Jeremy Gilbert on the Oasis reunion and the britpop phenomenon more generally. We talked about the music that britpop marginalised, why 90s nostalgia is so prevalent, and why it was that of the various guitar groups of the time it was Oasis who became so successful in the mid 1990s.
[UNLOCKED] Owen Hatherley on the Manic Street Preachers
Owen Hatherley returns to discuss his New Left Review article on the Welsh guitar band, the Manic Street Preachers. We talked about the particular appeal the group seemed to hold for working class kids from non-metropolitan backgrounds in the 1990s, and about the forbearance and occasional embarrassment that is the lot of fans who've followed their work in the subsequent decades. We also talked about why such an avowedly left wing and politicised group have shown such little regard for contemporary left movements such as the Corbyn moment in the UK.
Show notes:
Music:
Owen's acceptable Manics playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53GV8dNKLZlo72Wp3GOdy5?si=e25a5413ece248ed&pt=8393e6591814e26432a7fd35670b2d43
Alex's reluctant Manics playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55IG8eV1kVH3kwAfEo9Z2y?si=ee8bcba703fc437a&pt=9a1779265389af95dcd44445656ef4c8
Videos:
Faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0f9qUheits
Faster TOTP performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5PI7k_ZiQ0
You Love Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgKXBJ2LZKo
A Design for Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEoVxy7VDQ
Enjoyably angry Design for Life TV performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbdsc-YxGB4
4st 7lb acoustic MTV performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXrzttSPlc0
Motorcycle Emptiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk
The Love of Richard Nixon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_G_R_1gMfc
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYvbtSTamRc
Further Reading:
Owen's New Left Review article
https://newleftreview.es/sidecar/posts/mislaid-plans
Everything (A Book about Manic Street Preachers) by Simon Price
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780753501399/Everything-Book-Manic-Street-Preachers-0753501392/plp
Triptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible by: Daniel Lukes, Larissa Wodtke, Rhian E Jones
https://repeaterbooks.com/product/triptych-three-studies-of-manic-street-preachers-the-holy-bible/
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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on the US attack on Iran
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Israel's war on Iranian society w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi joins PTO to talk about his recent article in the New Left Review on Israel's unprovoked attack on Iran. Eskandar explained why he sees Israel's goals as not being confined to destroying Iran's nuclear programme, but also - and more importantly - the de-development of Iranian society and the balkanisation of the country. We also talked about how Iran is weathering Israel's assault and the degree to which there is any support for Israeli objectives in Iran and within the Iranian diaspora. Finally, we talked about whether the United States will intervene more directly on Israel's side.
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