On February 10th, around twenty-five members of the group, wearing black balaclavas and carrying giant skulls, took to the streets of the financial district and handed out this statement: WALL STREET IS WAR STREET The traders in stocks and bones shriek for New Frontiers — but the coffins return to the Bronx and Harlem.
It's no coincidence that most of these vocal melodies are derived from the way harmonies are stacked, drawing on traditions that were about collective, rather than individual, statements: street-corner doo-wop, gospel choirs, the wordless backing hooks of Gladys Knight's Pips or the Temptations or Boyz II Men or Jodeci.
Despite Cameron's statement, Downing Street indicated the government was committed to pushing ahead with the cut.
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images This speaks for itself, really.... Updated at 12.33pm GMT 11.28am GMT George Osborne and David Cameron told their cabinet colleagues that Britain "is on the right track" and is dealing with its debts "in a fair way" this morning, ahead of the autumn statement, Downing Street has said (that's via the Press Association).
In its statement, Downing Street said: "In relation to unauthorised comments to the media about the government's approach to tackling extremism and the improper release of correspondence between ministers, the prime minister has received the cabinet secretary's review establishing the facts behind these events.
In a statement, Downing Street warned the company should face consequences for its failure to fulfil its contract - for which it is being paid £284m.
This effectively sets the scene and makes a statement: Wall Street was radically different in those days -- smaller, more intimate, more personal, less self-important.
On February 10th, around twenty-five members of the group, wearing black balaclavas and carrying giant skulls, took to the streets of the financial district and handed out this statement:> WALL STREET IS WAR STREET The traders in stocks and bones shriek for New Frontiers — but the coffins return to the Bronx and Harlem.
Unlike the Downing Street statement, the White House statement made no mention of the "special relationship".
