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Listen to Lady Day. She knows what she's talking about.
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And I go back to black
Dammit, 27 Club, keep your grasping claws off my favourite musicians!
Amy Winehouse has just died. Circumstances are so far unclear but not, I suspect, unpredictable.
Fuck it, I liked her. As a singer, not as an interesting car crash. 'In My Bed', 'You Send Me Flying', 'Amy, Amy, Amy', 'Rehab', 'You Know I'm No Good' - some of my favourite ( Read more... ) -
No, no, no, it just can't be
Forty years ago today, the world's greatest singer got stood up by her boyfriend and her girlfriend, shot up alone in her hotel room, and died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27 ( Read more... ) -
'Killing in the Name' is not "expletive-ridden"
THESE are expletive-ridden:
Tim Minchin expresses opinions on the Pope - NSFW, abuse triggers.
On a lighter note, a tribute to Ray Bradbury - NSFW.
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Blame Wild America (it's all Iggy Pop's fault)
Felt an urge to re-read Allen Ginsberg's 'America'. Ah...
I can't stand my own mind.
America when will we end the human war?
Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb.
I don't feel good don't bother me.
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Are you being sinister or is this some form of practical joke?
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I haven't read the newspapers for months, everyday somebody goes on trial for ( Read more... ) -
That was tiring
First thing this morning I went swimming. I guesstimated my 400m time on the triathlon registration as 15 minutes. This morning I did 480m in 12 minutes. Yay! And that was with getting stuck behind slow people like tractors on country lanes.
Also I got to wear my new Orca trisuit for the first time. I felt a bit silly, because it's kind of a ( Read more... ) -
I think
I need to hear lesbian singers covering 'Chelsea Hotel #2'. I like the twist on "you told me again you preferred handsome men / but for me, you would make an exception".
I had no idea it was about Janis Joplin, though. Adds another layer of "aw, man" to a song that already breaks my heart. In lesser-but-related news, KT Tunstall's 'Suddenly I See ( Read more... ) -
The Public Library That Shall Not Be Named would never let me do this.
I sort of slightly made a shrine to display about Ronnie James Dio at work a bit yesterday.
He rocked too hard for this world.
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Forever Sam Crow, or, Sons of Anarchy knows how to play my feelings like a cheap fiddle
I've got hooked on Sons of Anarchy recently. It's awesome. The title sequence isn't as great as True Blood or The Wire, but it's still pretty damn good, one of those ones where you go "woohoo!" when the song starts. "Riding through this world, all alone ( Read more... )
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