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Dear Mr. Prescott:

Falmer is the only viable site for the new community stadium for Brighton and
Hove Albion FC: the city is stuck between the Sussex Downs and the sea:
there's nowhere else: and the vast majority of local people supported the
plans in a referendum.

Yours...

NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FROM 24th MARCH


ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER'S BARNSTORMER: 'Zero Tolerance'

My 3rd album with the band: driving melodic punk, ska, Barnstormer's first ever dub track, plus some quieter songs, but some of them are actually the angriest! My most political record ever as you'll see from the titles.... Available from 24th March 2004 - orders can be taken now, either from the PO Box or by credit card from Townsend Records, and they will be sent out on that date. Go to the

News Update - 17 March
NEW CD OUT NOW!

ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER - LIVE IN BELFAST Released 17 March 2003 - Roundhead Records

A brand new solo CD of poems and songs from Attila.....

It was more or less twenty years ago that my first LP, 'Ranting at the Nation' was released by Cherry Red Records - on good old black vinyl of course - and although I've had about 15 releases in various countries since then, in many ways this is the follow up: a spoken word/musical time capsule, the definitive recording of my current live solo set. 'Live In Belfast' is a seething cauldron of topical, hard hitting recent material reflecting the state of the world today - plus a couple of old favourites never before released on CD. The anger we are all feeling right now at this ridiculous, arrogant and evil war is reflected in my poem 'New World Order Rap': 'Change the names and fudge the dates - for United Nations read United States...'

Among other things, Iraqi weapons inspectors come to England looking for weapons of mass distraction, unemployed asylum seeking gay pacifist Daleks move in next door to a family of Daily Mail readers, noted 'eater of all the pies' Billy Bunter marches with the Countryside Alliance and Railtrack's bosses get what they deserve - a lifetime slaving in a Northwich salt mine listening to endless loop tapes of Phil Collins!

But perhaps the most important song in the collection is 'Death of a Salesman' - about the other September 11th, in 1973, when the US installed the fascist Pinochet in Chile.....and this song makes the connection between American foreign policy in the last 50 years and the attacks on the World Trade Centre which have brought the world to its current perilous state..

There is also my tribute to Clash frontman Joe Strummer - 'Commandante Joe' (lyrics above) and, rather more unusually, a tribute to recently deceased former T.Rex bongo player Mickey Finn by the 'Dear Leader', Comrade Kim Jong-Il of North Korea!

And there's a true story about a night spent in an Australian pub called 'The Duck's Nuts' - and lots, lots more! There's also a 12 page booklet with my thoughts on the current world crisis - some of this is reproduced

NEWS UPDATE - OCTOBER 2001

GOLDSTONE GHOSTS

'Goldstone Ghosts,' my new book of football poems, is now available. Although there is no doubt that it certainly helps a great deal if you like football - and specifically Brighton & Hove Albion FC - I really don't think it's essential. These poems are about much more than events on the pitch - and there is a 'history' section to explain the background to the book for non-football fans.

It's the story in verse of our battle to save our club from greedy moneymen and a celebration of our recent renaissance. You may well enjoy it even if you're not interested in football!

Available for £3 from the Club Shop in Queen's Road, Brighton, Borders in Churchill Square, Waterstone's in North Street, the Evening Star in Surrey Street, Parrish's Newsagents in Southwick Square, Southwick and Atomic Sounds in Shoreham. For everyone who isn't from Brighton for £3.50 inc P&P from my PO Box address. SEAGULLS!