BM Blob

Texts by David and Stuart Wise - and others - from the 1980s and 1990s.

BM Blob rubber stamped address

Photo of two policemen standing underneath a "Library" sign. The Library is closed, so security shutters are behind them.

Bollocks To Theory?

BM Blob's conclusion to Like A Summer With A Thousand Julys.

A black and white photo of a policeman adjacent to a large bass drum as used in marching bands

All Quiet On The Frontline?

BM Blob on work, unions, unemployment and the 1981 riots.

A "Merseyside" street sign which has been graffitted to read "Merseyslide"

The Strangled Embrace

BM Blob on the 1981 riots in Liverpool.

Seven male police officers on bicycles in a rural setting

Crime And Punishment

BM Blob on policing, prisons and the 1981 riots...

Xray Spex advert showing an audience wearing 3d glasses, similar to the cover of Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle"

The Lingering Death Of Rock n' Roll

BM Blob on punk, reggae, rebel music and the music business...

Heading "History repeats itself" above two photos - one of the 1936 Jarrow March against unemployment and one of the 1980s Peoples March For Jobs. Beneath the photos is text "The first time as tragedy - the second time as a B-movie stunt" - James Joyce

Culture And The T.U.C.

BM Blob on the Trade Union Congress and The People's March for Jobs.

Photo of train wheels with the caption Jobs Express - from TUC poster

Got any Money?

BM Blob on monetarism, the "moral majority", regeneration after the 1981 riots, etc.

The 1001 faces of Wedgewood Benn - a weird collage of Labour leader Wedgewood Benn's face in different poses.

Leftist Vanguards And The Labour Party

BM Blob on the UK left and the 1981 riots.

Photo of rubbish piled up in central London during the winter of discontent

Autonomy And The Seasons

BM Blob compare the 1981 riots to the Winter of Discontent etc

Durham police officers mix with pupils at a Newton Aycliffe comprehensive school. When the boot comes in.

The Sigh Of The Oppressed Oppressor

BM Blob on kids, youth workers, teachers etc.

Photo of a car smashed into a Sheffield Police Station

'The Only Race Is The Rat Race'

BM Blob on racism, the media, sociologists and the 1981 riots.

Three bleak tower blocks with the caption "Home Sweet Home"

Introduction

Introduction to Like a Summer with a Thousand Julys …and Other Seasons…