2015-06-11 (Thursday)
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The Early Days of a Better Nation
Mainly for Régis Debray’s gloomy description of May 1968, written in 1979: “We had to imagine ourselves as Chinese, in order to become Californians.”
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With Centre Point currently wrapped in scaffolding you might like these pics my mum took of its construction in 1965 flickr.com/search/?user_i…
So. Nerrrrr!
…this week “is the first time the NME has run two subsequent covers of British female-led acts since December 1984” xrrf.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/what-p…
I remember watching Glastonbury on TV, tweeting it was surprisingly balanced male/female. Some replied “yeah, music’s pretty balanced!” But…
@russelldavies @antimega I’d probably go on holiday more (or just out more) if I subscribed to the Antimega Guides.
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The essay also confirms my belief that @ftrain and @philgyford are identical twins, separated at birth and raised on separate continents.