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Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bureau of Lost Culture

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The Stones and the Beatles - That's the Difference, I Think?

The Stones and the Beatles represented two different streams of consciousness in a way. There was a sense that people like Mick Jagger or punks in the 70s or Thatcherites in the 80s or Brit Poppers in the 90s were all on the same path, which was I want to do this. They're all sort of focused on you and you understand the world through the notion of you and what you want. Very Thatcher, very Alistair Crowley. In fact, one thing I didn't realize I'd finished that book was this section of Margaret Thatcher's speeches that are identical to the writings of Alistairs Crowley. Both of them say, man has the right to work

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