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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. Two months ago, I was determined to start Parlando again. Immediately, of course, events conspired against me. (Yes, it was not my fault.) Anyway, I am back, I think; at any rate, Google is not making frowny-faces when you search for me anymore. On the other hand, my aphasia has revved up again. So, um, short posts.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. It’s been nearly half a year since I last updated this journal. Since then, I’ve moved to Seattle with Velma into a lovely house in Wallingford, living with Jane Hawkins; I lived with Jane nearly thirty years ago in a house next door to this one, so it’s old home week for me. Very nice, very comfy, and all three of us are happy.
Writing is still hard; harder than it looks. I have to ratchet it down to reach such simple thoughts now. But frustration is easy; I still have to live my life, including expressing myself. Post-stroke, I have learned a certain amount of calm. (Certain amount: three-fourths of a cup of placidity cut with a dash of impatience.) Also, I experienced two seizures a month ago, the first time in more than a year; that set me back a little. But I think I’m still improving.
My life is, mostly, coping. I’m writing it down here because what the hell. I really don’t mind if you take me off your reading list. (Formerly I went into an incoherent rage.) Hey hey.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there.
…I guess the reasonable goal, looking back all these years later, should have been just to get through the match. But back then, my goals tended to be not all that reasonable. As ridiculous as it might seem to me now, my aim that night was to have the best barbed-wire match ever.
There was only one problem: I was terrified. This is a normal human response to the very abnormal prospect of being dropped head first, neck first, and, yes, even balls first on jagged metal barbs. How exactly does a gentle, caring man (me) transform himself into a willing participant in such a barbaric spectacle? I needed to find some kind of inspiration in a hurry.
I looked out the dressing room door and saw the Japanese preliminary wrestlers taking down the ropes, beginning the process of putting the barbed wire around the ring. The wire they used was the real stuff: cold and uncaring, capable of tearing flesh in a hurry. I knew I had about 30 minutes before the wiring process was completed—a half-hour to undergo a drastic mental transformation. I took out my battered Sony Walkman and, after great deliberation, bypassed the obvious hard-rock selections. Finding solitude in a far corner of the frigid backstage area, I saw a cloud of my own breath as I pressed the play button. “Snow can wait, I forgot my mittens/ Wipe my nose, get my new boots on.”
The complete story.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. I got myself an ipad about two weeks ago. Â I watched Patrick with his, and I guessed it would be good for my half-paralysis. Â After one day, I realized it was not good; it was superb. Â I now carry it with me everywhere, taking notes, look stuff up on wikipedia, and (especially) reading books.
People ask me, is it worth it? Â And it definitely is: for me. Â But I’m an one-handed person, and it’s a godsend for me. Â In fact, I’ve taken to calling it “The Book”, which Velma, at least, understands.
I’ve read, in the last few days, a complete book, my first since the stroke (I think; my memory is shot still): Right Ho, Jeeves. Â It’s a reread — in fact, it’s my favorite Wodehouse, and I was astonished to find it’s out of print [edit: I meant “out of copyright”. duh] — and so’s my second read I’ve reading now, The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum.
I’m happy (as Velma implied before). Â Â
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. Deerhunter, “Agoraphobia”
The 5th Dimension, “The Eleventh Song”
The Jam, “Thick as Thieves”
Crystal Stilts, “Alight of Night”
Antonio Carlos Jobim, “Samba de Una Nota”
Aterciopelados, “Pilas!”
