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You have tried to control me and you have succeeded You have tried to take what I am and put it in a pocket and control me and take what I am and say what I should be in a grim world of dark shadows. No you can’t!! I will not be controlled by…
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The great Chinua Achebe was the man who gave Africa a voice | Ellah Wakatama Allfrey http://gu.com/p/3ek8f Related articles The great Chinua Achebe was the man who gave Africa a voice | Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (guardian.co.uk) Celebrating a Literary Giant: Rest In Peace, Chinua Achebe! (wholewomannetwork.org) Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws? –…
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David Bowie Exhibition (reprinted from ‘That’s Not My Age‘) Starman suit. Bowie Mania has come to town – and I like it. Record advance ticket sales (an astounding 47 thousand) for the V&A’s exhibition and a number one album highlight this 66-year old superstar’s enduring appeal. From the Ziggy Stardust neon flash in the foyer, to…
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I particularly like this song because it references places I know in Berlin and has such an atmosphere of longing and even dread. An example is that Pottsdammer Platz was a bleak ‘no mans land’ in the 70s. This is a very touching song about something more than nostalgia. Related articles Where was he…
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Posted: January 9, 2013 | Author: Kathryn | Filed under: Music | Tags: bowie, modernism, music, poetry, ts eliot,william burroughs |4 Comments Fragmented language, Nietzschean elitism, and disillusionment with art: could Bowie’s Thin White Duke era have been inspired by The Waste Land? -Kathryn Bromwich Submitted for MA in English: Issues in Modern Culture, University College London, 2009. Shorter, snappier version here. T.S. Eliot’s early work, particularly The Love Song of J.…
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childhood memories of times gone by sitting outside the ruins gazing in looking at the destruction and then the phoenix rising the coloured glass the broken stones the tower still standing like some kind of miracle growth how did that happen? we learnt more that day than i ever realised sitting on the grass…
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I visited this exhibition last week and was very impressed. The paintings are incredibly familiar ( at least, the 60s pop art pictures) but to see them full size in a gallery is a monumental experience. They are huge. This is what gives them their power. Lichtenstein has been accused of being shallow and…