Little Man, What Now?: Two Baby Boomer Photographs, One Baby Boomer Quote

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Two Baby Boomer Photographs, One Baby Boomer Quote

"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy."

Can the over 60s please take their historical narrative home with them? It's blocking aisle 2.

Origin

Founded in 1842 by Adam Hawks, The Little Man had a glorious history as a journal of satire and commentary, competing with the more puerile Punch magazine. Sadly the days when John Stuart Mill used our pages to argue for universal suffrage are long gone. The printing presses finally stopped in 1970 after an unwarranted prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act that quickly followed a vexatious libel action brought by Sir Anthony Eden.

The Little Man's first foray into electronic publishing was in 1982, using the Prestel system, but this was shortlived. In 2005 the wonders of Google's Blogger reduced our overheads and led us to try again. The Little Man was a quarterly publication and we continue that tradition with long periods of inactivity, punctuated by intense but sporadic bursts of creative output. In a mark of respect to Captain Oates, our military correspondent during the Boer War, we pseudonymously honour his name and maintain anonymity. We, also, have been away for some time. Continued legal wrangling with the Eden Estate prevents us using the original name, so welcome to Little Man, What Now?.

Celebrity Endorsements

	“O well.”
	— William Gibson, author (and co-inventor, with Al Gore, of The Internet).
	“Written by someone who was similarly perturbed over a year ago.”
	— TV's Richard Herring, comedian.
	“Rest assured that by the end of this trial they will not have a pot in which to piss.”
	— Sir Anthony Eden.
	“*You're so right [that Little Man does not get the accolades it deserves]. Which is why I've just added you to my blogroll.*”
	— Chip Dale, champion Welsh fornicator.

Sites we actually read

Aint It Cool News (The web's original movie site. Pooter has been reading this for 10 years and feels that he knows far too much about Harry Knowles' personal life and eating habits.)
An Englishman In Japan(A blog written by Ted's brother, who is in Japan and English.)
Ben Locker's Blog (Londonist, rigorously educated, ironic propaganda... Down with his Stamford Hill homiez.)
Between the Hammer and the Anvil (A Scotch socialist, whatever next! Funny though.)
Bibliolatry (Fiction, like alcohol, acts as brain lubricant - but there are risks... There may be more book reviews here than is truly good for the author's liver. Nonetheless, it's a solid, well-written, blog.)
Blognor Regis (H-H-Holland's Half Hour.)
Brad Spangler (A Linux systems administrator who is also an anarchist. To be honest, I've never met one who wasn't.)
Brian Micklethwait (Libertarian pamphleteer, photographer, blogger, podcaster.)
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry (Quite funny.)
Chelsea Hotel No 2 (Apparently this American blogger from darkest Texas prefers handsome men... So it goes. She'll continue kitten blogging then.)
Curious Snippets from a Cynical Optimist (The sickeningly young and successful Vindico's blog.)
David Friedman (Can the courts and police force be privatised? This man says "Oh yes!".)
David Lindsay (A liberal, conservative Labourite. Erm, you will have to read him to see what I mean.)
Devil's Kitchen (A very vulgar libertarian.)
Escape Pod (Don't you look cool with your iPod! Little do they know you're listening to a story about the first robot president!)
Everything 2 (An unnavigable web ghetto with many great articles you'll never find.)
Fortean Times (When Pooter says he's reading the FT, he's probably reading the latest on UFOs, rather than the FTSE 100.)
FreeBornJohn (An honest, straighforward and blunt politics blog. One man rages against the dying of the light. I, for one, would like to offer him a mug of peppermint tea.)
Freeman's Interweblogosaur (More anti-corporate, anti-state, liberty-loving, pigeon-hole defying blogsense.)
Guido Fawkes (Apparently John Prescott had some kind of affair.)
Labour And Capital (One man's attempts to bring intellectual cohesion to the British Left through shareholder activism... Go Sisyphus, Go!)
Living with Aliens (Pritchard's new home. Cat-blogging at its best!)
Mutualist Blog(Look, the point is, can we really be free when "the man" owns all the land and, like, there's copyright and stuff?)
Policeman's Blog (Bloody underclass.)
Rigorous Intuition (v. 2.0)(Eyes Wide Shut was a documentary.)
Samizdata (Nobody mention the war.)
Sean Gabb (When Sean comes to power as the front man for a military coup, he will not be opposed by our publication.)
Social Memory Complex (Left Libertarian cleverness.)
Trampjuice (A review site for the discerning super-strength lager drinker.)
Ultimate Thunder II (Thunder just got more ultimate)

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Two Baby Boomer Photographs, One Baby Boomer Quote

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