Listen to the songs
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Ablemesh - Present Imperfect

2 Songs from the album

Crown Jewels


Mountaineer

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2 Songs from the EP


Made

Bottled

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Thoughts
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Electric shock therapy vs boiling the frog
Capitalism's need for constant 'creative destruction' has steam-rollered through another decade, punctuated by a series of nasty jolts and shocks.
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Children of Thatcher, Cuts and Central Bankers
If Hague, Osbourne, Cameron and other self-proclaimed Children of Thatcher wrote a fanzine what would it be called? Eton Rifles? The Privateer? How ironic if it were called The Public Servant.
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Bush: Before and After
Before we enjoyed his cheeky grin, his straight-forwardness, his comical abuse of the queen's English. 7 years later, with energy prices at an all time high, liking the President is hard.
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Was 9/11 the ultimate pseudo-event?
Artful people create 'pseudo-events'. Western consumers demand them. They fulfil a purpose. They satisfy our 'extravagant expectations'.
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UK financial crisis 2007 | 2008. Where to next?
The UK is experiencing a downturn as the various wheels of fortune which have kept the credit boom going grind to a halt.
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Reflections on the Great Depression of 2010
The financiers were certainly not preparing to queue at the fuel pump. Ideas were floated. Depopulation? WWIII? Penury? They had already decided which they preferred.
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