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Very similar to the 'Politics' page but not for politics! Any article or series of incoherent thoughts people particularly like may end up here. Got one you think should be here? Please send it over and we'll laugh at it in a supercillious way before discarding it with a sneer. (unless it's any good in which case it will end up here.) |
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The Libertines
The Great Lost Singles Compilation |
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Gun
The Great Lost Singles Compilation |
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Oasis
The Great Lost Singles Compilation |
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The Late Great Martin Phillipps of The Chills
Eulogy of a fan/groupie/admirer/friend, Christine Webster |
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Suede
The Great Lost Singles Compilation |
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Rest in Power, Shane MacGowan
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Ash
The Great Lost Singles Compilation |
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Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023
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Blow it up, burn it down, kick it till it breaks...RIP
John Clare
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2022 Playlist |
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ON BECOMING WELSH
Relections on 45 years in Wales from a Chilean exile |
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R*E*P*E*A*T After Me...
Playlist for those needing a break fromthe fuedal media |
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Issue #40 Playlist
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Manic Street Preachers |
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Bad Habits
Gary Duncan reflects on the essential shallowness of the Ed Sheeran phenomenon. |
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Sour Candies
South Wales Playlist Feb 2022 |
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Manic Street Preachers
The Holy Bible – 50 Further Facts Expanded & Revised July 2021 |
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Pump It Up...
R*E*P*E*A*T Play List provided by Archie of The Verdicts |
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Rivals on the Pitch - United Against Racism
How South Wales football fans took kicked the racists into touch |
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Thoughts on Framing Britney Spears |
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Top of the Pops 2020 Playlist
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Departure of a Humble Giant
An obituary for Charles Condamines, Chilean freedom fighter |
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Picton no ‘Welsh Great’
A response to a piece in the South Wales Evening Post which attempted to argue that local slave trader Thomas Picton should be rehabilitated |
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Vinyl Countdown
R*E*P*E*A*T Vinyl Play List 16.08.20 |
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We Love Us
Manic Street Preachers Quizzed on Radio One |
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A Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawl...
A Manic Street Preachers Rarities Set List |
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Manic Street Preachers -Out of the Shadows
Songs Rarely / Never Played Live - Fantasy Setlist |
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Lockdown Boxes
R*E*P*E*A*T TV and Podcast Play List 21.6.20 |
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Words Without Music. Perhaps.
R*E*P*E*A*T Bookish Play List 17.5.20 |
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Bear Pit:
R*E*P*E*A*T Lockdown Tea Party Play List May 3rd 2020 |
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Otherness ... Hidden Gems
MSP rarities not on Lipstick Traces |
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Manic Street Preachers
Unique and Rare Records |
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Manic Street Preachers - The Great Lost Singles
Fans submit their choices |
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Houses as Ruins and Gardens as Weeds...
Thoughts on gardening |
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Tea Party Tunes Playlist
Some tracks shared and enjoyed at the first 2 R*E*P*E*A*T Lockdown Tea Parties |
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From Granny's Club to the Albert Hall:
Bones' 40 years in punk rock |
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Desert Island Bones
R*E*P*E*A*T playlist 28.3.20 |
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Best of times, worst of times
R*E*P*E*A*T's friends and allies look back at 2019 |
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Rebellious Jukebox
R*E*P*E*A*T Play List, 8.12.19 |
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Libraries Gave Us Power...
Manics on Mastermind 2019 |
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List 14.10.19
Chosen by James Cook |
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List
30.9.19 East and West Side Story |
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Competition - win 2 writsbands for the Swansea
Fringe
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List
03.09.19 Curated by Phil Rose Esq |
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List
22.08.19, Curated by Ryan Bird |
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List #2
6.8.19, Chosen by Dom Waters |
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R*E*P*E*A*T Play List #1
(Nearly) August 2019 |
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What The Nineties Taught Me
Matt Reaction on rediscovering his muse after a 14-year break, the importance of life experience and local music community saviours. |
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Rachel Evans
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The R*E*P*E*A*T Hit and Miss List 2018
Rosey selects his top bits of the past year |
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New Year's Revolutions 2019
A report from Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T on his forst term back in Swansea |
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Atrocity Museum
On homes, belonging and moving on A Public Service Announcement from Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T, With Guitars |
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The B-Side Monday MegaMix
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You're gonna wake up one morning and KNOW what
side of the bed you've been lying on... some lists from 2017
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Looking Back In Anger...
The Last of the Real Music Journalists? Andrew Winters looks at the strangely grumpy reaction to the Dave Simpson's Guardian review of Liam Gallagher's Leeds gig |
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‘From Hereford To Here’
Attila the Stockbroker on Modern 'top level' football |
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Post-Truth Poetry
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On glue sticks, chips and statistics...
