Saturday 30 May 2015

What If ‘The Wire’ Were Set in Ramallah?

Richard Treece R.I.P.

Founding member of Help Yourself Richard Treece, who also played with The Tyla Gang, The Neutrons and Green Ray has been found dead after failing to show up for a gig

The Untold Story of Silk Road

Part 1

Part 2

Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison

Miley Cyrus & Melanie - Look What They've Done To My Song Ma


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Founded by Miley Cyrus, The Happy Hippie Foundation is a nonprofit organization that rallies young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBT youth, and other vulnerable populations.
Click here to find out more: http://happyhippies.org
You just know this is not going to end well

Mark Fisher: The Political Aesthetics of Postcapitalism / Methodologies of Valorization

Shane MacGowan is now a 'mature' role model

'A healthy & positive lifestyle'
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Wiley: The Eski Boy

HERE

Sepp Blatter defends FIFA at the Oxford Union in 2013


Full video HERE

Friday 29 May 2015

F.I.F.A. Corruption



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23 Skidoo - Amfunkamine (Rehearsal 1981)


Fritz has just uploaded this excerpt from a rehearsal in the shed behind Honky Tonk Records in Kentish Town, London in 1981. Skidoo were Fritz, Sam, Thom, Alex & Johnny 
I could well have been working in the shop at front at the very same time

A very powerful anti rape message from 2003

The ad is a double page with the pages partially stuck together. if you pull them apart it reveals the line “if you have to use force, it’s rape”.
The pro bono ad was done by Lowe Bull Calvert Pace in 2003 for South Africa for POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) and recieved a Cannes Lion Press Silver award
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In Memorium


Rocco Acerra (29)
Bruno Balli (50)
Alfons Bos
Giancarlo Bruschera (21)
Andrea Casula (11)
Giovanni Casula (44)
Nino Cerrullo (24)
Willy Chielens
Giuseppina Conto (17)
Dirk Daenicky
Dionisio Fabbro (51)
Jaques Francois
Eugenio Gagliano (35)
Francesco Galli (25)
Giancarlo Gonnelli (20)
Alberto Guarini (21)
Giavacchino Landinni (50)
Roberto Lorenzini (31)
Barbara in Margiotta Lusci (58)
Franco Martelli (46)
Loris Massore (28)
Gianni Mastroiaca (20)
Sergio Bastino Mazzino (38)
Luciano Rocco Papaluca (38)
Bento Pistalato (50)
Patrick Radcliffe
Demenico Ragazzi (44)
Antonio Ragnanese (29)
Claude Robert
Mario Ronchi (43)
Domencio Russo (28)
Tarcisio Salvi (49)
Gianfranco Sarto (47)
Mario Spanu (41)
Amedeo Giuseppe Spolaore (55)
Tarcisio Venturin (23)
Jean Michel Walla
Claudio Zavaroni (28)
Luigi Pidone (31)



I was born in Liverpool and am a lifelong Liverpool supporter. Thirty years ago I spent the day travelling from Amsterdam to Liverpool via Belgium and then watched the Huysel tragedy unfold on my Nan's TV. 
My love for the 'beautiful game' has never been the same since

Thursday 28 May 2015

The end of Odd Future?