Super Furry Animals, “Hometown Unicorn”
Misha Mengelberg Quartet, “Criss Cross”
Mel Torme, “Gloomy Sunday”
Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus, “Next”
Augustus Pablo, “Frozen Dub”
Clarence White, “Pretty Polly”
Brenda Lee, “Big Four Poster Bed”
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. Universal Congress Of, “Gold Tooth Girl”
Regina Spektor, “Summer in the City”
Tom T. Hall, “That Song Is Driving Me Crazy”
Gogol Bordello, “Wonderlust King”
Baden Powell, “Naquele Tempo”
Carla Bley, “Greasy Gravy”
DD/MM/YYYY, “Lismer”
The Nightingales, “The Bending End”
Silver Jews, “Inside the Golden Days of Missing You”
Slapp Happy, “Tutankhamun”
Heaven 17, “Soul Warfare”
Sleater-Kinney, “Don’t Talk Like”
Michelle Shocked, “Contest Coming (Cripple Creek)”
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, “Government Magic”
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. “Four years before the birth of William Beckford the younger he became one of the Sheriffs of London, and three years after his son’s birth he was Lord Mayor.  As Mayor he gave very sumptuous dinners that made epochs in the lives of feeding men.  His son’s famous ”History of the Caliph Vathek” looks as if it had been planned for an Alderman’s dream after a very heavy dinner at the Mansion House.  There is devotion in it to the senses, emphasis on heavy dining.  Vathek piqued himself on being the greatest eater alive; but when the Indian dined with him, though the tables were thirty times covered, there was still want of more food for the voracious guest.  There is thirst: for at one part of the dream, when Vathek’s mother, his wives, and some eunuchs “assiduously employed themselves in filling bowls of rock crystal, and emulously presented them to him, it frequently happened that his avidity exceeded their zeal, insomuch that he would prostrate himself upon the ground to lap up the water, of which he could never have enough.”  And the nightmare incidents of the Arabian tale all culminate in a most terrible heartburn.  Could the conception of Vathek have first come to the son after a City dinner?”
–Henry Morley, introduction to Vathek
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. “Dying isn’t so bad,” said Roger Ebert today; “it’s getting sick and dying that’s the hard part.” It’s true. Having a stroke has a host of bad effects (he said mildly), but curing the fear of dying is a surprising blessing. I realized, very soon after almost dying, that, for me, the memory was not there; there was no bright light, no flash of recall, nothing. There was a fall in my apartment in front of Velma, and then I woke up a week later, my memories wiped. The main memory of dying was no memory. That was immensely soothing; I told my friends, if they were worried about me, dying was easy. It took me a while to realize that it was not me dying that they were worried about. The pain of the living is what the living are worried about. Me potentially dying was sorrowful, even horrifying (because it would have happened at 44); but what about Velma, who lived through my dying in front of her? Of course my dying was (theoretically) easy. Living goes on; that’s the hard part.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. I am slowly — very slowly — compiling a list of my favorite 999 albums from 1951 to the present, playing by the same rules as the 99 albums list (no best-of compilations, etc). I’m doing this a year at a time. This is the third shortlist, and my first post-stroke list: my 1979 top 137 (the first twenty to twenty-five will probably make the final list). This is my age fifteen list; subsequently, this is a long list.
(previous lists:
1989
1999)
1979
- Henry Cow, Western Culture
- Gang of Four, Entertainment!
- Tin Huey, Contents Dislodged During Shipment
- Talking Heads, Fear of Music
- Wire, 154
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Armed Forces
- Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
- The Slits, Cut
- The Clash, London Calling
- Buzzcocks, Singles Going Steady
- Graham Parker, Squeezing Out Sparks
- The Soft Boys, A Can of Bees
- The Contortions, Buy
- Marianne Faithfull, Broken English
- Sweeney Todd, Original Broadway Cast
- Motörhead, Overkill
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, Forces of Victory
- The Specials, Specials
- Joe Jackson, Look Sharp!
