2008

Oct

“Folklore should instead be studied as a ‘conception of...”
— Antonio Gramsci explains how...

Antonio Gramsci. You’ll be hearing a lot more about...

In Corporations You (used to) Trust. (via)

“I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something...”
— Lester Bangs 1977. Anyone want...

but of course…

A punk B-side classic from the record collection of the young Mr Feastingonroadkill. From Belfast,...

New Killer Drones Could be Piloted by...

Manifesto For A General Consumption Strike

From here 1. Toilets 2. Game shows 3. Trains 4. Vending...

Comic download of the weekend. Yet more Strange...

Via Quiche. For everyone angry at their present computer.

Tanz der Mussolini!

And, to trump everyone - German electronic post punk from Dusseldorf. Deutsch-Amerikanische...

The postpunk arms race between brssndn, Awaywiththefairies and moi continues. In best Pokemon...

How To Make The Tumblrs Weep

Easy peasy. Credit crunch plus cats. From here: “Plans for a new adoption centre for abandoned...

Via Kevin Kelly

Q: What is the difference between a pigeon and a merchant banker?A: A pigeon can still put a deposit...

“…presidential politics now deliberately take place in...”
— Why I religiously read...

Hmm.

Just looked at the last two posts. Obviously it’s ‘Look On The Bright Side’ day on...

The Credit Crunch - Good News For Open...

via Chris Anderson’s Long Tail Blog “Gift economy: This is driven primarily by...

Are Recessions Good for your Health?

From here “Professor Ruhm analysed death rates from 1972 to 1991, comparing them to economic...

Cabaret Voltaire: Nag Nag Nag

Because there was always more to Sheffield than Def...

What do you do when Mark E Smith, no doubt fuelled on speed and holsten pils, suddenly chucks you...

And to end this evening, some anarcho punk. The Poison Girls: ‘State Control and Rock and...

Stop it. You’ll catch something. Via Shorpy

1953 - Stalinists In Space! From here

Postpunk week on radio Feastingonroadkill rumbles on. Mark E Smith And The Mighty Fall;...

The 1960s? Sell-outs. Radical youth means the...

Dance craze of 1975. From Kenny. Can you do ‘The Bump’? “Hey hey hideho here we...

Starforce: Alpha Centauri - where the Human League got their...

Listen to the voice of Buddha… The Human League: Being Boiled

Electronically yours.

Yet more postpunk, to put Brssndn even more into that Overthrow The Bourgeoisie mood… Gang Of...

Why do I sense this is true? Via benterret

It’s postpunk week on Radio Feastingonroadkill! Some 1981 sexual politics from the patron...

From Princess Di to the man who invented...

Inspired by the Boing Boing post on Jeannie C Riley - Her awesome: ‘Satan Place’. For...

Hey, KA - Maybe you could do me some Dead Kennedys rag...

A glimpse into the Hidden World Of Twee. Do I really know...

“Classic ’60s honky-tonk is just punk rock for old...”
— Jon Langford (he of The...

For the postpunk tumblog - because Mr Feastingonroadkill was there.. A postpunk Leeds classic. The...

Woo Hoo! All new Decemberists: ‘Valerie Plame’ An everyday story of espionage and...

Last nights weird dream. Going to TGI Fridays in Leeds with...

“Your company is now bankrupt and our country is in a state...”
— Henry Waxman (Chairman of the...

Do I love old school leftfield political hiphop? Yes I do. The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy:...

Via V, and from Aussieland. Spiderbait: ‘Fucken Awesome’ And it is!

Essential listening for days like these. Billy Childish And The Musicians Of The British Empire:...

Todays Ipod treat.

“Part of me hopes the crash is real because a meltdown would...”
— John Thacka. Via here

What's Your Tumblr Number?

You can never download too many 1950’s comic scans.

For anyone out there not having the best of days. Half Man Half Biscuit: ‘Depressed Beyond...

Cheesy disco - with a Robot. Dee D Jackson: ‘Automatic Lover’ Awesome!

Definitely French day today. Where would we be without Serge et BB? Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte...

The world, as seen from Paris. Via strange maps

You may not know it yet, but the next...

Guy Debord. J’aime ma camera.

As capitalism implodes, there’s only one thing to do. Book a trip to Paris. So, in the last...

Sep

Economists Translated - A Guide For The...

thanks to imasmadashell via the Guardian comments page here ‘Confusion’: We’re...

“The ACID ARCHIVES OF UNDERGROUND SOUNDS is the #1...

Garage music is not bad, because Christ was born in a...

