Completely unthemed blog round-up

In no particular order.

Middle East:

• Tell a lie enough times (Solomonia)
  

Music:

• Kurdish rap (But I Am A Liberal)
• Amy Winehouse truth & soul remix (Popbytes)
• Deep soul (Someday I'll...)
• SE14/SE8 anti-gun rap (Transpontine)
• Sharon Jones live (KEXP)
  

Corruption:

• Hugo Chavez (Confessions of a Closet Republican)
• Lee Jasper (Ian Bone)
  

Fascism and anti-fascism:

• Claudia Roden and fish and chips (Graeme at DST4W)
• Anne Frank the Musical (Poor Mouth)
• Bill Barazetti - Local Hero (Poor Mouth)
  

Imperialism and anti-imperialism:

• Christopher Hitchens: Victoria's Secrets (General Theory)

The real London:

• My King's Cross (DZ)

The next president:

• A sartorial angle (Martin in the Margins)
• Pop politicos (Popdose)