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Indeed. Found their MySpace page yesterday which folks can check out here: MySpace.com - Clair Obscur - - Post punk / Industrial / New Wave - www.myspace.com/clairobscurofficial So what did you make of the rest of the KYPP site? Hope too you found the links I'd posted regarding All The Madmen etc interesting as well.

Ah Clair Obscur. They're not a band I'm really familiar with but will definitely delve further, particularly as the folks at All The Madmen saw fit to release material from 'em. And regarding All The Madmen (for folks not in the know), this fine anarcho punk label (inspired by the zine of the same name and run by anarcho heavyweights The Mob), released many fantastic records from Flowers In The Dustbin, Thatcher On Acid, The Mob, and many more. For more information visit MySpace.com - All The Madmen Records - 41 - Male - London, UK - www.myspace.com/allthemadmenrecords And regarding said acts, if people wanna check 'em out, then they can do so here: Flowers In The Dustbin MySpace.com - Flowers in the Dustbin - Brighton UK and Lodz, PL - Punk / Disco House / Experimental - www.myspace.com/fitd The Mob MySpace.com - The Mob - UK - Punk - www.myspace.com/themobfansite Thatcher On Acid MySpace.com - Thatcher On Acid - somerset - Punk - www.myspace.com/thatcheronacid

Anyone with a serious or even passing interest in the anarcho punk and fledgling goth communities through the early 1980s really ought to visit the Kill You Pet Puppy web page. Less austere than the Crass punks, this colourful community (and whose members would include such luminaries as Blood And Roses man Bob Short and Sex Gang Children's Dave Roberts) was the brainchild of Ripped & Torn's Tony D. For more information visit kill your pet puppy A fascinating resource with a multitude of pics, articles, music, and more

Until a just a few weeks ago had not listened to these folks for the best part of 20 years, enjoying listening to some of these old tracks once again. Loving Snake Dance.

After some 20+ years proto goths The March Violets (and with original members Simon Denbigh, Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton) made a recent welcome return playing a show Leeds Dec. For more information about this awesome eighties act visit MarchViolets.co.uk :: Welcome Or... check 'em out via their MySpace page here: MySpace.com - THE MARCH VIOLETS OFFICIAL PAGE - WINTERVILLE, Hell - Other / Gothic / Punk - www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets

And Conflict man Colin Jerwood agrees. Conflict News

Hey Kirk, Colin Conflict sez Arcade Perfect was his favourite album of 2007. See here: Conflict News Oh, and did you catch my pm?

And here's Monica with anarcho punk legends Conflict: William is just out of shot.

Cool. I guess you've checked out Anima Mundi's MySpace page too? If not then you can do so here: MySpace.com - ANIMA MUNDI - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Punk - www.myspace.com/animamundi Features yet more tracks for your listening pleasure. Ah full lengths Elyria and Annwyn, Beneath The Waves. Have still as yet to purchase these, though do have both Evidence Of Heaven and The Burning Season. Speaking of which, and taken from said album, folks can check out the title track on YouTube here: And regarding Monica's other recording output, recently purchased both Strange Boutique's The Collection: 1988-1994 plus her awesome solo full length InfraWarrior.

Any other folks dig this outstanding and innovative goth outfit? Was drawn to them only relatively recently via William and Monica's other music project and anarcho punks Anima Mundi. For more information about Faith And The Muse visit The Mercyground: All Things Faith and the Muse And folks if they so wish can check out Anima Mundi here: Anima Mundi And regarding Anima Mundi, I was lucky enough to catch them in London Nov. last year with Rubella Ballet and Police Bastard. Quite amazing. Plus earlier that evening William and Monica had also appeared with Conflict at The Feeding Of The 5000 show at Shepherds Bush Empire.