- Swell Maps, A Trip to Marineville
- Art Bears, Winter Songs
- P-Model, In a Model Room
- XTC, Drums and Wires
- Univers Zero, Heresie
- Tubeway Army, Replicas
- This Heat, This Heat
- The Desperate Bicycles, Remorse Code
- Pere Ubu, New Picnic Time
- The Pop Group, Y
- Betty Carter, The Audience with Betty Carter
- Conventum, Le bureau central des utopies
- Annette Peacock, The Perfect Release
- Hubert Félix Thiéfaine, Autorisation de Délirer
- Poison Girls, Hex
- Black Randy & the Metrosquad, “Pass the Dust, I Think I’m Bowie”
[ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<img [...] i'm>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] <p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><b>Originally published at <a href="http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/2010/08/08/1979-another-pointless-list/">parlando</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/2010/08/08/1979-another-pointless-list/#comments">comments</a> there.</b></p><p>I am slowly — very slowly — compiling a list of my favorite 999 albums from 1951 to the present, playing by the same rules as the 99 albums list (no best-of compilations, etc). I’m doing this a year at a time. This is the third shortlist, and my first post-stroke list: my 1979 top 137 (the first twenty to twenty-five will probably make the final list). This is my age fifteen list; subsequently, this is a long list.</p>
<p>(previous lists:<br />
<a href="http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/2007/03/11/1989-the-first-shortlist-for-the-incredibly-pointless-999-albums-project/">1989</a><br />
<a href="http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/2007/04/14/1999-another-shortlist-for-the-incredibly-pointless-999-albums-project/">1999</a>)</p>
<h1>1979</h1>
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<p><li>Henry Cow, <i>Western Culture</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/henry_cow/western_culture/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s63256.jpg" alt="Henry Cow - Western Culture"></a></p>
<p><li>Gang of Four, <i>Entertainment!</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gang_of_four/entertainment_/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s9655.jpg" alt="Gang of Four - Entertainment!"></a></p>
<p><li>Tin Huey, <i>Contents Dislodged During Shipment</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tin_huey/contents_dislodged_during_shipment/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s108065.jpg" alt="Tin Huey - Contents Dislodged During Shipment"></a></p>
<p><li>Talking Heads, <i>Fear of Music</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/talking_heads/fear_of_music/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1035.jpg" alt="Talking Heads - Fear of Music"></a></p>
<p><li>Wire, <i>154</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/wire/154/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1432.jpg" alt="Wire - 154"></a></p>
<p><li>Elvis Costello and the Attractions, <i>Armed Forces</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/elvis_costello/armed_forces/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s579.jpg" alt="Elvis Costello - Armed Forces"></a></p>
<p><li>Joy Division, <i>Unknown Pleasures</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joy_division/unknown_pleasures/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s544.jpg" alt="Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures"></a></p>
<p><li>The Slits, <i>Cut</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_slits/cut/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1424.jpg" alt="The Slits - Cut"></a></p>
<p><li>The Clash, <i>London Calling</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_clash/london_calling/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s236.jpg" alt="The Clash - London Calling"></a></p>
<p><li>Buzzcocks, <i>Singles Going Steady</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/buzzcocks/singles_going_steady/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s912.jpg" alt="Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady"></a></p>
<p><li>Graham Parker, <i>Squeezing Out Sparks</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/graham_parker/squeezing_out_sparks/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s26061.jpg" alt="Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks"></a></p>
<p><li>The Soft Boys, <i>A Can of Bees</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_soft_boys/a_can_of_bees/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17253.jpg" alt="The Soft Boys - A Can of Bees"></a></p>
<p><li>The Contortions, <i>Buy</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/james_chance_and_the_contortions/buy/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17243.jpg" alt="James Chance and the Contortions - Buy"></a></p>
<p><li>Marianne Faithfull, <i>Broken English</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marianne_faithfull/broken_english/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s10563.jpg" alt="Marianne Faithfull - Broken English"></a></p>
<p><li><i>Sweeney Todd,</i> Original Broadway Cast<br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/various_artists_f2/sweeney_todd__the_demon_barber_of_fleet_street__original_broadway_cast__f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s125405.jpg" alt=" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "></a></p>
<p><li>Motörhead, <i>Overkill</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/motorhead/overkill/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s801167.jpg" alt="Motörhead - Overkill"></a></p>
