Sorry for not posting for a while. Good news for my AWL readers is that, on Thursday, while I was raising funds for the group at Leeds Festival pouring drinks with Workers Beer, I officially became a member.
Make of that what you will, eh?
Leeds Festival was pritty good, though when you’re working there, you don’t get to enjoy it as much as if you were a paying punter, though the free beers and food you get do make up for it. I was working the Mandela bar, which was right by the main stage, so I got to see all the main acts. It’s a shame most of them sucked, with the exception of Flogging Molly, where I ended up in the quite hard mosh pit. Contarary to popular belief, I am NOT a mosher, thank you very much.
I’m more into my breakbeat, especially drum & bass, and I was a bit gutted that I couldn’t have a good old rave to some deep frequency basslines. But it was free. Beggars can’t be choosers, eh?
Anyway, onto more… hmm… advanced culture.
I’ve been tagged by Louise from Team Stroppyblog with the following for me to complete and forward. So here goes…
1. Book(s) that changed your life: I can’t say I’ve ever read a book that has ‘changed my life’. There are books which are pritty inspiring, but life changing experiences - for me anyway - don’t come from books, but real life adventures.
Inspiring tomes include “Ten Days That Shook The World” by John Reed, and James Cannon’s “Socialism On Trial” (Tommy Sheridan, eat your heart out - Cannon IS the daddy of socialists in court)
2. Book(s) you have read more tham once: Greg Palast. There is too much to take in if you read it just once, half of it you won’t remember.
3. Book I would take on a desert island: Hmmm, do these have to be political? “Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About” by Mil Millington never fails to have me in complete and utter stiches.
4. Book which made you laugh: Apart from the above, “Reasons To Be Cheerful” by Mark Steel. Despite his politics, a lot of what Steel describes chimes with my own experiences. A very funny book indeed.
5. Book which made you cry: I can’t remember when I last cried over a book.
6. Book(s) you wish you had written: “Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?”
7. Book(s) which you wish had never been written: I only have a limited amount of webspace, you know.
8. Book which you are currently reading: None, shockingly, I should sort this out at once!
9. Book you are meaning to read: There is a neverending list.
If you complete this list on your blog, let me know, and then I can say I tagged you and impress Louise with my huge number of blogging friends. K thx.
Thanx Kit! Cannon fan, eh?? I think I insulted a couple of Cannonites out there by saying I thought he was boring……………..(I was being cheeky!)
I got a bit sick of Cannon when I was a young whippersnapper trot but have read his stuff.
Thanx again Kit.
Leeds rocked! Although the amount of emos was just disturbing!
I ma completing the meme on my blog, so you can add me to your blog friends!
Out of curiosity Kit, why did you join the AWL? Just interested.
Last Thursday, in a giant Marquee at Leeds festival.Just read the comment properly.
I joined because I agree with what the AWL are doing in the labour movement, in terms of SYN, and building McDonnell\’s campaign, and not being so cosy to Hizbollah.
Flogging Molly pit, hard? Pssst shoulda come to see Sick Of It All (though, to be fair, I did run away when Devil’s Dance Floor started and someone cannoned into me…
You cannot be an “emo”. Something is emo. It’s an adjective.
“I joined because I agree with what the AWL are doing in the labour movement, in terms of SYN, and building McDonnell\’s campaign, and not being so cosy to Hizbollah. ”
Fair enough Kit. Just don’t burn yourself out as it is so easy to do when you are a Trot (done it myself and have the t-shirt!)