CORBYNISM AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

What do we call someone who looks upon the pitiless reality of the worst pandemic since 1918 and sees reflected back at him the proof of his own political axioms? Ideology is a blunt instrument and make no mistake. Those that adhere to dogmas believe them to possess vast explanatory power. But ideology is an […]

COMPILATION CORNER VOL.1: FLEETWOOD MAC

Originally posted on A Vinyl Fiend's Blog:
An Occasional Glance into the Best Best Ofs ? ▪️ Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits (CBS, 1971) Superlative blues band they may have been, but Fleetwood Mac – to be precise Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – were often at their best when they transcended the 12 bar format. Yes, this…

IN PRAISE OF MAN MADE SOLUTIONS

This Telegraph article discusses a major scientific report that thoroughly debunks some of the more popular online conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic. The most common of these involves the intuition that the virus was “man made” in a laboratory somewhere and then accidentally or deliberately released into the world. By closely studying the genome […]

BRIEF JOURNAL ENTRY IN A TIME OF PLAGUE

It feels like this is only going to get more hellish before it gets better. London on lockdown? I’d never imagined such a thing outside of post apocalyptic popular culture. Then what? The rest of the country? We all sit indoors and wait for a vaccine? What state will the economy be in by then? […]