Guys thanks for your thoughts. Death of someone who was far too young but whose life spiraled out of control. Not helped by this Situation.

It think Arendt’s point is summed up by this Leonard Cohen poem written when he was still just a poet:

All There is to Know About Adolph Eichmann
Leonard Cohen […]

in John Peel voice; “following recent events in Manchester here is the mighty Fall”. Surely, enough to raise Mark E from his grave?

thanks for that. Nice to hear he was a good man

occasionally I do wish for an up button. Your second para had me laughing Chiz, thanks.

Some suggestions on interweb the Manchester thing is a gesture to the EU. Like when the Bond evil genius or sadistic Nazi kills a random innocent in front of the protagonist so that the narrative can illustrate […]

Wow, that is a belter PS. Thanks for the steer.

yeah it was cathartic to be honest. Guess there is quite a bit going in my real life as well as the CV19 stuff and this was the final twist to open the emotional fizzy pop bottle

Ah ha, the old NME-in-its-pomp; “yeah, well I liked them when they were good, which was before they were popular actually” argument 😉

Madvillainy. – great album. I like the bubblegum thing Danger Mouse brings to the mix though. The Viktor Vaugn – Vaudeville Villain is also worth the price of buying for him taking the piss out of himself with […]

lots of bubbling-unders including La Newsom, Doves, Josh Rouse, Janelle Monae, Vinicio Capossela, Kid Creosote, and Laura Veirs

Yeah I nearly went for that too.

For what its worth, here are mine. They could be completely different tomorrow, but `i will stick with these;

1. I am Kloot – I am Kloot
2. Campfire Headphase – Boards Of Canada
3. Quiet is the New Loud – K […]

I always thought Pounding was a really anthemic track, that captures the adrenaline rush of a night out as well.