In this week’s LA CityBeat I have a reflection on how the image of Che Guevara (perhaps as a symbol of global resistance) is still potent after more than forty years. (Click to read.)
The secret word is Comandante
The secret word is Comandante
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Good column, Mick, although the climate change advert on the same page (heavily featuring Tony Blair and Gordon Brown) was weirdly shitty.
The Vintage Magazine shop on Brewer Street sells a T Shirt with the face of Elvis superimposed onto the Korda photo - with the slogan "Viva Las Vegas!" (I liked it). Incidentally, late '70s copies of NME are sold there at £30 each.
Although I haven't seen the DVD you speak of, I have seen many others about Che; some good, others verging on the ridiculous. Most promise 'unseen footage' which in all probability have been 'seen' before or at best a 'new' grainy 3 second clip with Che stage left behind the 3rd left person on the row in the shadow of a Sierra Maestra coffee plant. What's interesting to me about Che, despite the pop art facade there is a real tide of interest that keeps on coming through generation after generation. At times the flame may flicker weakly but it never goes out. The potency is still there
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