Blog: State Magazine

" Ridicule is nothing to be scared of ". Perhaps this is an obvious statement from a man sporting an Antplaster from cheek to blushered cheek, a man who proudly dances in a bizarre Vogue-like fashion with Diana Dors. But apart from being a great bold lyric, that line is a manifesto for the best pop music, the best art, culture and everything else that means anything. I realise that now. In 1981, it was just a line in a catchy song that made me shake my various limbs in the random manner that children attempting to dance do. [...]