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Toussaint Louverture – the slave who defeated Napolean.

19 Saturday Apr 2014

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ToussaintLouvertureMusic can teach you so much. Until today I have never heard of Toussaint Louverture but now Michael Gira has written a song inspired by him for the new album I was intrigued.

Born 20 May 1743, Louverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution; his military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti. Despite being imprisoned by the French and ultimately died in 1803, the revolution continued and finally defeated Bonaparte’s Army. The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.

Schools should be teaching children about important people like Toussaint – is because he is black, is it because he chose to overthrow an oppressive regime? Who knows? Slavery wasn’t abolished in America until 1864, and perhaps it was due to a fear that what happened in Haiti may happen there. History within our educational system is not good at teaching about people who have challenged the system and created a more positive progressive society.

They should also teach that all great people have great hats!

Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in St Domingue. I am working to make that happen. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause.

Your very humble and obedient servant, Toussaint L’Ouverture

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Swans – sounds that gently build up to a great ferocity!

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

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Enjoy.

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Has George Osborne gone insane?

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

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A little growth, that could have happened three years ago is nothing to be proud of. If I was chancellor, did fuck all apart from cut everything, I’m sure at some point a little growth would happen.

A Song dedicated to him!

Now I just want to thank you
For going insane
Every second that you suffer
Is a loss that I gain
Every breath is a drain down
Down into a hole
And your mind is a shrinking thing:
It was crushed by your skull
Now you f eel time unfolding
Deep in your chest
And your body’s expanding
Now there’s none of you left
So I just want to thank you
For losing your mind
Yeah you burned just like joan of arc
Purified by the flames
You re alive! you re alive!
Now just want to thank you
For the light that you spread
And magnesium and sulphur
And the fear in your head
And I just want to tell you
You’re nothing so new
Every time that you touch it
It’ll turn against you
Now your future’s a cold thing
Down in the damp ground
And your memory’s a lead room
Containing this sound
So I just want to thank you
For killing your mind
All the life that you bleed out
Well I steal it for mine
You’re alive! you’re alive!

M Gira

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The Final Sac – Swans

13 Monday May 2013

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OH JESUS,OH JESUS,

YOU’RE MY ONLY GOD.

OH JESUS, OH JESUS,

YOU’RE MY ONLY GIRL.

I FOLLOW YOU NOW.

I’LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN,

TO A DIRTY BLACK ROOM,

WHERE THE AIR IS GONE.

I’LL LIE DOWN ON THE TABLE,

AND I’LL WAIT FOR YOU,

TO STEP INSIDE ME NOW.

STEP INSIDE ME NOW.

COME ON, COME ON IN.

OH JESUS CHRIST, YOU’RE MY ONLY, MY ONLY GOD…

IF I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, I WILL BE LIKE YOU.

GIRL, I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU.

I’LL LOOK INTO YOUR EYES,

AND CLOSE MY MIND.

GET OUT OF MY MIND. GET OUT OF MY HEAD.

OH JESUS, OH JESUS, YOU’RE MY ONLY GOD…

Michael Gira

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We are the Gods of this Fucking Land – I am my brothers man.

11 Friday Jan 2013

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betting, big betting shop, city, gambling, kill the poor, michael gira

Lies, Lies and damn statistics. A man from Ladbrokes betting shops denied that there is direct correlation between the revenue of bookmakers and areas areas of poverty when defending the issue of £100 stake machines. In comparison, I thought the ‘city’ is just one big bookies but for people with lots more money. Whereas pawnbrokers help fuel some bookmakers, white collar crime; fraud ghost companies help fuel the city. Scales of economy.

Yet one is deemed as a problem and looked down upon the other a lucrative career for a chosen Etonian Oxbridge few.

In this time of struggle it is recognised that gambling can increase but what is more worrying is the ease now you can get access to ‘dangerous’ money, with the increase of cheque cashing places, payday loans and pawnbrokers. Bookies are like pubs, they are an issue if you have a problem but the ease in which you can legally access money is more threatening.

No-one is going to help us, the state will only help those it wants, and it definitely doesn’t want to help the poor. We must help ourselves, be disciplined, support each other. Fuck the State and fuck it’s judgemental nature.

We are the Gods of this Fucking Land – I am my brothers man.

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Kickstarter – crowd funding the way forward

30 Wednesday May 2012

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As a fan of Amanda ‘Fucking’ Palmer, I became intrigued by what Kickstarter was and the whole concept surrounding it. It appears to be a fantastic way for people to raise funds from the people that will enjoy the end product!

AFP has offered various packages from VIP tickets to upcoming concerts and even the opportunity for you to have her perform at you own concert in your backgarden. Swans have also similar things recently by selling limited edition albums with various additions, to help fund the recording of the new album. The only downside is that these items can sell really quickly and you miss out. I emailed Michael Gira and he explained that they underestimated as everything sold out in 24 hours.

This is a way for artists not to be controlled by the music industry and will allow for an influx of music that isn’t purely based on commerciality.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amandapalmer/amanda-palmer-the-new-record-art-book-and-tour

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A song dedicated to George Osborne..

02 Thursday Feb 2012

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In continuing my week dedication of songs to fit certain stories, today’s is dedicated to Mr Osborne, the fucking wanker who is desperately trying to make life harder for us all, and succeeding. It shouldn’t come as a suprise as Osborne has failed at everything else he has tried.

I, I’ve been lonely
And I, I’ve been blind
And I,. I’ve learned nothing
So my hands are firmly tied
To the sinking leadweight
of failure

I’ve worked hard all my life
Money slips through my hands
My face in the mirror tells me
It’s no surprise that I’m
Pushing the stone up the hill
of failure

They tempt me with violence
They punish me with ideals
And they crush me with an image of my
life that’s nothing but unreal
Except on the goddamned slaveship
of failure

I’ll drown here trying
to get up for some air
But each time I think I breathe
I’m laid on with a double share
of the punishing burden
of failure

I don’t deserve to be down here
But I’ll never leave
And I’ve learned one thing
You can’t escape the beast
In the null and void pit
of failure

When I get my hands on some money
I’ll kiss it’s green skin
And I’ll ask it’s dirty face
“Where the hell have you been?”
“I am the fuel that fires the engine
of failure.”

I’ll be old and broken down
I’ll forget who and where I am
I’ll be senile or forgotten
But I’ll remember and understand
You can bank your hard-earned money
on failure

I saw my father crying
I saw my mother break her hand
On a wall that wouldn’t weep
But that certainly held in
The mechanical moans of a dying man
Who was a failure

My back hurts me when I bend
Because I carry a load
My brain hurts me like a knife-hole
Because I’ve yet to be shown
How to pull myself out from
The sucking quicksand
of failure

Some people live in hell
Many bastards succeed
But I. I’ve learned nothing
I can’t even elegantly bleed
Out the poison blood
of failure

Michael Gira – Failure

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