<p><li>Linton Kwesi Johnson, <i>Forces of Victory</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/linton_kwesi_johnson/forces_of_victory/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s7156.jpg" alt="Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory"></a></p>
<p><li>The Specials, <i>Specials</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_specials/specials/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s290.jpg" alt="The Specials - Specials"></a></p>
<p><li>Joe Jackson, <i>Look Sharp!</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joe_jackson/look_sharp_/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1252.jpg" alt="Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!"></a></p>
<p><li>Swell Maps, <i>A Trip to Marineville</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swell_maps/a_trip_to_marineville/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s847.jpg" alt="Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville"></a></p>
<p><li>Art Bears, <i>Winter Songs</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/art_bears/winter_songs/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17245.jpg" alt="Art Bears - Winter Songs"></a></p>
<p><li>P-Model, <i>In a Model Room</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/p_model/in_a_model_room/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s579137.jpg" alt="P-Model - In a Model Room"></a></p>
<p><li>XTC, <i>Drums and Wires</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/xtc/drums_and_wires/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s188.jpg" alt="XTC - Drums and Wires"></a></p>
<p><li>Univers Zero, <i>Heresie</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/univers_zero/heresie_f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s735118.jpg" alt="Univers Zéro - Heresie"></a></p>
<p><li>Tubeway Army, <i>Replicas</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tubeway_army/replicas/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s8033.jpg" alt="Tubeway Army - Replicas"></a></p>
<p><li>This Heat, <i>This Heat</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/this_heat/this_heat/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17248.jpg" alt="This Heat - This Heat"></a></p>
<p><li>The Desperate Bicycles, <i>Remorse Code</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_desperate_bicycles/remorse_code/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s88377.jpg" alt="The Desperate Bicycles - Remorse Code"></a></p>
<p><li>Pere Ubu, <i>New Picnic Time</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pere_ubu/new_picnic_time/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s794.jpg" alt="Pere Ubu - New Picnic Time"></a></p>
<p><li>The Pop Group, <i>Y</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_pop_group/y/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17237.jpg" alt="The Pop Group - Y"></a></p>
<p><li>Betty Carter, <i>The Audience with Betty Carter</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/betty_carter/the_audience_with_betty_carter/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s30338.jpg" alt="Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter"></a></p>
<p><li>Conventum, <i>Le bureau central des utopies</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/conventum/le_bureau_central_des_utopies/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s192088.jpg" alt="Conventum - Le bureau central des utopies"></a></p>
<p><li>Annette Peacock, <i>The Perfect Release</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/annette_peacock/the_perfect_release/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s15100.jpg" alt="Annette Peacock - The Perfect Release"></a></p>
<p><li>Hubert Félix Thiéfaine, <i>Autorisation de Délirer</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hubert_felix_thiefaine/autorisation_de_delirer/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s356011.jpg" alt="Hubert Félix Thiéfaine - Autorisation de délirer"></a></p>
<p><li>Poison Girls, <i>Hex</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/poison_girls/hex/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s176852.jpg" alt="Poison Girls - Hex"></a></p>
<p><li>Black Randy & the Metrosquad, <i>“Pass the Dust, I Think I’m Bowie”</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/black_randy_and_the_metrosquad/pass_the_dust__i_think_im_bowie_/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s132277.jpg" alt="Black Randy & The Metrosquad - " pass="Pass" the="the" dust,="Dust," i="I" think="Think" i'm="I'm" bowie.""="Bowie."""></a></p>
<p><li>Holger Czukay, <i>Movies</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/holger_czukay/movies_f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s793627.jpg" alt="Holger Czukay - Movies"></a></p>
<p><li>David Bowie, <i>Lodger</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/david_bowie/lodger/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s631.jpg" alt="David Bowie - Lodger"></a></p>
<p><li>The B-52’s, <i>The B-52’s</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_b_52s/the_b_52s/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s460.jpg" alt="The B-52's - The B-52's"></a></p>
<p><li>Lizzy Mercier Descloux, <i>Press Color</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lizzy_mercier_descloux/press_color/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s98067.jpg" alt="Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color"></a></p>
<p><li>James Blood Ulmer, <i>Tales of Captain Black</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/james_blood_ulmer/tales_of_captain_black/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17287.jpg" alt="James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black"></a></p>
