MADAM MIAOW'S CULTURE LOUNGE 8/8
News, music and poetry
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Presented by Anna Chen
5.30-6.30pm Tuesday 3rd December 2013
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GEORGE ORWELL: A LITERARY REVOLUTIONARY?
Guests: Professor John Newsinger and Paul Anderson. With Charles Shaar Murray.
The final programme in this year's series of Madam Miaow's Culture Lounge asks if George Orwell was as much of a right-wing anti-socialist as is claimed. Think you know the answer? You may be surprised.
Far from being turned off the necessity for revolution, John Newsinger makes the case in his book, Orwell's Politics, that Orwell remained truer to his progressive politics than the Stalinists who viciously denounced him.
In the year that the vast scale of covert government surveillance has been revealed, sales of Orwell's 1984 have shot up 7000 per cent. His X-ray vision is proving even more relevant in these turbulent times than we imagined, so it's vital to understand what it was he was saying.
Also in the studio, helping untangle the myth from the man, is author Paul Anderson, former editor of Tribune and deputy editor of the New Statesman — both publications for whom Orwell wrote — and who edited the book Orwell in Tribune.
With great themed music and lively discussion.
We're back next year. Thanks for listening. Have a wonderful festive season.
George Orwell: a literary revolutionary? — 5.30pm Tuesday 3rd December
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How the CIA funded the Halas Batchelor animated cartoon film of Animal Farm.
Showing posts with label john sinclair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john sinclair. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Thursday, 28 November 2013
John Sinclair performs Twenty One Days in Jail
He performs Twenty One Days In Jail, accompanied by Gary Lammin on guitar, Martin Stacey on bass, Jim Jones on piano, and Paul Ronnie on harmonica.
Listen to John Sinclair on Breaking a Butterfly on a Wheel: Modern Heroes, programme 7 in Anna Chen's Resonance 104.4FM series, Madam Miaow's Culture Lounge. With Oliver Shykles of Queer Friends of Chelsea Manning and Charles Shaar Murray.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
John Sinclair and modern heroes on Madam Miaow's Culture Lounge Resonance FM, 5.30pm today
John Lennon sings "John Sinclair"
MADAM MIAOW'S CULTURE LOUNGE 7/8
News, music and poetry
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Presented by Anna Chen
5.30-6.30pm Tuesday 26th November 2013
http://resonancefm.com/listen
https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/sets/madam-miaow-says
(To listen to Madam Miaow's Culture Lounge series on Resonance FM for WINDOWS, download VLC media player)
BREAKING A BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL: MODERN HEROES
Guests: John Sinclair and Oliver Shykles. With Charles Shaar Murray.
What happens when the state gets nasty? A new breed of modern hero is emerging, casting light on what our "democratic" governments get up to: Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, David Miranda.
John Sinclair, now a grand old man of the counterculture, was an early victim of the US government and who subsequently became a cause célèbre. He was a militantly politicised hippy, the manager of the MC5 and a founder of the White Panther Party.
In 1969, he felt the full spite of the state when he was sentenced to 10 years for supplying 2 joints to an undercover narc. Only widespread protest — including John Lennon writing and recording a song, "John Sinclair" — got him an early release.
John Sinclair is in the studio today alongside Oliver Shykles from Queer Friends of Chelsea Manning, who'll be talking about Manning, Edward Snowden and why we should be wary of governments siezing extra powers.
With tips from Oliver Shykles on how to stay private.
Breaking a butterfly on a wheel — 5.30pm TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER
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or afterwards
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Previously …
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Monday, 31 August 2009
John Sinclair and Crosstown Lightnin' in Kingston
A couple of weeks after the event but I like this photo.
Half of Crosstown Lightnin' (Charles Shaar Murray and Max 'Dee' Doray) and friends in The Grey Horse smoking room waiting to go on for the second half. Taken 11th August 2009, Kingston, South London.
Video of the night's encore with guests John Sinclair and Marc Jeffries (The Plague).
Sam 'n' MM
John Sinclair and Crosstown Lightnin' in Kingston
A couple of weeks after the event but I like this photo.
Half of Crosstown Lightnin' (Charles Shaar Murray and Max 'Dee' Doray) and friends in The Grey Horse smoking room waiting to go on for the second half. Taken 11th August 2009, Kingston, South London.
Video of the night's encore with guests John Sinclair and Marc Jeffries (The Plague).
Sam 'n' MM
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
John Sinclair, Charles Shaar Murray, Buffalo Bill: Crossroads
More John Sinclair ...
John Sinclair performs "The Crossroads", his poem about Tommy Johnson (not Robert) who is said to have acquired his mojo when he met a dark stranger at the Crossroads at midnight.
