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2022-06-19 10:20
Luc KordasThis morning as I washed the few cups and spoons left from last night’s tipsy return home, I looked up as a blue commuter train passed my window on its approach to Central St… Read More
2022-02-28 08:15
Last Exit from Lewisham ~ Photo by P.I. Here at the abattoir, we partake in the slaughterStart from our shins and work our way upWe are all numbered heads chipped and readBloodied nails… Read More
2022-02-26 08:15
Gotta get those numbers up?Need to keep your credibility intact?Struggling to regain the public trust?Why not try a triple dose ofDr. Iscariot’s DESPERATIONYou’ve then got to as… Read More
2022-01-07 10:18
The echoes of primal violence wash over us, dressed in the transparent pornography of propaganda; Cain’s cold and covetous wrath pulses through the greedy technology of the mili… Read More
2021-11-28 08:15
We Had Different Plans ~ Gregory Ferrand Down the double helix she slides, leg muscles accentuated through denim, face a narrow wedge cut by black eyes shadowed; purpose personified.The… Read More
2021-11-14 08:15
Garth ~ by P.I. 2017The coal sucked at the end of his roll-up casts orange highlights on the edifice of his face. A face where avid climbers have, and will continue to, hammer aspiratio… Read More
2021-11-08 08:15
Backwards Isn't Forward ~ Gregory FerrandIn the city, where citizens practise and develop the close-contact art of Avoidance, skills that serve well in the crush of the crowd but not so well… Read More
2021-10-03 10:26
2021-07-23 15:18
It appears to me that Dominic Cummings has modelled himself on late-stage Robespierre. This leads to the frightening realisation that the counterrevolution has got itself into the driving se… Read More
2021-05-14 07:15
Season Bloom ~ Nguyen Thanh Nhan In grey silhouette profile against the sky full moon bisected and reflected perfectly by the glassy wet horizon, Iskandar kneels in full ceremonial armo… Read More
2021-04-05 07:15
There’s a turnaround for the books: during Saturday’s KillTheBill protest in London, the crowd effectively kettled the police.Now whether this occurred due to good planning… Read More
2021-03-22 08:35
The majority shareholders in Empire UK employ two agencies to take care of the controls.Agency 1 is the Ministry of PropagandaAgency 2 is the Ministry of Division (not to be confused w… Read More
2021-03-06 08:15
There is nothing unhealthier than a room lit by television.Not simply the light being emitted, but rather the quality of the information being beamed into the unlit mind.Television is a beac… Read More
2021-02-05 08:15
It’s dark in here; dark and cold at the rim of time where the future has ceased to be imaginable. No plan, no hope, no hint of fate to drag us through the day nor flickering candle to… Read More
2021-02-01 00:00
Shepherd FaireyThe same people who, not so long ago, were outraged at the enforced wearing of face covering for Muslim women, declaring it an infringement of women’s rights, a symbol o… Read More
2021-01-29 08:15
Le Simulateur ~ Dora MarrA drop of semen hangs from the tip of Edwards penis as he leans into the tripod-mounted matt-black sniper rifle. From a gentle caress of the soft-sprung trigger and… Read More
2021-01-26 08:15
2021-01-22 08:15
In Line ~ Hayv KahramanLost souls, we queue besides the graffitied and fortified wall that blocks the south end of London Bridge; our muttered shuffling, sniffing and phlegm-laden cough… Read More
2021-01-01 08:15
Baron WolmanMalouf could be described as a mechanical archaeologist; the workings of contraptions; especially the workings of those archaic engines now mostly defunct; be they combustion, st… Read More
2020-12-25 08:15
Amier ~ Jacek MalczewskiTo leave this all behind; a fantasy braised in my heart’s cast furnace; a dream of a bucolic existence on one of Kent’s Communal farms; the experience of… Read More
2020-12-18 08:15
The Dance ~ Randy OrtizIt’s never easy to maintain the illusion of control. This is a universal maxim that applies in both the macro and microcosm.When it comes to crowd control you ha… Read More
2020-12-11 08:15
Incident on Platform 6 ~ Mike WorralThe kingdoms of Metropolis London spin towards another daybreak; another spin around the earth’s axis, another chance to shine.The breast of the ear… Read More
2020-12-04 08:15
They only try you once, these men, these sex gods; these walking examples of masculinity. Gio’s personal barriers had shut down any attempts to cross the line. Her first day had been f… Read More
