Gordon Campbell on Bill English living in denial
The working poor have been a direct byproduct of the economic policies in vogue for the past 30 years or more, all over the Western world.
Columns
Gordon Campbell on Britain’s pleas for mercy
On Brexit, the Europeans clearly want Britain to get on with it, but no British politician seems willing to step up
Gordon Campbell on political smears and begging
Can a ministerial spin merchant ‘accidentally’ pass on to a journalist the fact that a prominent critic of their Minister is under Police investigation?
On the new Defence White Paper
Once again, government spending on Defence is increasing by leaps and bounds, without any rational cost/benefit analysis.
Gordon Campbell on Muhammad Ali
As with Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali changed the times so thoroughly that anyone coming along afterwards will probably struggle to understand.
Republican tribalism
Or…Trump as a disaster for neo-liberalism
Keeping The Sea Lanes Open
Is securing the sea lanes a valid rationale for Defence spending?
From The Hood: Home, And A Way
Auckland struggles to cope with its over-supply of advice on housing affordability…
From the Hood : The Afterlife of Pablo
Kanye do something with this album cover meme? Ye kan!
The Complicatist : Japanese Music
Japanese hip-hop, noise music, J-Pop, and a whole lot more besides….
Do You Believe In Second Chances?
The Sundance TV series Rectify takes the difficulties of faith, forgiveness and family seriously
From The Hood : Illegal in an Illegal Land
Reading the fine print, except it’s not actually fine at all.
The Complicatist : Hip Hop’s Vanishing Sense of Community
A collective music based on allegiance to the ‘hood now belongs to remote and isolated solo stars
The Complicatist : Frankie Cosmos, and other sounds of whiteness
Some musical journeys in the worlds of white people….
Panic in Detroit
Why David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is a teenage sensation.
From The Hood : We Called Him Tortoise, Because He Deports Us
Australia and Other Nonsense
The Complicatist: Bradford Cox of Deerhunter
Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
The Complicatist Pt 2: Galesburg, Revisited
Holding aloft a flickering torch for John Darnielle’s older stuff
From the Hood : Where Engels Fears To Tread
History, In A Grain Of Salt
The Complicatist : London O’Connor, and others…
Songs of innocence, regret, anxiety, failure and punishing ennui…
From The Hood : Trench Lawfare
Shouldn’t forging a nation from blood and sacrifice be against the law?
The Complicatist : Sufjan Stevens
The Carrie and Lowell album is about trying to survive your family’s impact on you
Finding Love in Hell
How does David Lynch’s Wild at Heart look, 25 years later?
From the Hood: Not flag-waving; flag-drowning
Running a few ideas up the flagpole to see if anyone repeatedly chops them down
The Complicatist : Willie Nelson
Looking back at 50 years of Nashville’s black sheep boy
From The Hood : The Politician’s Song
A General description of a Major problem
The Complicatist : Arthur Russell
A tribute to the recently re-discovered innovator
From The Hood : Homeopathic Governance
Got a political problem? Add water, and look lively
From The Hood : Voting By The Good Book
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth double.
From The Hood : Carry On Captaining
Its lonely at the top, but the view is grand