German New Wave (or “Cold Wave” if you prefer) group Malaria were one of the most interesting groups to come out of Germany in the early 1980s. The all female band was formed by an alliance of Berlin art scenesters Gudrun Gut—an early member of Einstürzende Neubauten—and Bettina Köster. Both had been members of Mania […]
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23rd February 2013 – 13:28
The prisons in Perm and Mordovia—where two members of the Pussy Riot group are jailed—are some of the harshest camps in all Russia, known for severely unhealthy conditions, a complete absence of privacy and a brutal social hierarchy. Now Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been hospitalized after working in the prison yards, and her life is in […]
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22nd January 2013 – 10:58
A fab piece of pop memorabilia from the wonderful broadcaster and journalist, Andy Kershaw, who writes: ‘This letter was sent to me (as the Ents Secretary of Leeds University) some time in November 1980. ‘I still think they were slightly overpaid.’ The letter from M.A.M. Agency was by way booking a band called Duran Duran […]
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14th January 2013 – 11:49
Okay maybe they’re not really the most insidious lobbying group in US politics… but hey, they’re still pretty bad. Even the most starry-eyed of patriots knows that corporate lobbyists are the puppeteers behind the majority of US politicians, but sometimes the specificity of these groups boggles the mind. They’re like Catholic saints—there’s one for everything. […]
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9th November 2012 – 12:48
Advocacy group is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to rush a study on the issue By Rolling Stone Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and their Artists Against Fracking group have posted a large billboard in New York urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to rush a study on the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing […]
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