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Mr Bigot’s Halloween….

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MR BIGOTs Halloween cover

Mr Bigot liked Halloween.

It was one of his favourite celebrations. Mr Bigot liked scaring people – it was one of his favourite activities. Only that morning he’d tried to scare all the listeners to a radio programme about how all those nasty immigrants were coming over here to take their jobs, to claim huge amounts of money in benefits, to destroy their health service, fill their schools, and much, much more. Just like every other morning.

Oh yes, Mr Bigot liked Halloween a lot. And this Halloween was going to be particularly special. UKIP had organised a very special party. Mr Bigot was really looking forward to it.

He didn’t really need a costume. He was scary enough as it was – and he knew it. Just a set of fangs and a cloak would do. He could put on a Romanian accent – everyone knew Romanians were scary…

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Support Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of Museo Reina Sofía, and the team at the Museo Reina Sofía in their opposition to the attempted censorship of a work of art in the exhibition “Really Useful Knowledge” (Madrid, Spain) | ArtLeaks

the exhibition Really Useful Knowledge [curated by WHW (What, How and for Whom)]. Religious groups are pressuring the Spanish Ministry of Culture to censure this exhibition. CIMAM is against such pressures on any cultural institution dedicated to promoting the principles of artistic expression and freedom.

via Support Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of Museo Reina Sofía, and the team at the Museo Reina Sofía in their opposition to the attempted censorship of a work of art in the exhibition “Really Useful Knowledge” (Madrid, Spain) | ArtLeaks.

Bio | ZAA Band esta bueno!

Band ZAA was founded in the end of February in the year 2008 in Krusevac.

They have had more than 200 performances in cities throughout the former Yugoslavia, and they also performed in Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary.

From the critics they were rated as „concert attraction“, and they are recognizable by their original and energetic performances, which are characterized by distinct dance rhythms in combination with skillful improvisation. And regarding their unique sound, it’s characterized by authentic musical genres which represent the crossover between the variety of styles from ska music and dub, to post-rock jazz and punk, and that is what makes ZAA unique.

In the very beginning of their carrier they have made a significant success, by winning the third prize on Demofest in Banja Luka (2009), as in the year later they have made it to the regional finals of the prestigious European festival Rototom.

The band has performed in numerous festivals in Serbia, like Exit, Supernatural, Arsenal fest, Nisville, Love fest, Osvezenje fest, Reggae Serbia fest, and amongst the numerous performances in the region, the ones standing out are: Pung art and Overjam festivalsin Slovenia, Lake fest inNiksic, Duka fest in Banja Luka, NGOM festival in Prizren, Festival ulicnih sviraca and Koncert godine in Novi Sad.

ZAA, so far has published two studio albums: ZAA (2010) i Good Things (2011), as well as double single Full Scale Riot/Moonlight (2011) and EP Foot by Foot (2012).

Their third studio album What About, released on October 2nd, 2014.

via Bio | ZAA.