WEEKEND READIN'
A whole lot of really interesting stuff has been coming down Doc40's pike in the last 48 hours with which to occupy ourselves as we wait to see if the entire Bush White House is going to do the perp walk next week, so, without further preamble, lets get to it.

First up is an entire (albeit short) book by firebrand Tom Vague, Getting It Straight In Notting Hill Gate, that tells the story of my old manor from the Teddy Boys and race riots of the 1950s, through the adventures of likes of Boss Goodman, Mike Moorcock, Lemmy and me, (and, a little later, The Clash) all the way to the contemporary horror as the old freak/rude boy ghetto is bought out as the playground of the rich and fashionable. There are a few inaccuracies, but all in all it’s on the money.
"HISTORYtalk has teamed up with local writer Tom Vague to develop a pop history of Notting Hill. Tom has been charting the area's pop culture for a number of years as part of his London Psychogeography Project. Any comments or memories that readers may have about the music scene in Notting Hill from the 1950s through to the present day are welcome. Tom can be contacted at tvague@kcchg.org"
It’s on Acrobat and can be printed out or downloaded
http://www.historytalk.org/Tom%20Vague%20Pop%20History/Tom%20Vague%20Pop%20History.htm

Kaymo sends a stunning analysis by the editor of no less that Harpers that contends the US is already a facist state. "On the evidence of the wonderful work currently being done by the Bush Administration with respect to the trade deficit and the national debt -- to say nothing of expanding the markets for global terrorism -- I think we can look forward with confidence to character-building bankruptcies, picturesque bread riots, thrilling cavalcades of splendidly costumed motorcycle police..."
http://organicconsumers.org/Politics/harpers101205.cfm

A weird blog from Dr Mysterian (another good Doc) that links B horror movies and obscurist rock & roll.
http://drmysterian.com/blog.html

And just a plain old fashioned interesting blog...
http://theapologist.blogspot.com/

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