2020-11-27 08:15
Bernie WrightsonFrom Bigg Mama’ files on Naz Rahmani:“Doesn’t matter what empire you were born under” Naz’s Grandfather had been a Harki escapee; one of the luc… Read More
2020-11-23 08:15
via Pour 15 Minutes D'AmourThe goddess moves slowHer self to nourishSlower than time’s increments can conveyFrom the grinding of leaves to dust and mudTo the glaciers’ courser ca… Read More
2020-11-20 08:15
It Has Been Emotional ~ Randy OrtizIn the interstitial slumber hour; the hour that hangs between his last pee and full awakening; he wanders why nobody believes themselves to be anything but… Read More
2020-11-13 08:15
Ksenia LaninaThere’s a heavily secured corridor that runs between the flooded Thames south bank at Woolwich New Terminal, itself heavily armed and defended, and the Barracks on the slo… Read More
2020-11-06 08:15
Udine Crali 1939When they kicked back against the influx; their inherent racism was brought to bear on the fact that their gang no longer ran the street.Immigrants out! was the mantra of tha… Read More
2020-11-02 08:15
1946 ~ 2020Reading The Great War for Civilisation changed my understanding of 20th century history. If only we had more journalists with a fraction of Robert Fisk's integrity Read More
2020-10-31 08:15
Artwork © Julien Missaire (used with kind permission) Fascism:It’s difficult to paint a picture without the direct assistance of light.Grey is hard to work with unless you em… Read More
2020-09-25 07:15
Tom MooreWhile drone cams pan obscene discretePanoramic views of razor wielding clown carnageSafe Family Entertainment made raw meatAnd the moral of this tale so awfully toldBy some meathead… Read More
2020-09-03 07:15
The Chinese Cake, 1898 downloaded from PBS LearningMedia, http://www.pbslearningmedia.org.Rights to use this asset do not expire. Asset Copyright ©2015Liberation School is offering som… Read More
2020-08-21 07:15
Drowning Hand ~ Eric DrookerThe chalk cliffs wave white flags of surrender to the drowning manThe green and pleasant interior teems with pureblood warriorsWho angrily type newfound words of… Read More
2020-08-07 07:15
Tim WalkerPicture this:The camera frames a view of grassy verge, unkempt in these days of shortage, then pans to the entrance of Utopia Mansions. Our viewpoint now dollies through the doorwa… Read More
2020-08-01 08:47
(or how they stole the Dome)Jim BurnsTony Blair’s voice echoes from the interior of the 12-legged alien that so recently (and at such cost) arrived here on the northern bulge of the… Read More
2020-07-06 08:55
Highgate Cemetery ~ Photo by Pisces IscariotFor some of us the lockdown in the UK has delivered the illusion of that 1950's futuristic Utopia that proclaimed that technology would ensure tha… Read More
2020-06-27 07:15
Europe Ozymandias ~ John KarbornWaning moon in crescent profileThrough periodic clouds of perfumed plumeSilhouettes the secret agentSets the scene for rendezvousServes him with a killing spo… Read More
2020-06-18 07:22
Les étoiles meurent aussi ~ GewllWe the privileged, ensconced in these gilded cages of ideological rebellion; we the pampered, well fed and materially engorged with meaningless techno… Read More
2020-06-09 07:52
Redskins ~ Kick Over The Statues Read More
2020-05-09 09:26
Jean-Jacques Lequeu, “He is Free”These wandered edges Well safe as far as it goes In a world made sterile by the rigors of control And these boundaries to conform These battered… Read More
2020-05-01 07:15
2020-04-24 07:15
Fountains of Youth ~ Donato GiancolaMy head on a stickWoodRemovedTo be hidden andWith timeTo becomeA pincushion pierced with visionsFormed by the shards of broken mirrors Read More
2020-04-18 07:15
Carlos Barria Read More
2020-04-15 07:15
Michal KlimczakLocked in a literary struggleWrestling with an angelHe says“Pynchon or Anna Kavan?”As if a page torn from a novelCould be crucified on the easel of the half-awake… Read More
2020-04-12 07:15
Unable to trace back to the artist (let me know if you know)The tubular scarf covers Ki’s face from his nose down. On the scarf his face is completed by a hi-res print of David Bowie&r&hell…Read More
2020-04-09 11:19
Bronagh Wilson with Chris WilliamsonThis letter from Bronagh Wilson was shared by Tony Greenstein who also posted a comprehensive foreword to it on his blog - you can read it here"Dear Sir K… Read More
2020-03-29 11:38
