Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
In the first three lines of their song No More Heroes, 1970’s punk band The Stranglers ask the rhetorical question:- Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an ice pick. That made his ears burn. Three lines referencing a day in 1940 when Trotsky received a fatal ice pick wound. A soupcon of punk prose from the pen Hugh Cornwell... Continue Reading →
In the first three lines of their song No More Heroes the 1970’s punk band The Stranglers ask the rhetorical question:- Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an ice pick. That made his ears burn. The reason this song came to mind today was that on this day in 1940 Trotsky received the fatal... Continue Reading →