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A Tribute to My Dad
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Strawberry Stories
Stories from Strawberry Fair 2016 |
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The Star that Forgot to Hold onto The Sky
A Story By Chris Bird |
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Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible |
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Everything Must Go 20
20th Anniversary Reissue and Tour |
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The Storm Cloud That Came Inside
A story by Mina |
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Lemmy 1945-2015 - A Personal Tribute
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Bury St Edmunds Rocky City |
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The Pit and the Pendulum:
Rosey's notes on setting up an indie record label |
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PR hints from Musicblogdirectory.com
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This is the sound of Sugar Town:
Seymour rants on the inspiration behind our new 12" vinyl compilation |
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R*E*P*E*A*T – Fighting the power since 1994
Piece written for Jude Clark at the Cambridge News to mark R*E*P*E*A*T's 21st birthday where I totally missed the point as she actually wanted something else entirely... |
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Strawberries and Dream...
Reaction from performers, parents and stall holders to the Love Music Hate Racism Stage at Strawberry Fair 2015 |
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'A Moving Speech' -
Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T on 21 Years of Fighting The Power |
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Manic Street Preachers : No Manifesto
Press Release |
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Manic Street Preachers - A Vintage Era
Feature: Steve Bateman |
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Digital by Birth Xmas Message
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John Peel Saved My Life
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PUNK PART THREE, NEW WAVE AND TWO
TONE by Digital BY Birth
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Jack in a Box
– Thoughts on the demise of the R*E*P*E*A*T PO Box by Rosey |
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Futurology
Press release, bio, notes by the band and lyrics |
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Global Cooling Insurgents
Thoughts on Climate Change by Digital by Birth |
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Tory Baiting
R*E*P*E*A*T Press Release for S*M*A*S*H / NxtGen Single |
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A Good Time To Get Angry...
Amy Britton's take on the “Blurred Lines” debate |
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A Brief History of UK pUNK BY Digital BY bIrTH.
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The indiepop revival: Why Now?
asks Amy Britton |
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Recycling the Soul
Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T gets all maudlin at having to throw 3000 of his CD Babies away... |
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Thom Yorke Vs Spotify
Online or offline, capitalism is no help to new musicians, argues Dave Randall |
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THE PUKES - Arts Council Grant
Bones urges R*E*P*E*A*T readers to lend our support |
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The World Is Yours
Why Kate and Wills owe us more than a photo |
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The Future is Now. . . Sort of |
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The Price of Reality
Reflections on anti capitalism by Digital By Birth |
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“Modernity killed every night.”
An essay on Post Modernism by Amy Britton |
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In recognition of
Journal for Plague Lovers |
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ENGENDERING THE SCREEN: A FREUDIAN INTERPRETATION OF
GENDER AND SEXUALITY ISSUES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA by Amy Britton
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Stronger than Mensa..?
Mastermind MSP questions faced by Alex Winters |
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The 10 best Christmas songs of all time...
a personal view by our Christmas correspondent Alfi Shipp |
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The Cultural One Percent
By David Rovics |
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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – PSYCHOCANDY
Amy Britton considers the cultural, musical and political importance of one of the great albums of the 1980s |
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Sleep cannot hide the thoughts splitting through my
mind
Some readers comment on the R*E*P*E*A*T Book |
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MBRR134 : Book
Details of R*E*P*E*A*T Book here |
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On that note..... |
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Poly Styrene: Neither lightweight nor disposable - Bhattacharyya remembers punk legend Poly Styrene |
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Why everyone should buy a copy of Antony and the Johnsons
album,‘I Am a Bird Now’
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Is erotica dead? by Amy Britton
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33 Revolutions Per Minute:
Music that mixes revolt with pop entertainment |
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A DARK SUBCULTURE - Amy Britton writes about the
dark internet subculture of "pro-anorexia" websites
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MILTON AND PARADISE LOST
By Amy britton |
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THE HIGH POINT OF DADA…
Luis Bunuel' Belle De Jour |
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THE PIN UPS
The best band you (probably) never heard of... Sid Abuse raves about one of the best undiscovered bands of the late 1990s |
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NEW SEDA GROUP manifesto
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WHY MICHEAL GOVE’S CHANGES FOR HISTORY IN EDUCATION
REFORMS ARE SO WRONG argues Amy Britton
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WHY DOES HISTORY TOLERATE SOME DICTATORS MORE THAN
OTHERS? asks Amy Britton
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THE POLITICS OF FLESH
Amy Britton writes on sex, politics and situationism |
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THE WASP FACTORY IN THATCHERITE BRITAIN
By Amy Britton |
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How
To Organize a Benefit Concert
by David Rovics |
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A Welshman in New York
Bones' blog from the punk spots of the Big Apple |
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This Ones for the Freaks
Jess Trash mourns the passing of a legend - TJs in Newport. |
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No To Cultural Vandalism...
