Friday, October 05, 2001

The whole of page 10 of today's Guardian G2 is taken up by a poem called 'No More War'. In white type against a black background, the dodgy lyrics intone: "No more war, no more war / Please / War's a whore / It ain't like it was before / It's not a joke anymore / Inshallah / Inshallah". The authors are named as Cullis and Shepperdon, and a web address is given: http://www.fux.org.uk.

Fux - or Flux - appear to be a band. A rather aged band - they look like John Thaw and Prince Edward. Should you bother - but I don't suggest you do - you can listen to audio samples of tracks with titles like Macho Man, Elvis On The Moon, Boys In The Band and Cruisin' For A Bruisin'. A quick listen proves them to be phonkay shit, over which a Johnny Cash soundalike recites gravelly sentiments. The two of them look so middle-aged, so respectable, that I wonder if they could be the Shepperdon and Cullis working as Chairman and Purchasing Director respectively at Stamco Timber.

But no, my guess is that it's art, darling. Is it art? No, it's arse.

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