Category Archives: Merry Old England

Music for a Sunday: Why don’t you get back in your bed?

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Not sure about the nanny goats, but yes, the Bolshoi Ballet…definitely. And yes, getting back to bed sounds like a splendid idea.

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Oh shit, are we doomed?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A performer at the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, plays a primitive tuba found in the ancient Viking part of town. According to Norse myth, the sounding of a certain specific horn heralds doom: The horn belonged to the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: What day is it, again?

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The Boys are back… …and sounding just like the vintage Pet Shop, ca. “West End Girls”. Which will never get stale, either. Love, love, LOVE this.

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Islamophobia in Britain: some dirty little facts and figures

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Remember my post from two days ago, in which I took on Islamophobia in its “feminist” guise (note the quotes, there for a reason)? Well, here’s the real nub of that issue. As you can see, it was never really … Continue reading →

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Oh look, another ignorant white woman has an opinion!

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning, when up pops this. Yet another ignorant white woman who is strangely offended by Muslim women just being themselves and minding their own damn business. Let’s take her argument point … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 34

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

MariCori and Pretty Boy Leo…hereditary sellouts. Good evening, and welcome to tonight’s installment of VenOpIronía, in which we learn the meanings of two seemingly contradictory words — patriotismo and vendepatriotismo — which the Venezuelan opposition has conveniently fused into one … Continue reading →

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Get your own damn sandwich.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So, women now rule the world, and men are oppressed? Courtesy of a Facebook friend, here’s an extremely typical example of how guys who make those claims actually “think” (note the quotes): Y’okay. I know this isn’t really a fair … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Fashion, play your part

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The first China Crisis song I ever heard, and still one of the best. Totally underrated ode to the working class…in the electro-pop medium, which some would say was unexpected. The fact that British pop came from the working class, … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Well, who would have guessed?

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Well, I guess I should: The second night was just as good… Where is the tenderness? Right here, baby: The world watched as the story of the three missing women found after a decade in captivity unfolded in Cleveland this … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: The café on the Moon

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Nik Kershaw does justice to Salvador Dalí AND Cervantes, as well as the absurdities of the 1980s. And there’s not a bad line in the whole thing. “We are all Men of La Mancha.” (Even if he does mispronounce the … Continue reading →

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