Did you catch my thread regarding his collaboration with The Cravats? If not then you can view it here: http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/music-discussion/47044-cravats-paul-hartnoll.html

Nocturnal Emissions - Fruiting Body Sugarcubes - Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week Sugarcubes - Stick Around For Joy

As well as the aforementioned full lengths, I'm also looking forward to... A//Political - Discography Operation - S lnge du inte gr motstnd stder du systemet 1996-1999

Cartouche - Je Trahirai Demain And check out this cool vid from these French anarcho folks here: Video CARTOUCHE - Medef + Gimme - Cartouche, Abba, rock, punk, kochise - Dailymotion Share Your Videos Was lucky enough to catch members Geraldine and Alex with their previous band Kochise in London '94 with Conflict, DIRT, and Citizen Fish, and again '96 with Riot/Clone. Awesome band and much missed. Folks can check out more from Cartouche via their MySpace page here: MySpace.com - Cartouche - Ile-de-France - Rock / Punk / Alternative - www.myspace.com/cartoucherockandpunk

Monica Richards - InfraWarrior Strange Boutique - The Collection: 1988-1994 Attrition - Esoteria Rudimentary Peni - Pope Adrian 37th Psychristriatric Rudimentary Peni - Echoes Of Anguish Nick Toczek - Totally InTOCZEKated The Partisans - s/t

Awesome.Any other folks dig The Cravats brand of "freeform jazz meets German industrialism"? Check 'em out via their MySpace page here: MySpace.com - The Cravats - Redditch - Jazz / Punk / Experimental - www.myspace.com/cravatsmusic And pick up their 32 track comp. CD The Land Of The Giants: The Best Of Jazz-Punk Colossals The Cravats and which includes said track. For more information and on how to obtain a copy visit Voiceprint Music - Release - OVER112VPCD

And for more information regarding Bullshit Detector Vol. 3 and the previous two discs in the series then visit SOUTHERN | crass records > discography > bullshit detector, volume 3

Indeed. Should folks wanna check 'em out then they can do so here: Voiceprint Music - Catalogue - Search - Attrition This particular release is made all the more exciting in that it includes track In Your Hand from Crass' Bullshit Detector Vol. 3.

Attrition - In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts Chumbawamba - The Boy Bands Have Won A.O.A. - Axis Of Ascendancy

25 track compliation from this anarcho poet and performer. For more information about the man and about this release then visit MySpace.com - Britanarchists - Bradford, Northeast - Punk / Other / Alternative - www.myspace.com/britanarchists

Upon soaking Prescott, Danbert Nobacon exclaimed "That's for the Liverpool dockers". Besides any real and more meaningful exchange would have proven all but impossible. He'd just thrown a bucketful of water over the man after all. And Prescott a class warrior? Now you're just being silly. Throughout their career the band have time and time again demonstrated their strong commitment to the struggle and to their politics which is more than can be said of Prescott and his kind.

And from Readymades check out the excellent Sewing Up Crap on YouTube. YouTube - Sewing Up Crap Regarding the incident at the 1998 Brit Awards ceremony, the deputy Prime Minister was drenched in protest of the Labour Party's unwillingness to support striking Liverpool dockers - 500 had been sacked in a dispute regarding the introduction of unfair working practices across the docks. A statement by the band the next day stated: "If John Prescott, as a representative of the government, has the nerve to turn up at events such as the Brit awards in a vain attempt to make Labour seem cool and trendy, then he deserves all we can throw at him."

Readymades is a fine album indeed. Ah the Aberdeen show. Then living in London, friends did catch that same show and were thrilled by what they saw. Whilst I'd been digging these folks since their debut 7" Revolution in '85, plus their first two full lengths still stand I think as two of the most important and exciting albums ever committed to tape, their jump to a major did not sit well with me. However opinions change, and was so glad to hear what the band has done since.

And if you're so inclined you can listen to the punk pop sounds of Shelley's Children here: MySpace.com - Shelleys Children - Reading, UK - Pop Punk / Indie / Punk - www.myspace.com/shelleyschildren And... pick up their discog CD Everything via Damaged Goods. SHELLEY'S CHILDREN

Hell here's Banned From The Roxy from the very same performance too: