Author: AL Puppy

This is the International Times interview with the Clash from August 1977. The pic of Mick Jones from this and his quote “Whoever said PUNK IS DEAD is a cunt” was used as graphic by Crass for their ‘Punk is Dead’ on ‘Feeding the 5000’. In the interview Mick asks IT about their February 77 […]

STOP PRESS Thanks to Gerard (see comments below) we have Crass link. After the above IT cover came out in February 1977, IT did a brief interview with the Clash in August 1977 – from which came the Mick Jones quote “Whoever said punk is dead is a cunt” which was then recycled by Gee/Crass […]

Reading through the veritable frenzy of spectacular speculations in the media that the 2009 London G20 summit will lead to anarchy in the UK (or at least in the City), I was amused to notice that the second Stop the City took place on 29 March 1984 – twenty five years ago. However, apart from […]

I am sitting here listening to Hawkwind’s Space Ritual. There are 31 books stacked up in arms reach around me, five lever-arch files, three big maps (one of Northern Ireland) and a small mountain of photocopies, some of which have avalanched onto the floor. Word count tells me I have written 8545 words in the […]

By the time I discovered punk with ‘White Riot’ in 1977, I had soaked up a fair bit of previous counter-culture history and music. History never really repeats itself, but as Nic has commented many times on these pages, sub-cultures and counter- cultures seem to have a recurring arc or trajectory, rising up then falling […]

Found this  wierd bit of film on You Tube. Filmed from cab of train with a radio on playing some music. It is quite surreal. Here it is  Dalston Junction To Broad Street 1980s

Picture uploaded due to sudden surge of interest in this lady via the the Exploited post of 29 September 2008…!

[Insert reassuring image here] This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known. We shall bring you further information as soon as possible. Meanwhile, stay tuned to this wavelength, stay […]

  Here and Now, live 7 June 1977, Bristol Gardens London W9 Available for £7 inc. post and packing from HERE You can also can get a free download of one of the tracks. Features Twink (Pink Fairies) on synthesiser. On 7 June 1977 the Sex Pistols took a trip down the Thames, manufacturing much […]