The idea that anarcho-punk bands never talked to (or were never deemed worthy of coverage in) the commercial music press is, of course, something of a myth. Things were a great deal more complicated than that, and the music weeklies did (sometimes with the co-operation of anarcho-bands and at other times in the teeth of [...]
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Music press archives online
Posted in Diary on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anarcho-punk fanzines and eBay
Posted in Diary, Sources on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the sources that I’m using as part of the ongoing research for the book is the original wave of anarcho-punk fanzines – which offer a pretty unique insight into the activities and culture of the movement.
Aside from the bursting boxes of fanzines in my own personal archive, one obvious place to pick up [...]
Book update
Posted in Diary on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The complete lack of posts on this blog in the course of the last year is not an indication of a lack of progress on the book- though the demands of other projects has slowed down progress on the draft. I will do my best to keep the blog more up-to-date on developments from hereonin, [...]
Love Songs – Freedom, 26 June 2004
Posted in Diary, Freedom (anarchist journal), Writings on December 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Crass, Love Songs (Hebden Bridge: Pomona, 2004). Pay no more than £9.99. http://www.pomonauk.com.
“In attempts to moderate us, they ask why we don’t write love songs.
What is it that we sing then?
Our love of life is total, everything we do is an expression of that.
Everything that we write is a love song.”
Crass, Yes Sir, I Will.
In [...]
A Compelling Call to Action – Freedom, 29 June 2002
Posted in Diary, Freedom (anarchist journal), Writings on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Six original members of the anarchist punk band Crass, in collaboration with other artists, presented an evening of musical, spoken-word and video performance at the National Film Theatre (NFT) on Saturday 15th June — in celebration of the culture and politics of anarcho-punk.
For the uninitiated, the event was a visceral demonstration of the passion with [...]
The other history of punk – Freedom, 27 April 2007
Posted in Diary, Freedom (anarchist journal), George Berger - The Story of Crass, Ian Glasper - The Day the Country Died, Writings on June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
George Berger. 2006. The Story of Crass, (London: Omnibus Press) ISBN 1-84609-402-X. £14.95. Ian Glasper. 2006. The Day The Country Died: A History of Anarcho-Punk 1980-1984, (London: Cherry Red) ISBN 1-901447-7-07. £14.99.
Since the anarchist punk band Crass brought to an end the group’s cultural-political assault on the Thatcherite state in the summer of 1984, the [...]
Freedom review published 27 April 2007 edition
Posted in Diary, Freedom (anarchist journal) on April 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The review of The Day the Country Died; and The Story of Crass; has now been published in the 27 April 2007 edition of the British anarchist journal Freedom.
Anarcho-punk book review submitted to Freedom
Posted in Diary, Freedom (anarchist journal) on February 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve just sent in a joint review of George Berger’s The Story of Crass and Ian Glasper’s The Day the Country Died to the anarchist paper Freedom that I’ve been working on over the past few weeks. It’s a generally very positive appraisal of both works, which tries to identify the strength of both books; [...]
New book in production
Posted in Diary, The Hippies Now Wear Black on November 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Hippies Now Wear Black will be published by AK Press. Its publication date will be finalised as work progresses.
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