Category: Essays
Long-form rants, explorations, flights of fancy.
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LOL: Issue 1 and the Internet Post-Avant
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3 min read
Well, that was interesting!
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Chris de Burgh: At the End of a Perfect Day (1977)
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11 min read
I’ve been flat out digging through the online archives of the Chris de Burgh website, in particular the vast wealth of information contained within the Man On the Line (MotL) section, wherein Chris personally responds to questions and queries. While, unfortunately, the MoTL section has now been deleted from the website, thanks to the wonderful…
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A little-known fact about this collection is that it was banned in South Africa at the time, due to mentions of the ‘devil’ in the title poem.
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This ground-breaking collection of poems represents the beginning of what has turned out to be an astounding career.
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What is an EP? Well, to start with, EP stands for an ‘extended play’, 12″ vinyl record, thus distinguishing it from a 7″ ‘single’ or a 12″ LP (‘long play’) record. In this sense, the definition of an EP reflects a happier, simpler time (perhaps) when records were all issued on vinyl, and cassingles, CDs…