Whatever happened to the perfectly good term 'fancy dress'? I suppose one might argue that 'cosplay' emphasises the element of play to it, of playing the role the costume suggests. One such man who loves to do this is Justin Trudeau. There is nothing terribly wrong with that - except that he does it when representing the country he is prime minister of on the world stage. Even worse, the majority of Canadians seem to think this is perfectly normal.
Ilya Glazunov is not a name that is widely known in Western Europe, to the point where his passing went largely unnoticed on 9th July of last year. I personally only found out at the end of the year and have only just managed to find the time to write this obituary, involved as I am in a number of cultural projects that will bear fruit this year. Born into a Russian noble family in St Petersburg, known at that time as Leningrad in the Soviet Union, he lost his parents to starvation in the siege of that city during World War Two, he himself being one of the few survivors from his family. While studying at the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, he considered entering the clergy at a time when the Soviet state still persecuted Christians, although at a lesser level than during the early regime phase. A priest persuaded him to 'Go, learn, and fight for truth.'
These are two videos I have made that are connected by the theme of Hollywood. The first begins with an observation in Jared Taylor's debate with black supremacist Tariq Nasheed in how black supremacists use the rhetoric of 1970s blaxploitation films to explain their situation, which is invariably one of being oppressed by the White Man. This I call "blaxplainin'". Certainly, such Blacks as Tariq will get a thrill out of the release of a film that puts all their fantasies about Black achievement onto the big screen. Yet does this new Marvel superhero blockbuster help Negroes or hinder them?
Bryan Ferry may have been the trailblazer from the North who developed what I term White British Soul, but he was swiftly followed by others. As mentioned in the last article on the subject, Roxy Music's album Flesh and Blood influenced a new generation of artists. Such was the Über-coolness of Roxy Music's lead singer that in Sheffield the nightclub Crazy Daisy hosted Bryan Ferry nights. It was therefore no coincidence that Sheffied would become one of the epicentres of the 'New Romantic' subgenre of synthpop.
I am back to cultural excursions, this time visiting the 'unenriched' Yorkshire market town of Penistone and looking at what lessons can be drawn from a Rightist perspective:
