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"They all -- every single one of them -- I live in the most amazing community. And, they all started coming in and just handing me $100 bills, $50 bills, telling me to fix the cabin, get security cameras, buy flags -- do whatever I want with the money," he said. "And, I didn't want to take it but they kept forcing it on me...So, by the end of the day, I just decided, 'You know what? I've got to give back..." … [Read more...] about Coffee shop sees ‘amazing’ support from community after store was targeted by anti-police vandals

The downtown demimonde was quick to get on board. Lou Reed tried to persuade them into a bad record contract; Andy Warhol invited them up to the Factory for cookies. When they toured Europe with the Ramones, Dee Dee Ramone turned up at the airport walking with a cane, because his girlfriend Connie had just stabbed him in the backside. Although the cane turned out to be packed with painkillers that had to be forcibly disposed of before they could board, he was a sweetheart, who loved visiting castles. Johnny Ramone, on the other hand, hated the scenery and loathed the food (“‘What the fuck is this?’ I said, ‘Johnny, that’s a salad. It’s lettuce and tomato.’”) It was the spring of 1977, and all across Europe there were signs of punk’s arrival. In Zurich, Frantz saw audiences pogoing for the first time. In Manchester the kids were wearing bin bags, and showed their appreciation by gobbing at the stage until the instruments were slick … [Read more...] about Remain in Love by Chris Frantz review – the Talking Heads drummer speaks out

READ MORE:Coronavirus: New case tested negative on day 3 of managed isolation, positive on day 12Coronavirus: Bikie gang boss says deportees headed to New Zealand will follow quarantine rulesCoronavirus: No new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Monday … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: More Australian deportees arrive at Auckland isolation hotel

The statue of Colston was created by a white man, John Cassidy, to commemorate a white slave-trader. Now the plinth is occupied by the work of a white artist who feels duty bound to correct the situation, to amplify voices that have been silenced for so long. It’s reminiscent of US film-maker Bree Newsome’s athletic act of protest. In 2015, Newsome scaled a flagpole to remove the Confederate flag hanging in the South Carolina state house grounds. She told the Washington Post: “We needed somebody who could help me over the fence. Be a lookout. We decided it should be a white man ... because we wanted to communicate it’s not just the role of the people who are oppressed, but it’s also on the people who have benefited from oppression who have to be part of the process.” … [Read more...] about ‘Hope flows through her’: artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue

'Spreading like wildfire'With its own wards full, Khayelitsha District Hospital is sending new cases across the road to a new facility, built, in the space of one month, in a sports hall, and run by Médecins Sans Frontières - an organisation that has been a familiar presence in the neighbourhood for 20 years, focusing on the battle against HIV/Aids. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus in South Africa: Deciding who lives and dies in a Cape Town township