Jack Gardner

Post-Brexit psychedelia

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@northumbriana @ArtisanBakingNE Took my primary school class to sing outside Big River Bakery. Someone dressed as a giant friendly stottie came out and started bouncing around. Was a very surreal moment.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

A little haiku...

God does not exist
And they are all insane
Trump's a psychopath

[Brendan May @bmay]

The whole place has gone fucking mad.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@ScrtDrugAddict I remember seeing them on their Farewell tour and the vibe was they'd go await and have a Pixies revival in a few years. Wait it out until the world caught up. Unfortunately, the world is full of idiots.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

Bob Dylan names Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan as one of his favourite books.

IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM!

[Bob Dylan @bobdylan]

At the hotel in Frankfurt there was a publishing convention and every room was taken, parties all night. I didn’t know there were so many book publishers in the world. I was trying to find Crystal Lake Publishing so I could congratulate them on publishing The Great God Pan, one of my favorite books. I thought they might be interested in some of my stories. Unfortunately it was too crowded and I never did find them.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

boy destroying piano, Wales (1961) - Philip Jones Griffiths

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@shankysanghi @lesser441117 @JeremyVineOn5 @_JessicaDavies @Mattallwright Newcastle didn't have any race riots this summer. It doesn't suffer the same levels of post Thatcher deprivation that other places sadly suffer from. It's a far better place for. It's multicultural, proud and progressive.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

Scotswood Road - Jimmy Forsyth

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

Whitley Bay 1985 - Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

Richard and Louise - TISH MURTHA (1979)

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

Youth Unemployment - TISH MURTHA 1979

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@harry_robe34788 @gordon_gapp @ukJ0N But Harry... he did beat up two female police officers.
And Harry... glad to see your patriotism for Denmark's Faroe Islands rather than England. You gotta laugh!

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@guardiang2 The Guardian 1821: Here to fight for social justice and support the victims of the Psterloo Massacre.

The Guardian 2024: 34. Referring to Magaluf as “shagaluf."

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@CoreySherrif @CommonsSITC @ChiOnwurah She's from Wallsend you tool, not that that matters, and has probably done far more for the country than you.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@memizon Stewart Home's Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie and 69 Things to do with a dead princess are both pretty far-out.

Memoirs of Gnostic Dwarf might win for best title though.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@israeldevries @sara_jayne67 @Alex_Niven I'm sorry you experienced that, those anti-semite thugs do not speak for the vast majority of Geordies. The North East has a proud Jewish history and heritage. I hope you had positive experiences here too.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

@LukeHaines_News Sad to read this. I got into him through your song 'Satan Wants Me.' An amazing author - 'Exquisite Corpse' 'Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh' and 'The Limits of Vision' are particular favourites. I'd often check out Dedalus Press every now and then to see if he had a new book out.

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

The relentless disinformation has its sources in Russian interference as a means to destabilise multiculturalism and democracy. It reduces discourse to mindlessness, feeds on prejudices and bankrolls social media owners. I found them fascinating, now they're frightening. 2/2

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

For many rioters their radicalisation begins on Facebook. They start with British  nostalgia pages that a harvest followers and it leads to cult of the personality images, like North Korean propaganda centred around Farage and Robinson. 1/2

[Jack Gardner @Mr_Face]

John Cowper Powys - Wolf Solent
It's West Country magic on the North Devon coast.