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For those that may not be aware, McSweeney’s is a satirical quarterly that generally publishes absurdist humour. That they have published these remarks in full and absolutely verbatim is worth noting.

Janine Jackson on Counterspin seems like the last sane media commentator.

Reagan ended his term 36 years ago. Don’t make us that old for being there!

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I realise this is a tongue-in-cheek title but for anyone unaware, sheet music is a very clinical and skeletal approximation of music. Like the difference between reading I Have a Dream and actually hearing MLK deliver the speech. It’s why you can have 1,000 different recordings of a Mozart piano concerto – and why they’re all superior to a PC playing a MIDI file (most accurate representation of sheet music).

Having said that, and despite sheet music being about as far from ‘lossless’ as a stickman drawing, musicians are particularly good at ‘visualising’ music. So much so, that a brain scan can’t distinguish between a musician actually listening to music and a musician merely replaying music in their head.

The Murder

It’s spelled ‘millstone’.

Zeebrugge? They left the doors open. Then there was Ferry Aid…

Sweeney Todd

Maybe I missed something but nowhere in this discussion do you mention whether you want to sleep with him? Even when people sort of prompted you.

If you fancy him, take it to the next level. I imagine he’s keeping it light for plausible deniability in case nothing happens or he gets rejected.

Either make a move or tell him you’re not interested in a relationship. Figure out your own intentions instead of trying to mindread him.

Qobuz also has some of the highest royalty payments for artists.

You’ve probably heard of it, but do yourself a favour and read Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump – (Hachette Books, 2019)

I know little and care less about golf but this book was gripping! Reilly is a great writer and, despite my having read several other books on Trump (Mary Trump, Michael Wolff, etc), I really think Reilly’s explains Trumps method of operation better than every other attempt.

It’s absolutely shocking what he does in his day to day life. The anecdotes are piled high, the double dealing and fabrications are outrageous. Every single page contains some revelation even more odious than the previous.

A morbid fascination and dogged curiosity regarding the depths of Trump’s moral abyss will keep you tutting and eye-rolling to the end.

(Sounds like a sales pitch, I know. But I casually picked it up in a thrift shop for €1. No regrets!)

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I would argue talent isn’t even in the top ten list of important qualities for “success” in the music world.

Confirmed! A couple I knew changed flights last Month and went to Canada instead.

I agree, this is posted as news when it’s likely anecdotal or even fabricated. It plays on the American self-image as John Wayne types, when everyone in Europe knows they’re usually not very streetwise and walk around with maps and cameras talking loudly.

The other comments here are quick to jump in with opinions about how Americans don’t take any shit, implying European simps just roll over for these pesky pilferers.

It’s a real Don’t Mess with Texas vibe based on another dodgy blog article.

Is he orchestrating a buyback or what?

I like that the lions don’t quite fit on the gateposts.

Sounds like a great story, is there anywhere to read about it?