Category: Ska
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Research query: Did the UK left wing press cover ‘alternative comedy’?
I am currently turning my series of blog posts on The Young Ones and Thatcherism into a journal article and am trying to find an answer to the following question – did the left wing press in the UK (especially the CPGB’s Morning Star and Comment or the SWP’s Socialist Worker) feature any articles/reviews of ‘alternative comedy’ in the early-to-mid-1980s? While…
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23rd anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release
On 11 February, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor-Verster Prison in Paarl, South Africa. To celebrate the anniversary of this event, let’s sit back and enjoy The Special AKA: On a related note, anyone interested in the campaign to free Nelson Mandela and the Anti-Apartheid Movement should visit this great blog on a…
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Archive of Manchester’s City Fun zine now online
The Manchester post-punk zine City Fun is now available online via the Manchester District Music Archive. The zine first appeared in the late 1970s and was produced through the early 1980s, charting the rise of the Manchester music scene during this period, with articles on The Fall, the Buzzcocks, The Smiths and the whole Joy…
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CFP: New Times Revisited? Examining Society, Culture and Politics in the Long 1980s
I received this CFP yesterday and it is being run by a very cool PhD student at the University of Birmingham. If I was in the UK in June next year, I would definitely be there. And so should you all! CFP New Times Revisited? Examining Society, Culture and Politics in the Long 1980s University…
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The Selecter came to Adelaide last night
UK ska legends The Selecter played (a very warm) The Gov last night in Adelaide. It was pretty awesome. They played all the hits, and a few newies, including a nice cover of Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’. I got to speak to Pauline Black and she called me brave for buying a 2 Tone…
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On the 22nd anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s resignation…
Here’s The Beat with Stand Down Margaret: And here’s the BBC report from November 22, 1990:
New Historical Express 