The above photo of this magnificent steam engine has nothing to to with the following. Just found a 9000 word article by Richard Cross who is / was writing a book about anarchist punk called “The Hippies Now Wear Black”. It was originally published in a Socialist magazine but have forgotten the name. But not […]
I may have misquoted the man, but you can check the details on this 5 minute You Tube clip http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnWpywIy3s V.Vale of RE:Search / San Francisco interviews Penny Rimbaud 19 January 2008
Just got the book 53 Cross Street Biography of a House, published by the Islington Archaeology and History Society and found on page 34 this photo of painting on door in 53 by Tod Hanson. I googled on ‘Tod Hanson’ and found his website http://www.todhanson.com/ which is full of Tod’s artworks. These include a whole […]
Like Pigs to the Slaughter… “Like lambs to the slaughter they fall at your feet. ..” Blood and Roses: Your Sin is Your Salvation Before I start, please comment on the following: 1.Has anyone here read Ben Frank’s book ‘Rebel Alliances’ about British anarchism? 2. Was there, as Chris suggests below, a move from the […]
I have just deleted the following comment from greengalloway. The “counterculture” was acted out by bourgeois individuals in a bourgeois way. The “action” you speak of, flyers, zines, and magazines, is not action but mediation, the mediation between their inner anguish of being bourgeois that mostly attempted to express that anguish to shock or devalue […]
53 Cross Street: Biography of a House By Mary Coshj, Martin King, Pauline Lord , ISBN: 9780954849009 Published in 2007, 72 pages, price £21 Calling all Black Sheep…check this out… In 2003, Islington Council put 53 Cross Street (former Black Sheep Co-op house) up for sale. “ It was sold to a developer for £600,000 […]
I / we (Kill Your Pet Puppy Collective) first met Mouse in 1981 at the Wapping Autonomy / Anarchy Centre. Mouse was with Alex and both were dramatically dressed all in black with totally white faces – the first Goths? I am not quite sure how, but strong connections developed and Mouse [aka Sharon Beaumont] […]
Alternative TV, Throbbing Gristle, Toxic Graffity(Sue Catwoman and Psychic TV) In the spring of 1980 Mike Dibbol of Toxic Graffity fanzine journeyed from Tunbridge Wells to London Fields in search of Throbbing Gristle. After drawing a blank at their Martello Street ‘Death Factory’ studio, he met up with the group on Beck Road. Sadly for […]
Rudimentary Peni … can’t say I was /am a great fan of the music, but a couple of years ago Tinsel sent me a copy of Nick Blinko’s book ‘The Primal Screamer’ (going for $100 on Amazon USA) and which includes mentions of the Wapping A Centre. The cover art work jolted my brain […]
The Bigger Picture… just to reinforce the message, the Photos section of KYPP online now has even more on it, including (in the Punk Lives section) a report written by Penny Rimbaud on the first Stop the City demo. Embarassing to admit, but totally missed this when it came out. What I can add is […]
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