John was the visionary manager of the MC5 who founded the White Panthers when the Black Panthers called for support from the white population. Having caught the eye of the authorities, he was arrested for giving — not selling — two joints to an undercover cop, and served two and a half years of a draconian ten year prison sentence. John Lennon wrote a song about him (it's the one called "John Sinclair"), and a number of luminaries (including Stevie Wonder, Yoko Ono, Bob Seger, Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale) campaigned for his release which happened days after Lennon headlined a benefit Free John Now Rally.
He now lives and works in Amsterdam.
John is accompanied by Charles Shaar Murray on resonator guitar and Buffalo Bill Smith on harmonica. Recorded by Madam Miaow at the Café OTO in Dalston, North London, Saturday 14th March 2009.
UPDATE: New video from the same gig of John Sinclair reciting Twenty-One Days In Jail, accompanied by Gary Lammin and his band.
March 29th, Charles Shaar Murray article on John Sinclair in The Sunday Times:
John Sinclair, Charles Shaar Murray, Buffalo Bill: Crossroads
More John Sinclair ...
John Sinclair performs "The Crossroads", his poem about Tommy Johnson (not Robert) who is said to have acquired his mojo when he met a dark stranger at the Crossroads at midnight.
John was the visionary manager of the MC5 who founded the White Panthers when the Black Panthers called for support from the white population. Having caught the eye of the authorities, he was arrested for giving — not selling — two joints to an undercover cop, and served two and a half years of a draconian ten year prison sentence. John Lennon wrote a song about him (it's the one called "John Sinclair"), and a number of luminaries (including Stevie Wonder, Yoko Ono, Bob Seger, Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale) campaigned for his release which happened days after Lennon headlined a benefit Free John Now Rally.
He now lives and works in Amsterdam.
John is accompanied by Charles Shaar Murray on resonator guitar and Buffalo Bill Smith on harmonica. Recorded by Madam Miaow at the Café OTO in Dalston, North London, Saturday 14th March 2009.
UPDATE: New video from the same gig of John Sinclair reciting Twenty-One Days In Jail, accompanied by Gary Lammin and his band.
March 29th, Charles Shaar Murray article on John Sinclair in The Sunday Times:
Saturday, 14 March 2009
John Sinclair, Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith: The Delta Sound
Last night, Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith played at The Oval Tavern, Croydon, UK (12th March 2009). With a special guest appearance by MC5 legend John Sinclair who recited his poem, The Delta Sound.
CSM playing slide guitar (a resonator and Telecaster), and Buffalo Bill on harp, recreate the Delta Blues experience for those of us too young and too British to have had much contact with the original. It was a great little gig; big on atmosphere and enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
John Sinclair, in town for a series of gigs, came to watch but stayed to play. And most welcome it was, too.
UPDATE: John Sinclair performs this afternoon in Dalston's Café OTO with various guests including Charles and Bill, and our good mate Gary Lammin. 2pm, Saturday 14th March 2009. 18-22 Ashwin Street, E8. Silverlink Rail: Dalston Kingsland
John Sinclair, Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith: The Delta Sound
Last night, Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith played at The Oval Tavern, Croydon, UK (12th March 2009). With a special guest appearance by MC5 legend John Sinclair who recited his poem, The Delta Sound.
CSM playing slide guitar (a resonator and Telecaster), and Buffalo Bill on harp, recreate the Delta Blues experience for those of us too young and too British to have had much contact with the original. It was a great little gig; big on atmosphere and enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
John Sinclair, in town for a series of gigs, came to watch but stayed to play. And most welcome it was, too.
UPDATE: John Sinclair performs this afternoon in Dalston's Café OTO with various guests including Charles and Bill, and our good mate Gary Lammin. 2pm, Saturday 14th March 2009. 18-22 Ashwin Street, E8. Silverlink Rail: Dalston Kingsland
Sunday, 8 February 2009
The Delta Blues: MC5 guru John Sinclair jams with Charles Shaar Murray
John SinclairA collectors' item and UK exclusive at Madam Miaow's. Author, journalist and one-time New Musical Express gunslinger Charles Shaar Murray on blues guitar gets down and dirty with legendary John Sinclair, beat poet and former manager of the MC5.
John is performing his poem, The Delta Blues. CSM is playing an old Hofner arch-top wood-bodied acoustic tuned to open G.
Recorded January 2009 in north London for John's radio show. Only up for seven days so download now.
John will soon be performing again in the UK. Check John's blog for dates.
Charles Shaar Murray
The Delta Blues: MC5 guru John Sinclair jams with Charles Shaar Murray
John SinclairA collectors' item and UK exclusive at Madam Miaow's. Author, journalist and one-time New Musical Express gunslinger Charles Shaar Murray on blues guitar gets down and dirty with legendary John Sinclair, beat poet and former manager of the MC5.
John is performing his poem, The Delta Blues. CSM is playing an old Hofner arch-top wood-bodied acoustic tuned to open G.
Recorded January 2009 in north London for John's radio show. Only up for seven days so download now.
John will soon be performing again in the UK. Check John's blog for dates.
Charles Shaar Murray
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