Sleepflower

I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing (he/him)

[sleepflower93]

Pictures from Richey's typewriter, sources below

Top row (L-R):

Kate Moss and Johnny Depp, 1993

Portraits of Tony Benn, Enoch Powell and Francis Aungier Pakenham by Nick Sinclair, 1992

Handwritten text - the subtitle of an Esquire article JOHN LENNON, WHERE ARE YOU?, November 1980

Middle Row (L-R):

The Clash outside the Palladium in New York, 1979 by Adrian Boot

Johnny Rotten wearing a Vivienne Westwood DESTROY T-shirt, 1977

Unknown images - can't find the exact one of Joe Strummer, one looks like Kate Moss, the blue one looks like Madonna

Album cover for Pearl Jam's Vs. (1993)

Bottom row (L-R):

Brian Jones, 1965

Album covers for Out of Our Heads (1965) and Sticky Fingers (1971) by The Rolling Stones

Unknown images - one looks like Brigette Bardot, the one above might be Emma Balfour

Detail from Fliegender Tanga (1982-83) by Martin Kippenberger. This painting was used as the single cover for Faster/P.C.P

If anyone knows what any of the other images are then please let me know!

[sleepflower93]

Richey's lyrical influences

Last four are from Arkham Asylum, Shade the Changing Man and Nemesis the Warlock, via 227lears.com

[crumbletodust]

James Dean Bradfield versus Cameras

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[willabnormal]

If you have a UK address there is a gov.uk petition at the moment for an investigation into the effects of Section 28.

Section 28 banned the mention of or "promotion" of being gay within schools and ushered in decades of silence and violence in this country. Its impact is currently unrecorded, but keenly felt. With the UK currently banning the discussion of being transgender in schools, libraries and other public spaces, along with the bathrooms guidance, we run a risk of repetition. We need statistics on what Section 28 did to two generations of queer people.

Please sign if you can, it needs 100,000 signatures to be considered. Non-UK residents please reblog.

Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people

We call on the Government to launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988) which specified that L

[pristinebruises]

manics but it’s jdb abusing the same angle

[ohmygodwhatsthis]

It’s time for an appreciation post for that li’l sweetie

James Dean Bradfield

[emptydyingdolls]

can you guess my favorite meme

[emptydyingdolls]

get in loser, we're going street preachin

[horneboy]

I just don’t like being that far away from Nick at the end of the day.

[horneboy]

[ohmygodwhatsthis]

The Manic Street Preachers, photographed by Justin Thomas, 1991-94

[sleepflower93]

Pictures of Richey from the Journal For Plague Lovers book

[sleepflower93]

Manic Street Preachers live at Wembley Arena 29/12/1995 (their first gig without Richey)

Photos from Shion193 on Ebay.

[sleepflower93]

Richey's Pearl Jam journey

Smash Hits Sep 1992 / RAW July 1993 / NME Dec 1993

[emptydyingdolls]

manics memes 👍

[sleepflower93]

...too niche?