Surreality A restless night with sweat-soaked sheets, conjures images of blood-filled streets and pain. Cetaceans mourn for humanity as dogs howl at a blood-red moon, which all too soon becomes a ghastly, horrid, evil eye staring, as crap, garbage and trash is […]
Quo Vadis? … the masochistic milk of human blindness that fuels low self-esteem that nourishes neglected youth when confidence slips sadly, silently between the cracks of childhood… … success becomes not even a tenuous dream but instead a foreign concept for citizens of comfortable stables; the rest, the wistful waifs destined to look on, unable […]
It was better before Ma says the wind’s coming, the bad wind. But I see nothing wrong. It’s very warm today. My best friend and his grubby little brother have gone. Their wrinkled Grandpa lives somewhere safe they said. Da is dead. The cough got him. I […]
This is a beautifully gentle song from one of the greatest bands of all time, and from one of the greatest songwriters.
Troubadours such as Damien Dempsey have been singing the songs and telling the tales of their lands for thousands of years. Their melodies have echoed across our globe. Long may they continue.
From The Balladeer of Ireland
A song for the working class (and those trying to understand us)
The intent of both the US and Israel in the Middle East has been clear for some time now. Instability breeds weakness breeds vulnerability. The entire region becomes open to further manipulation and exploitation. Puppet dictatorships are installed who favour Zionism and the power of the multi-national corporations. These tactics are not designed to assist […]
Edge Of Dark Water by Joe R Lansdale Here it is! The first book by Lansdale that I have read that didn’t have either a Hap or a Leonard anywhere to be seen. Edge Of Dark Water is set during the time of the Great Depression in East Texas. Sue Ellen Wilson is a […]
Rebel Voice was listening to an Irish radio station recently, and it had a piece about a job that was on offer involving nothing other than cuddling cats. I shit you not, cuddling cats. The idea was that, after surgery, the felines need some human contact to reassure them. The clinic that was seeking a […]
This article demonstrates just one of the positives from the legacy left by Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries. Cuba gives to the world, doctors and medical staff and medicine. Other nations give only war and death and destruction.
Devil Red by Joe R Lansdale Well, I did tell you that I was going to read other Lansdale books in quick succession. I have two more to go after Devil Red. This novel is one in the very popular Hap and Leonard series, about two good friends, and tough guys, who can’t seem to […]
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