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Free Speech for all those that have no voice.

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by spideysaves in Music, Politics, Social History

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alternative, Crass, free speech, music

With the talk of statutory regulation for journalists and newspapers, and continues legal action against social media sites – is there really free speech, or can laws be twisted and distorted to prevent anything being published as long as you have the money to do so.

Music has always been away to pass comment as artistic license can be argued in many cases – the difficulty is that it is near impossible to hear anything different let alone poliyical, without wading through all the dross on the internet. The independent record labels have virtually died, and radio has become so commercial so I don’t waste my time; I would have thought somebody would have tried to step into the massive gap left by John Peel.

Where have all the protest singers gone? Or does everybody want to win X Factor?

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Swans are back at the Koko……and so am I.

15 Thursday Nov 2012

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alternative, Gira, koko, Swans, westberg

Their previous London gig in 2010 was classed by manner as the greatest gig of the year – this was no reunion tour to milk the profits from nostalgia. Michael Gira and Norman Westberg were just as ferocious with the new line up, as they ever were in the 80’s. If anything Swans have become more technical, more complicated music structures bur still deliver the intensity that they became renowned for.

This time on the back of the release of ‘The Seer’, tonight promises to be another spectacular. Gira hasn’t dismissed the past but older songs are usually reworked if they are to be played.

Review tomorrow

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