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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard. 'Mediocre blogger and a piously boring and unfunny writer'. Enthusiastic purveyor of the KLF sheep.

Song Of The Day – On Top Of The World by Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier

Posted on 26/11/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Corpse Flower’ (2019)

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Charles Manson was a person too

Posted on 31/10/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

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 →

Posted in Fiction | 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 | Leave a comment

Song Of The Day – One True Pairing by One True Pairing

Posted on 30/10/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the EP ‘Dawn At The Factory’ (2019)

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Song Of The Day – Tudo Em Cima by Leila Pinheiro

Posted on 28/10/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Leila Pinheiro’ (1983)

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Tired of politics? #Me too

Posted on 30/09/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

My political engagement has waned in recent times. Is my assimilation into the capitalist matrix complete and was it always inevitable? Clearly cynical concerns have asserted prominence at the expense of altruistic diligence; be it training to (hopefully) improve my … Continue reading →

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