Seymour Patrick makes the case for 6Music |
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On the Demise of American Head Charge
By Alun Thomas |
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I'm A Better Anarchist Than You
David Rovics offers some Thoughts on Vancouver and the Black Bloc |
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Danish police and Christiania, windmills and water
cannons
A Report from the Copenhagen Climate Protest by David Rovics |
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Rage Against Christmas
A Rant by Richard Bull on this Christmas debacle |
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2009: a year of terrifying, satirical and fascinating
art... Michael Rosen, Sinead Kennedy and China Miéville
take a look back at the films, books, music and art that inspired them
this year
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Do you remember... Towers of London?
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STEVEN ‘SEETHING’ WELLS – A TRIBUTE
Attila the Stockbroker |
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Steven Wells 1960-2009
By Terry Staunton and Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T |
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In Extremis
Steven Wells' Final Column |
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Three Weeks to Stop the BNP...
An Anti Nazi Timetable |
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'This album could seriously damage us'
Manic Street Preachers talk to The Guardian |
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Journal for Plague Lovers
Press Schedule |
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John Niven - Journal For Plague Lovers Essay
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We've got nothing in common
Jess Trash recoils in the face of mindless Welsh nationalism |
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The truth behind ‘Valkyrie’
and the coup against Hitler
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The Holy Bible - According To Nicky And Richey
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The Manics' lyrics were something special
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Kevin Cummins on Richey
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Harold Pinter
1930-2008 |
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An Open Letter to Roberto Martinez
Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T worries about the visit of the mighty Swansea City to Histon FC |
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Tommy Tee, RIP
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RIP Adrian Mitchell, 1932-2008.
A true hero of poetry, and an inspiration to me by Attila the Stockbroker |
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Nicky Wire at 40...
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Sarah Palin for Poet Laureate
By Julian Gough |
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GISSA JOB!
Anna C discovers the reality of looking for a job in the credit crunch |
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Culture of Alientation, Boredom and Despair
Guy Mankowski argues that we all have a responsibility to revolt |
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The Fugs:
proto-punk and the 60s sound that echoes today |
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The Dawn Parade - Rakennus Ash looks into the
hole in his heart.
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Keep Britain Tidy - 23 Indie stars-in-waiting
assemble to fuck the BNP right off.
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Hey Scenesters! Rakennus
Ash wonders if Scenester is really such a term of abuse
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Stop Stealing Our F*cking Sign!
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How to Make Comrades and Alienate People
Why it's worth spending time on the lyrics of the Manics. |
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Still Hate the Fucking NME?
Reflections on the Manics' NME God Like Genius Award |
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Discography reassessed:
the Manics in perspective |
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The Manics- reactionary pioneers of feminine identity
or shameless culture sluts?
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"If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with
a lot of rain... " Thoughts on the Manic's 'Umbrella' cover
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Noir Desir
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Open Letter to Morrissey
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Music, racism and culture - a statement from LMHR
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Archives of Pain: |
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Riding the Mayflower -
Thoughts on rave, pleasure and politics |
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Gallows:
What drives a band to sing about date rape and disgust?
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Our best review ever? Rock Sound review Burn Cambridge
Burn...
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Elvis Presley - an unlikley rebel?
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Nobody Owes You a Damn Thing!
Crzy tells of 7 lies musicians tell themselves - and how to combat each one |
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Throwing acid in the Mona Lisa's face
Organ Grinder argues that it's time for R*E*P*E*A*T to 'kick against the pricks again' |
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The spirit of '76. In a candle.
By Phil Rose Esq
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Send Away the Tigers by Nicky Wire
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Love Music Hate Racism - Attila the Stockbroker
on the history and impact of Rock Against Racism
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Songs of Love Echo
Under Class Betrayal...
Refelections on the failings of the current indie scene by Sheraz Qureshi |
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Call That Humiliation? - No
hoods. No electric shocks. No beatings. These Iranians Clearly Are a |
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Quotes of the Moment - a few of the quotes we've
used and abused on this website
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The Russian artists who drew Futurism to the left
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1996 - The Music that Time Forgot
Unpop reminisces about the times that gave birth to R*E*P*E*A*T |
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Going for a song
Nicky Wire on God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols |
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APOCALYPSE NOW?
