Mickey Mouse Politix

I see the USA has decided it has the right, as the World’s Good Guy, to declare anywhere it fancies as a battlefield, if it suits their purpose.

Fuck … I hope there are no “terrorists” in my neighbourhood, or we’re ALL getting taken out in the blast

Carlin Step by DJ Steve Porter & DJ Eli Wilkie (Agent 001)

This is THE MAN … pure fukkin awesome!!!

The Rubberbandits | The Concert / Black Man

Occupy – The Seven Billionth Child

Whilst watching Youtube footage of the Occupy Movement on Wall St, and in many other cities worldwide, including Glasgow, and reading that the birth of the seven billionth child on our planet was now undoubtedly imminent, I was contacted by a Facebook friend Phil Gornall who asked me to write a short text to accompant an animation he was preparing

As an ardent fan of V For Vendetta, I was intrigued and interested, and with the help of an opening title sequence from Gerry Clarke, another FB buddy, we produced this effort in a matter of days

GRAVITY

GET BETTER / Thou Shalt Always Kill – dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip

This guys poetry is brilliant … makes me smile!!!

Man – C’mon / Keep on Crinting

Back in those heady days of the hippy, dope-smolking, 1970’s, I would head up to Bob Cairns hoose, where he and his younger brother Jimmy would be sitting in the sweet-smelling fug of hash bliss, playing their guitars and introducing me to a whole new world of music

There were no cassette recorders available on which to get a copy of stuff I might hear, and many of the albums were termed “underground” and not readily available, unless you went into Bruce’s Records in Glasgow and ordered these strange esoteric offerings

It was in these situations that I first heard the likes of Yes, Murray Roman’s Backtrack 13, Spirit’s 12 Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus, Roy Harper, John Martyn, Frank Zappa, Can, Pink Floyd, and a myriad of other bizarre and unusual influences

Much of this stuff disappeared in the mists of times and the clouds of stoned oblivion, but every now and then someone will post a track on Facebook which I absolutely adored some 30 years ago, and as I didn’t own the album, I’ve never heard since

This, in particular, falls into that category

Kenny Aird posted it on FB, and when I heard it there was such shock of nostalgia and a rememberance of forgotten moments

Bloody Hell!!

11-22-63 / Stephen King

Leaving behind his well-trodden, horror & supernatural path, which had often left me bemused and frequently disappointed, as I thought he was a damned good writer who wasted his creative juices on such juvenile themes, Stephen King has opted for a time-travel plot device on this outing, and has benefited greatly from this new direction.  The title relates to the date that John F Kennedy was assassinated, and the plot is not entirely unique in the sci-fi universe, in that it extrapolates a scenario where one man is faced with the possibility of going back in time, and being in a position to stop the shooting

Similar stuff has been attempted by a variety of SF writers, but I’m seriously impressed by King’s interpretation of the theme, and his wonderful depictions of a slightly-romanticised 1960’s USA, and the fantastic characters he has peopled it with

He fairly knows how to tell a compelling story, and can draw you into a personal relationship with the protagonists in a real page-turner of classic novel

Quite possibly the best thing that King has ever written, in my opinion

I highly recommend it.

STU WHO?

David Rovics – Stay Right Here

Douglas Adams: Parrots, The Universe and Everything

Blind river dolphins, reclusive lemurs, a parrot as fearless as it is lovelorn … Douglas Adams’ close encounters with these rare and unusual animals reveal that evolution, ever ingenious, can be fickle too — in a University of California talk that sparkles with his trademark satiric wit.

Absolutely brilliant talk by a very witty, and sensible man … hilarious!!