tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1724582011825159362..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: More Distractions from the Class StrugglePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-36473308717528557702008-03-23T17:39:00.000+00:002008-03-23T17:39:00.000+00:00Of course D.B. and to my eternal shame, I quite li...Of course D.B. and to my eternal shame, I quite like it. We all have these lapses don't we?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-21882621290400216152008-03-21T14:12:00.000+00:002008-03-21T14:12:00.000+00:00Have you seen the video for the remix of 'Fascinat...Have you seen the video for the remix of 'Fascination' by Danish group Alphabeat which is currently hot with the kids? It's the cheesiest thing I've seen for a long time. Not sure whether it's an intentional pisstake either...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWWx-zvNCLo<BR/><BR/>Hell of a pop tune though.D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17068816125711875576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49604520676600700692008-03-12T00:15:00.000+00:002008-03-12T00:15:00.000+00:00God knows! ;-)God knows! ;-)Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-76743177981931886332008-03-11T09:39:00.000+00:002008-03-11T09:39:00.000+00:00I forgot to add Jimmy's partner-in-crime in The Co...I forgot to add Jimmy's partner-in-crime in The Communards, Richard Coles, is now a Church of England clergyman. Wonder what Jimmy thinks about that?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-85102781299361127092008-03-11T09:25:00.000+00:002008-03-11T09:25:00.000+00:00What an awful website! I hope sister Swinton comes...What an awful website! <BR/><BR/>I hope sister Swinton comes to her senses and gives her allegiance to an organisation not on life support.<BR/><BR/>Re: Jimmy, as something of a fan I hope he's still on our side of the barricades. Perhaps we ought to invite him to perform at the Convention of the Left or something.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-79276504820758376652008-03-11T02:44:00.000+00:002008-03-11T02:44:00.000+00:00I hope not, he was in the CPGB! ;-)Joking aside, i...I hope not, he was in the CPGB! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Joking aside, it was no rumour. As for wee Jimmy, I doubt if he's still a Marxist. Mind you, it's always nice to see red-headed reds doing well - that lovely Tilda Swinton won an oscar for her role in Michael Clayton. She's deffo still a red... alas, a member of Democratic Left Scotland, what remains of the CPGB, which still exists north of the border (http://www.democraticleftscotland.org.uk/ so, I suppose Jimmy could still be a member, I really can't be arsed to investigate further.)<BR/><BR/>Comrade Jimmy obviously didn't convert Marc Almond. In his autobiography Almond includes a diary written during his tour of Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union - Almond observes with some surprise, a protest against the worsening living conditions, led by the Communist Party. Haven't they just got rid of Communism, he wonders, what are they complaining about?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-26244443899558429452008-03-10T13:03:00.000+00:002008-03-10T13:03:00.000+00:00I was looking for an excuse to bring in that rumou...I was looking for an excuse to bring in that rumour. Good on comrade Jimmy. I wonder if he still hold to the politics of his youth?<BR/><BR/>As for the Marc Almond story, LOL!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-85931020232654940342008-03-10T00:39:00.000+00:002008-03-10T00:39:00.000+00:00That Bronski Beat / Mark Almond track certainly ha...That Bronski Beat / Mark Almond track certainly has the gayest video I've ever seen. (And I've seen some gay videos...) How on Earth did they get away with it? I'm glad they did, mind.<BR/><BR/>My favourite fact about Jimmy Sommerville (other than that he named his 2nd group after the members of the revolutionary government of Paris 1871) is that he quit Bronski Beat because one of the other guys was voting SDP in the 83 elections and Jimmy - good communist he was - insisted all vote Labour.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, can you believe that Marc Almond was not officially "out" until 1987 - i mean, did this shock anyone?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.com