Should we talk about the weather?Flurries of hail in Lewisham this morning; Bitter cold on Blackheath common.While the unprecedented fury of storms Ciara & Dennis (Jorge never really sho… Read More
2020-03-27 08:15
Zeen ChinYou’re the windComing from aheadAside askance evenYou make your presence knownIn Chambers of my earsRattling the furniture thereThe stirrupThe saddleThe cochleaYou’re th… Read More
2020-03-22 10:26
Photos by Pisces IscariotFrom the perspective of one whose status has this week been shifted to ‘Working from Home’, it seems that this is the week that it got serious.Probably n… Read More
2020-03-06 08:15
Tam 'OShanter ~ John FaedShe lies at Greenwich; all masts and spars; her lower hull hidden for shame; for the benefit of those visitors who are willing to pay.The figurehead – that for… Read More
2020-02-26 12:25
R.I.P. David Roback Read More
2020-02-21 08:15
Neoliberalism Survives By Destroying Social Cohesion by Rainer Shea"Without the right guidance, these kinds of movements can become co-opted by the ruling class or be ineffective at achievin… Read More
2020-02-17 08:15
Photo by Pisces IscariotCycling through the upper reaches of Greenwich park, it’s just getting light Sunday morning with the not-so-raging STORM Dennis blustering at my back, I’m… Read More
2020-02-14 12:19
2020-02-06 12:22
Ivan BrunAfter facilitating the atrocities of the Pinochet dictatorship and helping introduce neoliberal policies around the world, Milton Friedman wrote in an essay from 1982 that “On… Read More
2020-01-24 08:59
Image by AK Rockefeller via FlickrEye opening insight into the real China: Anya Parampil and Danny Haiphong: Busting Pro-War Propaganda: What China Is Really Like over at Dandelion Salad Read More
2020-01-15 08:15
“Indigenous legal orders and Indigenous systems of governance must be recognized and respected and not trampled upon in the interests of corporate development,” Na’Moks tol… Read More
2019-12-20 08:15
Among the islands of our mindsAmong the stars of the age~ Shearwater ‘Star of The Age’ 2012Worn Out ~ H. A. BrendekildeI am not a god.I am a passive reactor.I take what I need fr… Read More
2019-12-17 08:15
2019-12-13 08:15
Fashion! Turn to the left ~ David Bowie ‘Fashion’ 1980Fernando FalconeThrough the backward facing camera in the arm of my spectacles I see her silhouette in the doorway.Her choic… Read More
2019-12-06 08:15
Who drives you?Capsized you?Who shakes you?Who wakes you?Who's still workin' on his masterpiece~ David Byrne ‘The Great Intoxication’ 2001Aurélien MauryI know she’s… Read More
2019-12-02 08:15
Bezimena Nina BunjevacHe is the hanging man. Between the cancer-speckled branches of these ancient trees and the angry orange sky, his matted hair hangs to touch where roots have caused the… Read More
2019-11-29 08:15
Still we tryNone of us know whyRunning from the ghosts inside us~ The Phantom Band ‘Mr. Natural’ 2010The Parting ~ Edvard MunchEllie watches Tien Nhan on the monitors for a while… Read More
2019-11-25 08:15
The Story of the Last Egg ~ Leonora CarringtonNighttime falls, Nighttime knowsWhat I can’t see before my noseTo accept the burden of the ageTo contain the acid of my rageEvening wander… Read More
2019-11-22 08:15
Hell yeah~ The Coup ‘OYAHYTT’ 2018Franciszek StarowieyskiAs it transpires they all die in the same manner: the muscle at her shoulders and the giant ego of a man who believes in… Read More
2019-11-18 08:15
Cover Art: Day of the Dead City Fiesta by Diego Garcia“In the war to come correspondents would assume unheard of importance, plunging through flame to feed the public its little gobbet… Read More
2019-11-15 08:15
The moth don't care if the flame is real'Cause the flame and moth got a sweetheart dealAnd nothing fuels a good flirtationLike need and anger and desperation~ Les Deux Love Orchestra ‘… Read More
2019-11-11 08:15
Via Scarfolk Council Read More
2019-11-08 08:15
Oh but to shine like Joan of Arcyou must be prepared to burn~ Prefab Sprout ‘Green Isaac’ 1984Samual GomezIn order for the fly to catch the spider, she must first become entrappe… Read More
2019-11-04 08:15
A short History of Modern Painting ~ Mark TanseyI drool sanitised thoughts onto my crumb-littered chestAs plastic apparitions mouth aphorist wisdom on the screenOffence! Offence!Apologise!De… Read More
2019-11-01 08:15
When people run in circles it's a very veryMad world~ Tears for Fears 1982The Damned ~ Oscar ChichoniMichael Caine springs the locks on the secure door at the rear of the airlock. The door c… Read More
