LINKS
Music Links
Strummerville - The Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music
http://
www.strummerville.co.uk
TV Smith (Adverts, Explorers, now an inspiring solo performer
and good mate)
http://www.tvsmith.com
Rancid
If you love the Clash you really should check out this lot: the best band I've heard for ages...
http://www.rancidrancid.com
The Fish Brothers
Unclassifiable music hall punk rock and three fifths of Barnstormer!
http://www.thefishbrothers.com
The Clash Resource Page
Greatest rock 'n' roll band in the history of the world!
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/1028
Joe Strummer 1952-2002
Another great Clash website
http://www.theclash.org.uk
Otway
Legend, microstar and sometime double act partner
http://www.johnotway.com
The Men They Couldn't Hang
http://www.tmtch.net
Billy Bragg
http://www.billybragg.co.uk
Leon Rosselson
http://wakeup.to/rosselson
Blyth Power
Astonishing, original, unique!
http://www.blythpower.co.uk
Dick Gaughan
Scottish political songwriter of note
http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk
The Official Mick Thomas Website
http://www.mickthomas.com
Newtown Neurotics
My cultural companions through the 1980s!
http://www.neurotics.org.uk
Chumbawamba
http://www.chumba.com
Half Man Half Biscuit
http://www.hmhb.co.uk
New Model Army
http://www.newmodelarmy.org/fhome.htm
Wob
supremely energetic singer-songwriter with great tunes
http://www.wobmusic.com
Robb Johnson
http://www.robbjohnson.co.uk
Horch
'Baroque n Roll' from East Germany! - The nearest thing to Barnstormer you'll ever find...medieval rock
(though they would see themselves nearer Jethro Tull than The Clash I guess)
http://www.gruppe-horch.de
David Rovics
Excellent US radical songwriter
http://www.davidrovics.com
Nick Burbridge
Great Brighton songwriter, former leader of the legendary McDermott's two Hours
http://www.burbridgearts.org
The Redskins
Definitive 80s soul/punk commie crossover
http://www.geocities.com/neither_washington_nor_moscow
Philip Jeays
Brilliant cabaret singer-songwriter, unique in this country, the English Brel!
http://www.jeays.com
Pol Mac Adaim
Irish radical socialist songwriter
http://www.polmacadaim.com
Rory Ellis
Great Melbourne singer/songwriter from the same streets as Mick Thomas
http://www.roryellis.com
Kai Motta
Eclectic rap folk fusion, very original, very political, really worth checking out... Sort of
Rage Against the machine meets Dylan!
http://www.kaimotta.com
Phil Ochs
Singer/songwriter and political activist
http://philochs1.tripod.com
The Punk History of Brighton
http://www.punkbrighton.co.uk
East Side Records
German label which has released 2 Barnstormer albums on vinyl
http://www.eastsiderecords.de
Political Music
List of political music sites
http://www.political-music.co.uk
Political Links
The Mark Thomas Website
Loads of interesting stuff from this inspiring
investigative surrealist (and good mate!)
http://www.fnord.demon.co.uk/mt/markt.html
Genetically Modified Food-News
http://www.gmfoodnews.com
Red & Anarchist Skinhead (RASH)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3475
IWCA (Independent Working Class Association)
Standing a candidate in the London Mayoral Election and looking 10 for sponsors in each borough.
A brave attempt by progressive people to fill the vacuum left by New Labouršs betrayal of what was once their core constituency, the vacuum that fascists such as the BNP are currently
trying to exploit..
http://www.iwca.info
Working Class Movement Library
A national collection of British and Irish radical/labour/socialist
movements with archives that stretch from Thomas Paine in the 1790s to the
present day. WCML welcomes visitors and researchers and also donations of new
archive material, including CDs, DVDs, videos, tapes as well as books, pamphlets and posters.
http://www.wcml.org.uk
Peace Not War
Great activists' site
http://www.peace.fm
ArtMusicPolitic Co-operative (amp)
Spreading political awareness through music and art
http://www.artmusicpolitic.com
Beer Links
The Evening Star in Brighton - home of the best real ale on the planet!
http://www.eveningstarbrighton.co.uk
THE STANLEY ARMS - best pub in Portslade/Fishersgate/Southwick!
www.geocities.com/thestanleyarms_2000
Pub Jury
http://www.pubjury.co.uk
Telling the truth about Brighton pubs!
Wakefield Labour Club
http://redshedbootlegged.bravehost.com
It's red, it's a shed, and it serves brilliant beer!
The Duke of Wellington, Shoreham
Legendary Shoreham pub, now taken over by the Dark Star Brewery
http://www.myspace.com/dukeofwellingtonshoreham
Poetry Links
The Web Poetry Corner
A place where you can publish your poetry alongside hundreds of others.
Excellent John Cooper Clarke website
http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/index.html
Hilaire Belloc Archives
http://www.tallett.com/fr312k/CBA4332/BELLOC/
Martin Newell
http://www.martinnewell.co.uk
Football Poets
http://www.footballpoets.org
Benjamin Zephaniah
He turned it down and he was right!
http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com
Luke Wright
Rising star of the performance poetry scene!
http://www.lukewright.co.uk
Football Links
Brighton and Hove Albion:
Brighton and Hove Albion Weblinks
http://www.seagulls.co.uk
FC St.Pauli:
http://www.fcstpauli.de/
St Pauli UK Fans' Forum
http://stpaulifansuk.forumup.co.uk/
Campaign for Safe Standing - Abolish dull, antiseptic, expensive all-seater stadia!
http://www.safestanding.com/safe/index.php
Clubs in Crisis
A resources/help website for all football activists
http://www.clubsincrisis.com
True Hearts Against Bigotry
http://www.thab.co.uk