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Strangeways, Here We Come

Morrissey was and still is a self-obsessed jerk but I’d still give him my big toe if he ran out of vegetables. It’s a brave man who has The Smiths in his top ten albums of all time. People get…

Ashes to ashes, tat to tut

“Babs saw all the things she loathed in herself also in her son. His loose skin and wide open heart” David Bowie said in his song Queen BitchShe’s so swishy in her satin and tatIn her frock coatand bipperty-bopperty hat…

Reflector

Arcade Fire had successfully recruited my body and now they were coming for my soul. I’m an Arcade Fire superfan, ready to do whatever they tell me. I buy the merch and Google search “where does Régine Chassagne live?” every…

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Even if you hate heavily produced music you have to admire Kanye’s willingness to crack open his sloppy noodle brain and let us dig in with chopsticks. The longest cry in my life was to Runaway on repeat. It felt…