2019-10-30 08:15
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2019-10-28 08:32
This week I discovered that there is actually a term to cover the latest wave of bullshit that encompasses 'Artisan Coffee' and 'Gourmet Burgers'PREMIUM MEDIOCRITYApparently the term was coi… Read More
2019-10-25 07:15
Can I fear youCan you fear me nowCan I fear youCan you fear me coming(Ice Breaker)~ The Grassy Knoll ‘The Art of Fear’ 2014Michael Caine comes around to Ellie’s way of thin… Read More
2019-10-23 07:15
Assange in CourtBy Craig Murray 22nd Oct 2019I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday’s events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the sc… Read More
2019-10-18 07:15
Did you die the day they soldThe ones you left at home~ Steely Dan ‘Android Warehouse’ 1968,69,70 or 71Pouria Khojastehpay“A presented truth is digital, unlike the truth&he&hell…Read More
2019-10-11 07:15
The wisdom of your wordsInterpreted by fools~ Laughing Clowns ‘The Only One That Knows’ 1985Vampiros en la Sabana ~ Maria Isabel RuedaTừ Tiền Nhân doesn’t… Read More
2019-10-07 07:15
Fountains of Youth ~ Donato GiancolaMy head on a stickWoodenRemovedTo be hidden and in timeTo becomeA pincushion for visionsIn rear-view mirrors Read More
2019-10-04 07:15
There’s white magic, and bad rock’n’roll,Your friend there says, he's the gatekeeper to my soul~ Go-betweens ‘The House Jack Kerouac Built’ 1987Alec drives the… Read More
2019-09-30 07:15
Paul JacksonAphorist pamphlets pose:“Why do bad things happen to good people?”Jehovah’s Witnesses await like statuesAt the end of the worldThe passing paradeOf digitalised… Read More
2019-09-27 07:15
All the straws you clutched atHave burst into flames~ Magazine ‘Burst’ 1978Cover for Double Star ~ Peter ElsonAlec deploys the Sporter’s wheels to Locked-down, shifts the c… Read More
2019-09-25 07:15
2019-09-20 07:15
You’re such a wonderful personBut you got problems~ David Bowie ‘Breaking Glass’ 1977Siren ~ Glasha GurinovaEmpathy ceases to exist at this frequency of stimulus; at the te… Read More
2019-09-18 07:15
A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai) ~ Jeff WallPanicked, he retraces his path through the blue-grey concrete courtyards, fearing the imminent mother-wrath hinted at by images of a blood re… Read More
2019-09-13 07:15
She sat with a baby heavy on her kneeYet spoke of life most free from slavery~ Joan Baez ‘Love is Just a Four-Letter Word’ 1968Jackson leads her through the maze of the outer cir… Read More
2019-09-06 07:15
Into the big worldAre your ready to grab the candle~ Public Image Ltd ‘This is Not a Love Song’ 1983Embrace ~ Android JonesJackson, his name she discovers some minutes later, is… Read More
2019-09-04 07:15
Lucas Varela Read More
2019-08-30 07:15
Everybody craned their headsTo see my changing shape~ The Phantom Band ‘Everybody Knows It’s True’ 2010Oscar ChichoniGhost. Ghost. Ghost.She has become a thing of the shado… Read More
2019-08-27 07:15
Paul Kirchner Read More
2019-08-23 07:15
Never let your hand shake when you're firm on your bladeNever keep a keepsake of the spill that you make~ Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions ‘For The Rest of Your Life’ 2009… Read More
2019-08-19 07:15
The Rise of America’s Fascist Paramilitaries by Rainer Shea"The rise of private armies like Blackwater has been tied in with the rise of the vigilante far-right militias, and these two… Read More
2019-08-16 07:15
Blood is a special substanceThey gonna pray for that man~ Talking Heads ‘Swamp’ 1983Allan KauschBack out in the hall. Empty with the presence of someone just left.You circle upwa… Read More
2019-08-12 07:15
And to top it all the new UKIP leader is called Dick Braine Read More
2019-08-09 07:15
Now there’s one soul lessOn your fiery list~ Triffids ‘Hometown Farewell Kiss’ 1987Franciszek StarowieyskiThe hallway smells of something organic, some form of life giving… Read More
2019-08-05 07:15
Lucas Varela Read More
2019-08-02 07:15
An outlaw stand in a pleasant landIn every face see Judas~ Prefab Sprout ‘Don’t Sing!’ 1984Di Profundis ~ Alejandro D'MarcoThe hallway smells of something organic, some for… Read More
2019-07-31 07:15
Sylvie Fontaine Read More
2019-07-26 07:15
What is it good farAbsolutely nothing~ Edwin Starr ‘War’ 1970Akira 1988Nikos lets the bike cruise down the ramp, hazard lights flashing, leaning inward so that the left-hand side… Read More
2019-07-22 07:15
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