Thoughts on Richey James Edwards |
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Trick or Treat? Phil Rose Esq rants about fat
Americans...
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A Riot of my own : Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T reflects
on the limitations of the Cambridge Music Scene
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EXPERIMENTS IN LIVING: MANIFESTO |
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Music can be revolutionary too - one listener at a time! |
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It's Out Of My Hands ... A. Souto writes about sex and
the internet
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Manic Street Preaching…
Fat Dom reflects on Syd Barrett, society and mental health.
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Scream for Me : Goodbye (for now) from Miss Black
America
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Memory Lane - Dee
Barnfield of revered 90's fanzine 'All About D' muses on the recent reformations
of some of her former heroes...
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Anyone but England? Rosey pontificates about the
World Cup
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Myspace - it's the place to Groom... Mr Hurley
on Murdoch's cyber inplace
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R*E*P*E*A*T and the new media revolution by Benjamin
Short
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Dear Mr Kok - Phil Rose esq hits back at Christian school
junk mail...
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Badger's Sett For Great Things? An introduction
to The Big Badger Recording Co
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New Years Resolutions, 2006
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The Waxing Captors: An Obituary
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Death Disco? Does Digital Downloading Spell The End Of The Album? |
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Dear Cambridge La La La - the DIY Punk Pop Rock Revolution
Starts here
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Looking Good on the Dance Floor?
Arctic Monkeys and the power of hype |
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Bored of Boxes : The Virgin Suicides 2001-2005
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The Black Side of Rock'n'Roll: Reflections on Reading
Festival 2005
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Who Shot the Sheriff - details of new Rock Against Racism
film
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Fear and Loathing in Cottenham: A Rant
about the coverage of Travellers in the Cambridge Evening News
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A Defence of Pornography
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Bloc Party, A Wake Up Call
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Seasons in the Sun? A rant about Leeds United
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Miss Black America : The Hype
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Inaguaration Blues
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Tsunami eye witness report here
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Not Taken at Face Value - Michael Rosen on The Merchant
of Venice
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Teletext Terrorists - more thoughts on the reissue of
The Holy Bible by Rosey
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New Year's Revolutions
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The Commitments - Reflections on The Holy Bible's re-issue
by John Harris
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For Fox's Sake : What's Behind the Fox Hunting Debate?
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Dumbass Nation - An Open (Hate) Letter to America from
Phil Rose esq
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Tributes to John Peel from Seymour Glass, Greg McDonald
and more
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Daniel Ansell - RIP
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Preaching to the Converted? Thoughts on 'Lifeblood'
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Not So Manic Now?
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Guns Don't Kill People..?
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Ready For Drowning? Fi Beckett reflects on the
new Manic Street Preachers single
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London's Burning! How the fire The Clash lit burns
on today
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Bored With The USA? A Letter from America
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Paul Foot - RIP
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Hunting - Sad, Sick and Sabbed! by Jo H
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'Could Do Better', report comments by NY Teachers
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World's Biggest Yawns - A Rant About Top
100 lists.
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When Ronnie Goes, Can Maggie Be Far Behind?
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Only One Roger Freestone
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I Just Like Mondays by Rosey
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McDonald's Salad Fattier Than Burgers |
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Cambridge Boat Race RIP
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DiS on the closure of Cambridge Boat Race
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Michael Moore's Oscar speech
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Why We LOve Music and Hate Racism
Bands speak out about why they wanted to go on our album |
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Country Baffled by Diana's Continued Death by Yalson
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Bigots of the Week
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You Love Us? Vague ramblings about Manics fans by Hannah
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Steven Wells on Football Hooliganism
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Jessica Lynch, what a crock by Phil Rose esq
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Moody badger defends The Manic Street Preachers
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Blair is a wanker by John Pilger
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A Modest Proposal by Julian Gough
(Pop's Love infatuation cured) |
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Living with the Manics by Chris Marling |
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For those about to piss me off Chris Marling |
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The Cambridge bland Competition by Chris Marling |
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Dear Richard by Chris Marling
(stop being nice to those who don't deserve it) |
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People who don't like sport are Wrong by Mark Steel
(Apparently) |
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Manics (ughh) Kill Your Heroes by John Jenkin
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Bush's War - The WTC Oil Gambit
By Stan Goff |
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Public Schools are toss, by the way, big man by Ben Chandler
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Yankees up to no good in Shannon Airport by Tim Hourigan
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Bush appoints Falwell by Phil Rose esq
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Bush-Dog Killer by Phil Rose esq
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Nazzii Minogue by Anti Nazzii League
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Hussein Must do Silly Dance shocker
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r*e*p*e*a*t Manifesto
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