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If this is civilisation, I want no part in it
Recently I’ve been trying to find an appropriate example to explain the Dark Mountain project to imaginary interlocutors, other than just wind farms on hill sides. The perfect one cropped up today in a most revolting form.
The Chinese government plan to build the world’s biggest hydro-electric project in Tibet, all in the name of mitigating [...]
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WOOD
How tired and grumpy I am right now, like a battered old shoe still thumping along with a ragged foot inside. If only I could pass out and sleep for one hundred days, alas, no, I am still up and writing. It seems much more important that I relay the experience of the weekend past [...]
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Log, log, log, it’s big, it’s heavy, it’s WOOD
This Friday, May 21st, we’ll be taking the stage at The Enterprise in Chalk Farm, about 9.30pm, £5 entry. It’s one of the better venues in Camden, which I know isn’t saying much, but it has a special place in my heart. Good times are possible there. An interesting other act also playing is Catherine [...]
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Uncivilisation
I am due to play a festival next month called Uncivilisation, which is part of the Dark Mountain movement.
I shall be arranging a Power Down on the first night of the festival, Friday May 28th, and bringing some of the familiar stars with me: Monooka, Will Miles, Rebecca Jade, and Citizen Helene. It promises to [...]
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The Art of Decay
Every day a deeper breath,
I don’t know how much i’ve left,
In me, i’ve lost the will,
To live, now all is still.
Every day another step,
One foot closer to my death.
It’s the art of decay,
Better to burn, than fade away.
Every day is like the next,
I can’t help but regain conciousness.
No one to devote it to,
That someone, it [...]
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The magic of radio persists
Even in this day and age, what a phenomenon.
I shall be on Resonance FM this Wednesday from 9.30pm – 11pm Greenwich Mean Time, playing a few songs live, and a cover from 1964. You can listen on the airwaves in London at 104.4FM, or online for those who are too far away http://resonancefm.com/listen.
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No more fiddling
I have some sad news to report this week. My good friend and band mate, Naomi Doran also know as Naomi De Kleined, will no longer be playing with the band. She has decided to call it a day with my rabble in order to dedicate all her spare time to her own art work, [...]
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Hold Everything Dear
After a long run of Huxley novels, I’ve finally broken the chain with John Berger, recommended by one of the Dark Mountain founders. The book Hold Everything Dear by Berger is a collection of essays on resistance and survival, which opens with the following poem. It struck me as acutely relevant, so sad and beautiful, [...]
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From Uncivilisation