Tag Archives: Russell Brand

Why using trial by media to cancel or punish Russell Brand isn’t justice

Posted on 30/09/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Ahh, Russell Brand. He was once a darling of progressivism. But his act became tired years ago and or he of it, leaving him as a tawdry Cause célèbre that exists as copy for the Daily Mail’s repulsive gossip webpage – … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Alex Jones is a weapon, Andrew Tate's acolytes, Cancellation, Channel 4, Ched Evans, Christopher Hitchens, Dispatches, Gonzo, Holocaust denial, Jeremy Paxman, Jimmy Saville, Katy Perry, KGB, Machiavellian, Manchester United, Mason Greenwood, Róisín Murphy, Richard Keys is a 4Chan user, Russell Brand, Sheffield United, Sky Sports, Svengali, The BBC, Trial by media | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: Sounds of my unsummery summer

Posted on 17/07/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Roughly three weeks ago I was sitting in the garden listening to a Russell Brand podcast. His guest was documentary maker Adam Curtis. They were discussing Curtis’ most recent effort, HyperNormalisation. One of its central points – the rise of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged Acid Memories, Adam Curtis, Alice Coltrane, Ann Peebles, Bruce Kaplan, Cormac McCarthy, Essential Listening, Funkadelic, Hare 'bollocks' Krishna, Homeshake, Human Traffic, HyperNormalisation, Maggot Brain, NTS Radio is great, Peter Andre's Jap's eye being destroyed by Danny Dyer, Russell Brand, Slider: Ambient Excursions For Pedal Steel Guitar, Sounds of my unsummery summer, Still taking it up the arse, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda | Leave a comment

The aftermath of the independence referendum.

Posted on 28/09/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’m ready to embrace the challenges ahead that independence will bring. The only remaining question is do enough of us want to write our future? That would be No. Currently I’m reading Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy. Every engrossing page … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Aftermath, Alex Salmond, Better Together, Blood Meridian, Cormack McCarthy, David Cameron, Douglas Carswell, Ed Miliband, George Orwell, Glenda Jackson, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Groupthink, Holyrood, Independence referendum, Jim Murphy, Johann Lamont, Labour, Mark Reckless, Nazi Salutes, NHS, No Thanks, Orange Order, Russell Brand, Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Indepedence, Scottish Nationalist Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Thatcherism, Tories, UKIP, Unionist scum, Westminster, Yes | Leave a comment

If only people were as politically opinionated as Russell Brand and Robert Webb.

Posted on 14/11/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

If people felt they could be as opinionated as Russell Brand and Robert Webb then we could have a political system that was more likely to benefit us. So, can you imagine what it would be like, if, as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Daily Mail, George Orwell, Jeremy Paxman, Justin Bieber, Leonard Cohen, Robert Webb, Russell Brand | 2 Comments