Mixing Pop and Politics (13)

Obscure Factoid of the Day

Haven't done one of these for a while.

Taking the wee one to the Doctors' last night for his flu shot meant that I missed Wayne Price's meeting on his new book, Anarchism & Socialism: Reformism or Revolution?, at Bluestockings bookstore but, just this minute looking at the website for NEFAC, I couldn't help but notice that I've seen that image of the bloke with the black flag before.

Looks like someone in the NEFAC has a penchant for early eighties leftfield electro-pop. If I'm not mistaken that image is Fad Gadget's Under The Flag album cover. I wonder if it was Frank Tovey's 1989 album, 'Tyranny And The Hired Hand', that swung it for the anarcho-webmaster?

Whatever the case; excellent taste in music. Have a T shirt.

Under The Flag

Socialist Party Meeting: Neighbours (1952)

The Socialist Party of Great Britain will be hosting a special screening of the classic 1952 short film, 'Neighbours' by Norman McLaren. The film will be followed by a talk on the socialist attitude to war.

Date: Sunday, 16 December 2007 from 19:00 to 21:00

Speaker: Gwynn Thomas

Location: Socialist Party Head Office

52 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UN

Nearest tube: Clapham North

Nearest rail: Clapham High Street

For more information about the Socialist Party:

Email: spgb@worldsocialism.org

Website:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb

Friday's Playlist #9

An ongoing series:

The The, 'This Is The Day' (Soul Mining)

Fad Gadget, 'The Box' (Fireside Favourites)

The Undertones, 'Hard Luck' (True Confessions - Singles = A's + B's)

Randy Nerve, 'Spray Paint'

Autokat, 'Shot'

The Violets, 'Seen It On TV'

The Yachts, 'Suffice To Say'

Kaiser Chiefs, 'Thank You Very Much' (Yours Truly, Angry Mob)

That Petrol Emotion, 'It's A Good Thing' (Children of Nuggets)

The Bitter Springs, 'Benny Hill's Wardrobe'

Update 11/11/ 22
Found the Randy Nerve track on Bandcamp.  Well, I think it's the track. It does not ring any bells. Doesn't even sound like a song I'd like. Maybe it was a demo version on MySpace that I liked. Or maybe I was just being a contrary prick that week. The Violets track was found on YouTube. It does sound like the sort of thing that I'd be into  . . . for about 10 minutes . . . and those 10 minutes were up a long time ago. That's enough saltiness from me. 

Spotify Playlist Link.