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I finished "Dialogues on Fundamental Questions of Science and Philosophy" by A. Pfeiffer on the tram today. I enjoyed it, and wish people more people would incorporate reason into their arguments. An enlightening discussion between 2 characters that weaves philosophical theories into science with the aim of arriving at the answer to the question of ethics. I saw an echo of my own growing-up mentality with regards to socialism i.e. well it's a good idea but what do we do with those pesky socialists?

It wasn't nearly as funny.

May I suggest chocolate covered roasted coffee beans for that extra kick

YE GADS! Spot on! Except no, you missed the most obvious one. Not the last track, but the first. You still get a tissue though. It's light blue but don't worry there's no snot on it

Best Concert of the year. They played L&G in its entirety with a full orchestra and choir. It was an hour in heaven. I'll give you a tissue if you can guess which 4 songs made me go teary .

All music is backward-oriented because, well, how can it be FORWARD-oriented? It has to emerge from something that already exists, even if that something is as basic as instrumentation. If it seems more backward-oriented now, it may be because there's more of it being made in more ways and less of it coming into focus. In the 60s and 70s (and parts of the 50s and 80s and 90s) music probably seemed more unique because the media brought it into focus far more sharply than it did in the decades before and after. So what we now believe to be the golden age of music may only be so because we never heard all that led up to it (and I'm talking influences from skiffle and music hall and 'black' music way back in the late 19th century which didn't receive any media coverage). Then the number of media outlets, magazines and modes of transmission begins to grow, and suddenly you have all these people writing about music, playing it on the radio trying to get us to listen to it, and they do that by telling us what it sounds like and to do THAT they draw comparisons to sounds that we might be familiar with thus harking back to aforementioned Golden Age and so everything sounds derivative. Which is not to say it isn't, and in fact it might be more so. But just that perhaps these factors could be kept in mind as well.

So are the few days over yet...

The best obituary there is: http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5570&Itemid=206

I don't trust Pitchfork, they like Radiohead and I am still not over the Loveless mistreatment.

How about that volcano then?

It's miles from Tokyo BUT STILL

KEVIN POST SOMETHING

Srsly, not even here? I don't even like Radiohead and I couldn't escape the news. Curse you Twitter. RH are just out to steal ArFi's thunder obvs.

The best thing I can say about it is that it is inoffensive especially when Thom is not singing/having a seizure.

Here is a clip of St. Vincent destroying INXS's Need You Tonight:

If you want to keep up with Egypt, you should be on Twitter.

ONE WEEK TO PRIMAL SCREAM supported by.... UNDERGROUND LOVERS who I am more excited about than PRIMAL SCREAM but despite UNDERGROUND LOVERS I am still pretty excited about PRIMAL SCREAM

Ok, done - thanks you guys I stretched my birthday out over two days and it was quietly social and great I felt v. loved

I'm only on page 1 but is that a layered pancake cake with strawberries AND bacon in Sammy's post? I could totally eat that ok

oh snap! Hey I saw a concert in your honour (no really, I did!), I think that is pretty impressive. Wire played here and I got to see them and all I could think about was one Monsieur B-F And good going, Elena, making me feel guilty and special at the same time

Lies it's because I am the side that is right

As much as I'd love to be diplomatic and tell you all to chill out and to each their own and we all have our opinions and are entitled to them and let's all just get along and talk about cupcakes I am afraid the truth is this: One side is right and one side is wrong. Keep arguing and may the side that's right win

Jeez, it's not like it hurts and it's not the trauma you see it portrayed as in films. It's easily the most effective treatment for depression - it works better on mood disorders than any other mental illness. Totally going to go get a PhD in psych once I'm done with my current one