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Yes, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a great Western
Can a computer game belong to the canon of great Westerns? My reflex response was no. Yet whilst playing Red Dead Redemption 2, which was finally released on PC earlier this month, I keep questioning my initial resistance. The vividness … Continue reading
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Tagged 1899, Albanian sex trafficker stupidly kidnapping Liam Nesson's daughter, Arthur Morgan, Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Dutch, Frederick Jackson Turner, Gaming, Give your horse a mohawk, GTA V, Gun lobbyists, John ‘Wooden’ Wayne, Limmy, Michigan Militia, Minecraft deathpit, O’Driscoll gang, Odds & Ends, PC, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar, Virtual violence is fun and good for you, Western
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Song Of The Day – Indian Thing by J.J. Jackson
From the album ‘…And Proud Of It’ (1970)
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Tagged 70's, And Proud Of It, Funk, Fusion music, Indian Thing, J.J. Jackson, Jazz, Psyche Rock, Song Of The Day
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Song Of The Day – On Top Of The World by Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier
From the album ‘Corpse Flower’ (2019)
Charles Manson was a person too
It was fitting that he’d finally decide to go through with it right as the rambunctious crescendo of ‘Socialist Suicide’, with its violent imagery of scabs committing various forms of the act in the safe heavens of their homogenised suburban … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf, American, anti-establishmentarianism, Baby Boomers, Black Sabbath, Buzzcocks, Charles Manson, David Bowie, Disco, Elton John, Finding Polanski, Genghis, Glam Rock, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, Josef, Joseph Beuys, Krautrock, Led Zeppelin, Mick Taylor, Patti Smith, Pistols, Prog Rock, Socialist Suicide, Spliffs and rotgut wine, Station to Station, The Beatles, The Clash, the Ramones, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges
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Song Of The Day – One True Pairing by One True Pairing
From the EP ‘Dawn At The Factory’ (2019)
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Tagged 2019, 80's inspired pop, Brand new, Dawn At The Factory, EP, One True Pairing, Song Of The Day, Thomas Fleming, Wild Beasts
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