THE NEXT TIME BABY THAT I CAME FOR YOU

While the return of Kula Shaker may be a mixed blessing (if you replace the word "mixed" with "terrible", and think of a blessing as being like a disaster for all mankind), more encouraging news comes from Brixton, where Green Gartside played his first gig for 26 years. Yes, out of Scritti Politti. Working under the name Double G and the Treacherous 3, there was no old stuff at all. There's going to be a new album out in the Spring, although the chances of him being invited along to Smash Hits to talk about Italian communism this time round seems unlikely.

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