“The reaction of British newspapers today to the story [of tortured Iraqi prisoners] was mixed. They were played down by Rupert Murdoch’s papers, the Sun and the Times, and were relegated to inside pages by the Telegraph and the Express, both of which supported the war and Britain’s allegiance to George Bush.
The picture of a [...]
Archive for April, 2004
Yesterday I marched in London with, compared to the big antiwar demos, little more than a handful of people. We marched to the US Embassy, protesting against the US’ illegal occupation of Iraq and its war crimes against civilians. As we marched through London, I could see some passers by shaking their heads. They [...]
What a weird day…
Me and Keyvan got to the meeting place and there were around eight police vans parked along Malet Street and a handful of protestors. Overkill or what? This wasn’t a national demo, just a small one organised by Student CND, FOSIS and Stop The War.
Once we’d all assembled, I’d say there [...]
March on the US Embassy!
END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQFREEDOM FOR PALESTINEThursday April 29th, 5pm, Assemble outside SOAS, Malet Street (nearest tubes Goodge St and Russell Sq)Called by Stop the War Coalition, Student CND and FOSIS
Well, how else can I register my anger at the atrocities being committed in Iraq by the occupying US military? Writing [...]
“In possibly the most stinging rebuke ever to a British government by its foreign policy establishment, 52 former ambassadors and international officials have written to Tony Blair telling him he is damaging UK (and western) interests by backing George W. Bush’s misguided policies in the Middle East. It would be comforting to imagine that their [...]
Yaaay! Back on form tonight, the irritating twats from last week weren’t out tonight. Probably all at a cocking Jet gig.
I danced considerably, from pretty much the start till the very end. Great atmosphere, no beerboy blokes trying to start fights plus I saw some peeps I haven’t seen in ages.
This night just [...]
Lali Puna
A truly tumbleweed night tonight… but the few peeps who had come out seemed to enjoy the night’s music and also had plenty of requests. Again, I managed to fit in plenty of new tracks, some of which are pre-release.
Best new track tonight was Lali Puna’s ‘Faking The Books.’ I got away with [...]
Look at this picture:
It looks a bit like that huge ‘69 anti-Vietnam war march doesn’t it, the one they took the piss out of in Forrest Gump?
But that picture was taken yesterday.
Yesterday.
There’s an excellent full report about The March For Women’s Lives here and the official site is here.
Look at those people, probably [...]
The Shins & The Stills at The Rescue Rooms, 21/4/2004
Published by April 22nd, 2004 in Music and Photos.Ye-haaa! What a brilliant night! I paid £7.50 to see two magnificent pop bands, both doing their thang in very different ways.
First up were The Stills who played a very muscular, dark set of pop songs.
I saw The Cure in 1981 at Derby Assembly Rooms and I mean it as an extreme compliment when [...]
Much busier this week, I’m assuming some Derby studes must be back. The music was as lovely as usual (fave track was the new Bloc Party single, very Gang Of Fourtastic) but there were quite a few wankers out trying to start fights. I guess Zanzibar must have been shut. Ah well…
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