The finest hour of 60’s Garage. The Seeds: ‘No Escape’.

Watch out for the boys!

Careers for 1950’s Tumblettes - No2 Spoilt for choice...

Careers for 1950’s Tumblettes - No1

Hugh Hefner to sack Playboy bunnies amid financial...

“Blackberrys, iPhones and their imitators are very much...”
— Charlie Brooker. From here

“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the...”
— Allen Ginsberg

To celebrate the return of Howard Devoto. Buzzcocks; ‘Boredom’ “And my favourite...

Music for darkened rooms. Young Marble Giants:’Credit In The Straight World’

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are:...”
— Ronald Reagan. Can think of...

Iggy Pop and Deborah Harry do Cole Porter: ‘Well Did You Evah?” “ Have you...

If it is turn based historical strategy, then it must be...

Still my favourite single sleeve ever.

Why Choose a Credit Union Over a Bank

Tattoos are vile - the latest in a continuing series. Jodie...

Genuine Error message - Winamp 5.5. Good on yer guys. Fear...

Things You Miss...

This operated 20 yards from the office. From here “A kinky schoolroom-style suspected brothel...

In a Gypsy Punk mood at the moment. So here’s those sweet boys Gogol Bordello: ‘Sixty...

Senate Passes Bill Creating 'Copyright Czar'...

Rock and Roll. Via Green Fuz

Sometimes you forget that the beauty of rock and roll is the beauty of sleaze. These people...

Gotta admire the honesty. From here

“The greater the decrease in the social significance of an...”
— Walter Benjamin predicts...

Paul Newman RIP “My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he...

Harry Enfield: Women - Keep Your Virtue!

The Bangles: ‘Going Down To Liverpool’. Wonder if Kimberley Rew actually explained to...

Never take crap from jumped up goons at American airports...

johnbrissenden: butterflyeffect: (via...

Redesigns for the White House. Vote for your...

The Media - explained

from Vanity Fair here: “Just before the New York Democratic primary, when I found myself...

Say hello to The Slits.

Music to dance around abandoned empty warehouses to. The Slits: ‘Typical Girls’ Bouncey,...

Three Things

johnbrissenden: robot-heart: elizabethanne:kathlellen:(via jessicalindsey): What are the last...

In response to Mabel Edwin Starr: ‘War’. Huh! Good God!! Say It Again!!! (etc,...

Featuring the Young Amanda Donohoe, and still up there in the finest pop videos ever made. Adam and...

How The Mighty Fall....

From here: “LA Law star Amanda Donohoe is joining the cast of Yorkshire soap Emmerdale. The...

Wakefield In Top 10 For Working Class Places

The last known photo of Gordon Brown looking genuinely...

Half Man Half Biscuit. Still the only band that make me laugh out loud every time I hear them. Worth...

Mods not dead, but (on recent evidence) it is kinda middle...

Aieee! Time to head for the hills. From here

Men with sexist views 'earn more'

For the Perth and district tumblrettes to worship. A recent...

Ladies - bored? Get yourselves a virtual...

XTC: ‘Mayor Of Simpleton’. Mr Feasingonroadkill is always a sucker for Avengers...

The inaugural meet up of the Perth and district...

Jason King. Ladies - your day just got better!

Don’t you just have to read articles like this? (Yes -...

The Talking Heads redone as highschool teenage girl angst. And redone well. Aluminium Babe:...

The wit and wisdom of modern youth. Gay flag stone, St...

Every weekday I pass this newsagent (Denby Dale Road...

Cheesy Pop Genius for this Sunday. The Trammps: ‘Disco Inferno’. Note how this...

Twee Scottish indie music coming shortly to my down under...

johnbrissenden: Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business ”Can I lick the crumbs from your...

Anticapitalist of the day. Ulrike Meinhof “Protest is...

The way I like it is the way it is. The Flying Lizards: “Sex Machine”. Embrace the...

In a wild west mood today.

The new Microsoft ads. Via NY Times Uh?

How Times Change.

I dropped the phrase ‘crisis of capitalism’ into meetings three times this morning, and...

“They had high levels of depersonalisation (feeling detached...”
— Oliver James: Synopsis of a...

The Creatures: ‘“2nd Floor”. Goth and rave fusion channelled by Siouxsie and...

MC Frontalot: ‘Indier Than Thou’. Don’t worry kids - I’m not.

Will the real Mr Feastingonroadkill...

johnbrissenden: Here’s a thing: on discus, he’s plain old Mr Feastingonroadkill. Nothing strange...

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