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Song of the day - 45: The Slits

Well, duh. I finally purchased the reissue of The Slits' first album Cut - with a little hesitation, truth be told, as I already own various versions of it several times - and Powers alive, if the eight-track demos on the bonus CD don't sound even better than the original. (As Jack Endino wryly remarks on Facebook, "The eight-track demos are ALWAYS better than the album".) But how can that be? The original is, hands down, one of the 10 most influential records of my life, no denying no denying no denying. Wow.

Defending The Indefensible - 14: The Doors

(From Facebook - warning, this is a horrendously long post.)

The Greatest Moment in Recorded History...

...in case you were wondering, and thinking that it's a competition, and perhaps felt lonely and bored and in need of succour or something...