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Song Of The Day – A Rainbow In Curved Air by Terry Riley
From the album ‘A Rainbow In Curved Air’ (1969)
Grexit and Austerity: the slogans of antipathy.
Don’t you just hate the sensationalising of events with catchphrases? We accept that genuine disasters are usually given abbreviations as a convenience and then absorbed into the lexicon immediately, say ‘Piper Alpha’, ‘Dunblane’, ‘Lockerbie’ or ‘9/11’. Okay, so that last … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbreviations, Acronyms, Affluent aspiration would be a great name for a punk band, Alliteration is snazzy - innit?, Antipathy, Austerity, EU, EU Referendum, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greens, Grexit, Iain Duncan Smith sniffs the seats on buses, Labour, Single Muslim lesbian mums with eight kids from Somalia, Slogans, SNP, The War on Drugs, Tory Bastardism in full effect, Westminster, Xenophobia
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Song Of The Day – A Small Intricate Box Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan by Muslimgauze
From the album ‘Iranair Inflight Magazine’ (2003)
Song Of The Day – VS Panda Rock by The Upsetters
From the album ‘Black Board Jungle’ (1973)
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Tagged 70's, Black Board Jungle, Dancehall, Dub, Jamaica, Lee Scratch Perry, Reggae, Reissued in 2004, Song Of The Day, The Upsetters, VS Panda Rock
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DEPRESSION Is a song with no ending HAPPINESS Means not pretending RELAX Stop looking at the clock AUSTERITY Is just a load of poppycock GREEKS Arm themselves with facts DYLAN Blood On The Tracks SLEEPING Or am I really awake? … Continue reading
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