SPZ 2/22

Days later and I'm still laughing at this

Chris Heath interview

Flagging up new ep of my podcast.

Interview with Chris Heath about his books on Pet Shop Boys and Robbie Williams.

They may not be what you think.

Includes discussion of New Journalism. https://t.co/y3qPV34tbP

— Andrew Hankinson (@andrewhankinson) October 30, 2021

Mark Stewart's Halloween Special (31/10/21)

Mark Stewart is an artist, vocalist, producer and songwriter from Bristol. As a founding member of The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & The Maffia, Stewart has remained an anarchic and pioneering figure since the punk era, a constant source of discordance amongst the frontiers of post-punk, dub, industrial and electronic music. 

In a body of work driven by an explosive form of lyricism and inspired by radical politics, protest movements, theory, philosophy, technology, art and poetry, Stewart has fearlessly cultivated a revelatory collision of ideas, ideals and influences throughout an indisputably ground-breaking and seditious career

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Mark can also be heard on this mix:

BOMBART: GRAHAM DUFF PRESENTS 'THE MISSING HORRORS'

A one hour sound collaboration between writer, actor and director Graham Duff and artist/musician Peter Harris including contributions from Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), Colin Newman & Graham Lewis (Wire), Saul Adamczewski (Fat White Family), Sheila Ellis, Stephen Thrower, Dorothy Max Prior, Matt Shaw, Malka Spigel, Misha Begley, Jamaican toaster Prince Hammer and trumpet and trombone from David Fullwood and David Andrews. And all the regular BOMBART collaborators Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo), artist/composer Saron Hughes, Aloha Dead, and vocals from BOMBART partner Mark Stewart (The Pop Group). And most poignantly of all, some of the final recordings from the genius and Harris's long term collaborator Lee "Scratch" Perry (rest in power)

Jah Wobble - Poptones

From the forthcoming 'Metal Box - Rebuilt in Dub' album

The Delines - Little Earl

Words

Actions speak louder than...

RíRá - 25 O'Clock In The Mornin'

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New 'art' blog for my scribbles and suchlike

...it can be found HERE

70%

We've officially hit 70% fully vaccinated.

Because of everything Victorians have done, tomorrow we can start getting back to the things we love.

Thank you Victoria - I'm so proud. pic.twitter.com/ku3q5KJGWz

— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) October 20, 2021

HA!

Multiple peer-reviewed studies indicate that our collective move toward computers for communication has generally weakened the hand muscles we use for handwriting, but strengthened those we use to jerk off.

— Marc Masters (@Marcissist) October 20, 2021

Diary (1981)

Photo booth selfies and drawings of Richard Hell then and now

I NEED MY LIVE MUSIC FIX

Brion Gysin

That drawing of Jajouka is probably thirty years old or so...I have no idea why I didn't do any art again until this year. 

I do wish I had tho. 

So kids! the message from this old man is don't think about it, just DO IT!