camus famously said 'hell is other people'. somehow i often feel the opposite. when you connect with someone you realise that they can complete some part of yourself... its when i feel disconnected that i start drifting into depression. unfortunately disconnection, alienation, is the condition of life. and, as negri & hardt say in Empire, ( Read more... )

no i don't actually, but i hear too much about them. latest is this guy who was arrested, for 'malicious damage to property' (good ol' MDP...), and sat in pollsmoor - a local hellhole of a prison - for two months because his family couldn't pay bail. apparently he was nuts in there, possibly actually he went nuts before and thus the MDP charge. ( Read more... )

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back when i was a goth the first time - ten years ago - it was easier to understand. after all, we all grew up with ronald reagan, europe a potential nuclear battleground, and andrew eldridge holed up in germany with stories of headbangers dancing till they bled...
new model army described the prospects in 1986:

I was never much one for the great " ( Read more... )