As It Is

A song about banging on and the redemptive power of love.

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‘Super dry, dark and funny. Glasnost for UK cops.’ (Tim Etchells)

At once a satirical performance, a protest and an act of radical remembrance—a memorial built in the mind—‘The Holborn Cenotaph’ is a short story by Tony White that was inspired by artists Stuart Brisley and Maya Balcioglu’s The Cenotaph Project (1987-1991). ‘The Holborn Cenotaph’ was originally written for and first performed by White at ‘The Cenotaph Project & the public sphere’ in the chapel at King’s College London, an event produced in collaboration with Balcioglu, Brisley and Dr. Sanja Perovic of King’s for Underground: Arts & Humanities Festival 2014. That event and the loose collaboration with Brisley et al that preceded it were made possible by White’s residency at King’s College London, funded by Creativeworks London.

Presented in the tradition of a Swiftian ‘modest proposal’, ‘The Holborn Cenotaph’ uses the language and performance of contemporary law enforcement and policy to frame a satirical proposition: that the high-rise tower of Holborn Police Station in central London be decommissioned and converted into ‘a new Holborn Cenotaph, a 50-metre high, networked memorial’ the purpose of which is not immediately revealed.

Since October 2014, White has given many readings of ‘The Holborn Cenotaph’, appearing at events and venues including Brixton Book Jam, the British Library, The MAC in Belfast, Richard Strange’s Cabaret Futura, Beaconsfield, Sylvia Plath Fan Club, Venice Agendas 15 at Turner Contemporary Margate, and many more.

This recording is of Tony White’s reading on the Speakers’ Corner stage at London Radical Bookfair at Goldsmith’s, University of London, 7 May 2016. 

The Holborn Cenotaph, live at the London Radical Bookfair

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This is the tape which DJ Krome & Time got the License sample from - Saxon vs Maverick in Leeds in 1985. You have Papa Levi, Tippa Irie, Daddy Colonel and Trevor Sax and Muscle Head behind the controls.

Usual stuff, this audio file was recorded from a cassette to the computer.  I used Izotope RX and Adobe Audition to edit the audio passing it through a Master rack, enjoy!!!

Saxon vs Maverick in Leeds 85 (featuring License - Krome & Time Classic Jungle Sample)

SoundCloud page for novelist Tony White, author of novels including Foxy-T (Faber and Faber) and Shackleton's Man Goes South (Science Museum). 

The Holborn Cenotaph, live at the London Radical Bookfair

the author Tony White

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