in  The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle  (1980) is the closing animated sequence in which McLaren and...
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24 May 2025

Of Punks and Prostitutes (Everyone Has Their Price)

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Linda Ashby with Soo Catwoman and members of the Bromley Contingent  (L-R: Debbie Juvenile, Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Sharon Hayman, an...
12 Dec 2024

A Brief Note on the Punk Is Dead / Punks Not Dead Debate

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I.    There is a big secret about The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle : most punks don't like it [1] .    ...
26 Jun 2024

Five Brief Notes on Rockism, Poptimism, and Authenticity (With Reference to Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols)

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Cover by Jamie Reid for the Sex Pistols' single 'Silly Thing'  released from the album The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle ...
26 May 2024

Out of the Punk Ruins and Into the Age of Piracy

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Jordan as SEX punk (1976)  and Worlds End pirate (1981)   'Twas a sunny day when I went to play down by the deep blue sea   I jumped abo...
25 May 2024

Punk It Up (I'm a Sex Pistol Man Oh Yeah!)

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Malcolm McLaren: screenshot taken from the video for  'Punk It Up' (dir. Ian Gabriel): click here .  A Sex Pistol - that's what ...
13 Mar 2024

My Night at the 100 Club (Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?)

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Johnny Rotten expresses how I felt post-screening.     I.   'Come along to the 100 Club,' she said, 'they're screening The G...
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4 Mar 2024

It Was on the Good Ship Venus ...

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Sex Pistols: Friggin' in the Riggin'   (Virgin Records, 1979) [1]     I.    As many readers will recall, The Great Rock 'n'...