More John Sinclair … John Sinclair performs “The Crossroads”, his poem about Tommy Johnson (not Robert) who is said to have acquired his mojo when he met a dark stranger at the Crossroads at midnight. John was the visionary manager of the MC5 who founded the White Panthers when the Black Panthers called for support […]
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Someone should remind playwright Peter Flannery that drama is like real life but with the boring bits taken out. Last night’s preview of his adaptation of the movie Burnt By The Sun (press night tonight), broke an enjoyable run of great shows at the National Theatre which includes Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County, and Vanessa Redgrave
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Having been invited to participate in a fund-raising event commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Morecambe Bay disaster (5th February), I was going to write something about it here. But seeing how it was derailed from its original purpose by power and money, not to mention the power of money, I’ve thought long and hard
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John Sinclair A collectors’ item and UK exclusive at Madam Miaow’s. Author, journalist and one-time New Musical Express gunslinger Charles Shaar Murray on blues guitar gets down and dirty with legendary John Sinclair, beat poet and former manager of the MC5. John is performing his poem, The Delta Blues. CSM is playing an old Hofner
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SPOILER ALERT Let us look through a glass darkly and imagine a world where this could happen. You’re in a pressure cooker with disaster staring you in the face, your dreams dashed, no future, social meltdown. The foreigners in your midst who were once your friends, partners, workmates are now the enemy and have to
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SPOILER ALERT Let us look through a glass darkly and imagine a world where this could happen. You’re in a pressure cooker with disaster staring you in the face, your dreams dashed, no future, social meltdown. The foreigners in your midst who were once your friends, partners, workmates are now the enemy and have to
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