Category Archives: politics

love songs

Posted on June 18, 2018 by marycigarettes

for the longest time i figured writing love songs was some sort of cop out, but now i’m thinking there surely must be a reason why our world is flooded with them… maybe this is who we are. in spite … Continue reading →

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time is not cheap anymore

Posted on January 22, 2018 by marycigarettes

at the beginning of last year i posted everyday on wordpress, and then by the time spring came i just drifted outdoors without returning cause good sun had arrived… anyway.. today i’m posting a new song and i hope you … Continue reading →

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homeless people in london

Posted on February 16, 2017 by marycigarettes

as i move through the fair with camera in hand, the compulsion to document homeless folk becomes overwhelming, even if it does send the moral compass into a spin. on one hand it feels intrusive, while on the other, the … Continue reading →

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soho radio

Posted on February 15, 2017 by marycigarettes

for a long time i’ve been dreaming about a return to freeform radio.. something loose and less shrill with proper music people spinning records rather than professional personalities, and as i walked past the tiny soho radio station one day … Continue reading →

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political without trying

Posted on February 6, 2017 by marycigarettes

as i continue to dip my woefully amateur toe into photography, a thing i’m noticing is oftentimes when i feel i’ve snapped dull pictures, i flick through them on the train ride home, and discover how the camera lens was … Continue reading →

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the orangemen and woman of london

Posted on February 4, 2017 by marycigarettes

i was born in Northern Ireland, where the orangemen and woman who take to the streets with accordions and drums are very different from the ones around here in soho …….. harry krishna for the weekend everybody 

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homeless gay man

Posted on January 16, 2017 by marycigarettes

a popular misconception is gays are all flushed with pink pounds and disposable income, but only last week gerard came across a vaguely handsome destitute man on the charing cross road and twigged it was his first love, a thickly … Continue reading →

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what holidays reveal to lovers

Posted on January 15, 2017 by marycigarettes

shane clancy learned the hard way that holidays have the power to make or break a home. seven years ago he woke up in a big soft hotel bed with his wife gone. he freaked out for around five hours and … Continue reading →

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lesbian farmers

Posted on January 10, 2017 by marycigarettes

billie took the leap because she loves big checked shirts made from soft hardy cotton.. the able chunky red machinery..the look of a neat freshly ploughed field…  a warm woody farmhouse kitchen where she’d cozy up with her girlfriend helen, … Continue reading →

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hitler hated jazz

Posted on January 5, 2017 by marycigarettes

they look good them jewish kids.. that young lustrous dark brown curly wurly hair, planets away from the frizz it becomes if they keep it long through later years…  they got good taste in clothes too, passed on to them … Continue reading →

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