<p><li>Nick Lowe, <i>Labour of Lust</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nick_lowe/labour_of_lust/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1017.jpg" alt="Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust"></a></p>
<p><li>Godley & Creme, <i>Freeze Frame</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/godley_and_creme/freeze_frame/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s18919.jpg" alt="Godley & Creme - Freeze Frame"></a></p>
<p><li>Patti Smith Group, <i>Wave</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/patti_smith/wave/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s12891.jpg" alt="Patti Smith - Wave"></a></p>
<p><li>Chrisma, <i>Hibernation</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/chrisma/hibernation/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s313403.jpg" alt="Chrisma - Hibernation"></a></p>
<p><li>The Jam, <i>Setting Sons</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_jam/setting_sons/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s381.jpg" alt="The Jam - Setting Sons"></a></p>
<p><li>ABBA, <i>Voulez-Vouz</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/abba/voulez_vous/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s6583.jpg" alt="ABBA - Voulez-Vous"></a></p>
<p><li>The Stranglers, <i>The Raven</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_stranglers/the_raven/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s13976.jpg" alt="The Stranglers - The Raven"></a></p>
<p><li>Supertramp, <i>Breakfast in America</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/supertramp/breakfast_in_america/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s8651.jpg" alt="Supertramp - Breakfast in America"></a></p>
<p><li>Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, <i>Babble</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kevin_coyne_and_dagmar_krause/babble/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s301827.jpg" alt="Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause - Babble"></a></p>
<p><li> Spherical Objects, <i> Eliptical Optimism </i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/spherical_objects/eliptical_optimism/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s516268.jpg" alt="Spherical Objects - Eliptical Optimism"></a></p>
<p><li>Carnascialia, <i>Carnascialia</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/carnascialia/carnascialia/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s190678.jpg" alt="Carnascialia - Carnascialia"></a></p>
<p><li>Fingerprinz, <i>The Very Dab</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fingerprintz/the_very_dab/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17266.jpg" alt="Fingerprintz - The Very Dab"></a> </p>
<p><li>Johnny Osbourne, <i>Truths and Rights</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/johnny_osbourne/truths_and_rights/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s421028.jpg" alt="Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights"></a></p>
<p><li>Red Crayola, <i>Soldier Talk</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/red_krayola/soldier_talk/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s8439.jpg" alt="Red Krayola - Soldier Talk"></a></p>
<p><li>Hermeto Pascoal, <i>Zabumbê-bum-á</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hermeto_pascoal/zabumbe_bum_a/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s96956.jpg" alt="Hermeto Pascoal - Zabumbê-bum-á"></a></p>
<p><li>Sam Rivers, <i>Waves</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sam_rivers/waves/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s274154.jpg" alt="Sam Rivers - Waves"></a></p>
<p><li>Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus, <i>Love Thy Neighbour</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ras_michael_and_the_sons_of_negus/love_thy_neighbour/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s505076.jpg" alt="Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus - Love Thy Neighbour"></a></p>
<p><li>The Toms, <i>The Toms</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_toms/the_toms/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s36966.jpg" alt="The Toms - The Toms"></a></p>
<p><li>Essential Logic, <i>Beat Rhythm News</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/essential_logic/beat_rhythm_news/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17242.jpg" alt="Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News"></a></p>
<p><li>Sun Ra, <i>Sleeping Beauty</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sun_ra/sleeping_beauty/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s292409.jpg" alt="Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty"></a></p>
<p><li>Ann Steel, <i>Ann Steel</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ann_steel/ann_steel/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s67031.jpg" alt="Ann Steel - Ann Steel"></a></p>
<p><li>The Adverts, <i>Cast of Thousands</i> [remixed version]<br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_adverts/cast_of_thousands/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s91332.jpg" alt="The Adverts - Cast of Thousands"></a></p>
<p><li>Patrik Fitzgerald, <i>Grubby Stories</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/patrik_fitzgerald/grubby_stories/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s93412.jpg" alt="Patrik Fitzgerald - Grubby Stories"></a></p>
