Category Archives: revolution

GOLD LAME BLACKOUT by Peter Nolan Smith

September 2, 2010 – 7:17 am

Fiorucci was the style center for the disco world circa 1977. The windows boasted the latest fashion from Italy. Wearing them guaranteed almost immediate entrance into Studio 54 or any other disco of that era. Joey Arias sold clothing and the rest of the employees haunted the night like ghost panthers. They only went home [...]

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Working Class Hero

August 31, 2010 – 7:04 am

And I always thought IMAGINE was John Lennon’s best song.

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TRASH FIORUCCI by Peter Nolan Smith

August 24, 2010 – 9:36 pm

Fiorucci was the style center for the disco world circa 1977. The windows boasted the latest fashion from Italy. Wearing them guaranteed almost immediate entrance into Studio 54 or any other disco of that era. Joey Arias sold clothing and the rest of the employees haunted the night like ghost panthers. They only went home [...]

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Alternative Ulster / Stiff Little Fingers

August 24, 2010 – 9:02 pm

Nothin’ for us in Belfast The Pound so old it’s a pity OK, there’s the Trident in Bangors Then walk back to the city We ain’t got nothin’ but they don’t really care They don’t even know you know They just want money They can take it or leave it What we need is (Chorus) [...]

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Gone For Good

August 24, 2010 – 8:59 pm

Afghanistan has three times been the cemetery of imperial pretensions. The British twice and the Russians once. Both powers understood intricacies of the Great Game, yet were thwarted by the tenacity of the ruthless tribesmen beyond the Khyber Pass. Balochs. Uzbeks, Pashtuns, Hazaras, Turkmens, Tajiks, Arabs, Gujjars, Pamiris, Nuristanis, Brahuis, Qizilbash, Aimaqs, Pashais not to [...]

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