Pop Goes Capitalism

Not all national anthems are created equal, they might not even be official, yet they exist and are everywhere! Today, Jacob takes us on a journey from the UK, to Sweden and beyond!

*NOTE: This was recorded before fascist riots spread across the UK*

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Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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Through no fault of our own, July has been and gone, Labour have had just under a month in power now, everything is the same, if not worse, so we start off with social media being weird about KAMALA IS BRAT, then go over to how Britain is doing, jailing some people for having a Zoom call, and the new LABOUR GOVERNMENT being little cunts and not scrapping the two child benefit cap. It's been a great month, I feel great.

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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Is this a deep dive? I (jacob) feel quite deep and down, so probably!

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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In this extra episode for polling day in the UK (July 4th 2024) we open up the NO POLITICS ZONE... which is actually just a non-political political party, how non-political? Well, have a listen and make up your own mind!

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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It's almost time to POP to the polls for the UK's general election, so this month Chit Chart is all about how the election is panning out... spoilers, it's exactly how you expect it to be panning out...

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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This month, Kieran is digging up the corpse of a song that had a chokehold over the charts and pop culture in 2013, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. and examining just how blurry the lines really were...

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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In this very on time episode, we look back at the calendar month of May, which included Genderless toilets being banned, a fucking general election being called in the UK, and Israel's horrific attack on Rafah.

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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She's a blue haired android diva from the near future where songs are lost, but how does Hatsune Miku exist within modern capitalism? Jacob take's Kieran down into a deep discussion on ethics and peer production.

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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It's April's round up! Kieran & Jacob both lose their minds over a Grindr honeytrap, our final chance to remind you NOT to watch Eurovision this year, and a double rant hits the podcast after Rishi Sunak's speech about 'sick note culture' inflicted psychic damage on both hosts.

You can find the BDS WEBSITE HERE

Boycott friendly way to watch Eurovision entry songs HERE (again thanks Corner Späti for putting this together!)

Corner Späti’s Gyrovision will be live-streamed HERE

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Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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An increasing number of songs sound increasingly familiar... Why is this? In this deep dive, Kieran uses his own tracks to explore the of sampling and interpolation, and the influence of capitalism upon who is allowed to sample and interpolate what.

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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