Mark Fisher on #piggate and the death of British satire
Hug a Tory 'From the early records of Greek and Latin slang, where [words for pig] were used to describe the female genitalia through to modern uses of 'pig' to mock the police, the fascist and the male chauvinist, pigs seems
REPEATER PLAYLIST #3 – BAE OF PIGS SPECIAL
Piggies - The Beatles [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXdKlpBOvs0&w=420&h=315] We Are the Pigs - Suede [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxtIwh1Nz0k&w=420&h=315] Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqblSqx_VI&w=420&h=315] Maggie’s Farm - The Specials [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA8KR0Qo8R8&w=420&h=315] All Pigs Must Die - Death in June [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUC0s0tHBw&w=420&h=315] (h/t @spitzenprodukte) Stand By Your Ham - Pig Aid [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRcA-ckXv3o&w=560&h=315] (a 2008
A rupture in the ground – Alex Niven on Corbyn & the ideal city
This is the edited text of a talk given by Alex Niven at the NewBridge Project, Newcastle-upon-Tyne last week. I’d like to start with a quotation from Dubliners, James Joyce’s first work of fiction, published almost exactly a hundred years ago.
An extract from Smile if you Dare by Ramzy Alwakeel
This is an edited extract from Smile if you Dare: Politics and Pointy Hats with the Pet Shop Boys, by Ramzy Alwakeel, which will be published by Repeater next year. Two decades on, there’s something implausible about Very. The Pet Shop Boys’ fifth album