Posted by admin on 21 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: news, politics, protest
I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with the campaign against dancehall, as it has echoes of the thought police in action. But I’ve always been very uncomfortable with some of the extremely violent anti-gay lyrics as well. Now the British resort Brighton has become the first UK town to officially ban licensed venues from playing [...]
Posted by admin on 19 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: anthems, meanings, news, politics
I always thought that national anthems were ancient texts passed down from generation to generation and sung with pride. As the recent news in the UK has shown, they can still be works in progress. And now Spain is at it, struggling to find lyrics that fit the national psyche. There is a simple reason [...]
Posted by admin on 12 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
UK band Massive Attack produced the music for the upcoming PlayStation game “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune”. The title refers to a mythical treasure stashed away by Sir Francis Drake.
Posted by admin on 06 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: anthems, meanings, news
Maybe I should start a tag just for national anthems. They seem to be be regularly in the news. The BBC reports that there are moves to rewrite some of the lyrics to the UK’s “God Save the Queen”. I must admit that I don’t sing it much myself, so I never noticed that there [...]