Shocking And Awing

There’s some new Get Yur War On strips on MFFTIU. Bless David Rees. We’re all lucky to have him.

Also: there’s a new TV Go Home, featuring a particularly brilliant program titled ‘The Third World War In Sepia’. Plus: Nathan “Cunt” Barley. (Thank you Jack.)

I’ve been avoiding writing about current events here and on Barbelith. It comes up in regular conversation quite enough, and it is very exhausting. I don’t know what to say anymore. The war is bad enough, but the ridiculousness of the propaganda in virtually all of the mainstream media is depressing me beyond all belief. I can’t believe this is really happening. It’s like the Bush administration and all of their complicit pals have been working overtime for the past four years to make some kind of dreary sci-fi dystopian future a reality within the next decade. I don’t want to live in a world in which Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan is eerily prophetic, you know? I’m barely holding it together watching ‘news’ coverage of the war on tv which closely resembles my brother’s Playstation games and reading about people seriously suggesting that anti-war celebrities be blacklisted in the New York Post.

Anyway, I’m going to try to go back into my cocoon of pop culture. I hope that you understand and do not think less of me.

We’re All Disgusting

Interesting bit of Blur information from a recent Blur concert review written by a fan:

When I asked Damon to play ‘My White Noise’ I was given the reply “We cant, Phil Daniels isn’t here” I didn’t argue, just remained baffled, had I said ‘Parklife’? “We were gonna call that song something like ‘Darklife’ but didn’t coz people would’ve attacked us”

Later on in the pub I found out that Phil Daniels does the voice for ‘My White Noise’, so for those few of us who have the rare version amongst us (with Damon’s vocals), hang on to it!

You can download the Damon Albarn-on-vocals version of “My White Noise” right here.