LEFT/OVER Episode 17. - Hip Young Gunslingers feat. Mic Wright
We chat to writer and former music journalist, Mic Wright, about just why so many of our worst cultural and political commentators found their voices as 'hip young gunslingers' in music publications such as NME and Melody Maker. From the bizarre and unsettling philosemitism of Julie Burchill, to the self-mythologising of Caitlin Moran, the bald and insipid politics of Dorian Lynskey, John Harris' lack of taste, the radicalisation of Eve "air biscuit" Barlow, and these characters' various attempts to remain relevant.
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Hosts: Aarjan /// Nikita Guest: Mic Wright Production: Sarah Sahim Music: Cardio /// M People - Moving On Up
LEFT/OVER Podcast
We are online leftists trying to make sense of the surreal times we are trapped in. Every week we have conversations with esteemed guests (people who know much more than us) on a wide range of topics, from climate change to media to football to music, all within in the context of the pandemic, late capitalism and fascism, and try to work out what might be left over after it all ends. Hosted by Aarjan, produced by Connor.
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