<p><li>Prince Far I, <i>Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/prince_far_i/cry_tuff_dub_encounter_part_2/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s374802.jpg" alt="Prince Far I - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2"></a></p>
<p><li>James White and the Blacks, <i>Off White</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/james_white_and_the_blacks/off_white/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s152720.jpg" alt="James White and the Blacks - Off White"></a></p>
<p><li> Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club, <i>English Garden</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bruce_woolley_and_the_camera_club/english_garden/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s227863.jpg" alt="Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club - English Garden"></a></p>
<p><li>Madness, <i>One Step Beyond…</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/madness/one_step_beyond____f6/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s3054.jpg" alt="Madness - One Step Beyond..."></a></p>
<p><li>Nina Hagen Band, <i>Unbehagen</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nina_hagen_band/unbehagen/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s30250.jpg" alt="Nina Hagen Band - Unbehagen"></a></p>
<p><li>Prince Far I, <i>Dub to Africa</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/prince_far_i/dub_to_africa/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s111646.jpg" alt="Prince Far I - Dub to Africa"></a></p>
<p><li>Arachnoid, <i>Arachnoid</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/arachnoid/arachnoid/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s69460.jpg" alt="Arachnoïd - Arachnoid"></a></p>
<p><li>Moondog, <i>A New Sound of a Old Instrument</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/moondog/a_new_sound_of_an_old_instrument/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s188218.jpg" alt="Moondog - A New Sound of an Old Instrument"></a></p>
<p><li>Henry Threadgill, <i>X-75, Vol. 1</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/henry_threadgill/x_75__vol__1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s178716.jpg" alt="Henry Threadgill - X-75, Vol. 1"></a></p>
<p><li>Anthony Moore, <i>Flying Doesn’t Help</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/anthony_moore/flying_doesnt_help/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s247543.jpg" alt="Anthony Moore - Flying Doesn't Help"></a> </p>
<p><li>Marquis de Sade, <i>Dantzig Twist</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marquis_de_sade/dantzig_twist/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s134389.jpg" alt="Marquis de Sade - Dantzig Twist"></a></p>
<p><li>Fela, <i>Unknown Soldier</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fela_kuti/unknown_soldier/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s223179.jpg" alt="Fela Kuti - Unknown Soldier"></a> </p>
<p><li>The A’s, <i>The A’s</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_as/the_as/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s48800.jpg" alt="The A's - The A's"></a></p>
<p><li>Michael Jackson, <i>Off the Wall</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/michael_jackson/off_the_wall/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s2448.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson - Off the Wall"></a></p>
<p><li>Sun Ra, <i>Disco 3000</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sun_ra/disco_3000/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s163057.jpg" alt="Sun Ra - Disco 3000"></a></p>
<p><li>The Last, <i>L.A. Explosion!</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_last/l_a__explosion__f2/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s71736.jpg" alt="The Last - L.A. Explosion!"></a></p>
<p><li>Earth & Stone, <i>Kool Roots</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/earth_and_stone/kool_roots/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s524465.jpg" alt="Earth & Stone - Kool Roots"></a></p>
<p><li>Culture, <i>Showcase</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/black_uhuru/showcase/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s127292.jpg" alt="Black Uhuru - Showcase"></a></p>
<p><li>Doll by Doll, <i>Remember</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/doll_by_doll/remember/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s130405.jpg" alt="Doll by Doll - Remember"></a> </p>
<p><li>Yachts, <i>Yachts</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_yachts/the_yachts_f3/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s2025906.jpg" alt="The Yachts - The Yachts"></a> </p>
<p><li> Hans-Joachim Roedelius, <i>Selbstportrait </i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hans_joachim_roedelius/selbstportrait/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s182840.jpg" alt="Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Selbstportrait"></a> </p>
<p><li>Renaldo & The Loaf, <i>Play Struvé & Sneff</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/renaldo_and_the_loaf/play_struve_and_sneff_f2/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s191818.jpg" alt="Renaldo & The Loaf - Play Struvé & Sneff"></a></p>
<p><li>Art Ensemble of Chicago, <i>Nice Guys</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_art_ensemble_of_chicago/nice_guys/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17088.jpg" alt="The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Nice Guys"></a></p>
<p><li>Magazine, <i>Secondhand Daylight</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magazine/secondhand_daylight/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17247.jpg" alt="Magazine - Secondhand Daylight"></a></p>
