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The fifth in our series of subscriber only podcasts sees KLF and William Blake author John Higgs talking about the deep, esoteric history of the heavy metal mascot that embodies the spirit of one of the world's biggest bands
Trudging through the inverted worlds of Staten Island, Putney and Prestwich come a crew of rappers, a poet/ engraver and a dyspetic singer, says Tom Ellen. They steel themselves against the disappointment of the surface world - the feeling of 'Is this it?' - by doodling on the maps of their cities, adding monsters and demons, gods and angels, hidden passageways and secret portals.