<p><li>Yellow Magic Orchestra, <i>Solid State Survivor</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/yellow_magic_orchestra/solid_state_survivor/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s34222.jpg" alt="Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor"></a></p>
<p><li>The Ruts, <i>The Crack</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_ruts/the_crack/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17241.jpg" alt="The Ruts - The Crack"></a></p>
<p><li>The Crass, <i>Stations of the Crass</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/crass/stations_of_the_crass/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1418.jpg" alt="Crass - Stations of the Crass"></a></p>
<p><li>The Beat, <i>The Beat</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_beat_f1/the_beat/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s89137.jpg" alt="The Beat - The Beat"></a></p>
<p><li>The Fall, <i>Live at the Witch Trials</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_fall/live_at_the_witch_trials/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s712.jpg" alt="The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials"></a></p>
<p><li>Fashion, <i>Product Perfect</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fashion/product_perfect/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s103891.jpg" alt="Fashion - Product Perfect"></a></p>
<p><li>The Nits, <i>Tent</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nits/tent/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s16603.jpg" alt="Nits - Tent"></a></p>
<p><li>Buzzcocks, <i>A Different Kind of Tension</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/buzzcocks/a_different_kind_of_tension/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s908.jpg" alt="Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension"></a></p>
<p><li>The Slickers, <i>Break Through</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_slickers/break_through/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s453304.jpg" alt="The Slickers - Break Through"></a></p>
<p><li>Punishment of Luxury, <i>Laughing Academy</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/punishment_of_luxury/laughing_academy/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s124060.jpg" alt="Punishment of Luxury - Laughing Academy"></a></p>
<p><li>The Raincoats, <i>The Raincoats</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_raincoats/the_raincoats/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s8618.jpg" alt="The Raincoats - The Raincoats"></a></p>
<p><li>Sam Rivers, <i>Paragon</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sam_rivers/paragon/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s570271.jpg" alt="Sam Rivers - Paragon"></a></p>
<p><li>Siouxsie and the Banshees, <i>Join Hands</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/siouxsie_and_the_banshees/join_hands/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s10479.jpg" alt="Siouxsie and the Banshees - Join Hands"></a></p>
<p><li>Dave Edmunds, <i>Repeat When Necessary</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dave_edmunds/repeat_when_necessary/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s28988.jpg" alt="Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary"></a></p>
<p><li>The Laughing Dogs, <i>The Laughing Dogs</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_laughing_dogs/the_laughing_dogs/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s96176.jpg" alt="The Laughing Dogs - The Laughing Dogs"></a></p>
<p><li>Cowboys International, <i>The Original Sin</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/cowboys_international/the_original_sin/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s61796.jpg" alt="Cowboys International - The Original Sin"></a></p>
<p><li>Keith Hudson, <i>Nuh Skin Up Dub</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/keith_hudson/nuh_skin_up_dub/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s493977.jpg" alt="Keith Hudson - Nuh Skin Up Dub"></a></p>
<p><li>Andrew Cyrille / Jeanne Lee / Jimmy Lyons, <i>Nuba</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/andrew_cyrille___jeanne_lee___jimmy_lyons/nuba/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s338524.jpg" alt="Andrew Cyrille / Jeanne Lee / Jimmy Lyons - Nuba"></a></p>
<p><li>Judie Tzuke, <i>Welcome to the Cruise</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/judie_tzuke/welcome_to_the_cruise/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s28231.jpg" alt="Judie Tzuke - Welcome to the Cruise"></a></p>
<p><li>Ma Banlieue Flasque, <i>Ma Banlieue Flasque</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ma_banlieue_flasque/ma_banlieue_flasque/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s207435.jpg" alt="Ma Banlieue Flasque - Ma Banlieue Flasque"></a></p>
<p><li>Air, <i>Air Lore</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/air_f1/air_lore/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s199415.jpg" alt="Air - Air Lore"></a></p>
<p><li>Steel Pulse, <i>Tribute to the Martyrs</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/steel_pulse/tribute_to_the_martyrs/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s15684.jpg" alt="Steel Pulse - Tribute to the Martyrs"></a></p>
<p><li>Malicorne, <i>Le Bestiaire</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/malicorne/le_bestiaire/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s179120.jpg" alt="Malicorne - Le Bestiaire"></a></p>
<p><li>Ian Dury, <i>Do It Yourself</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ian_dury/do_it_yourself_f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s520521.jpg" alt="Ian Dury - Do It Yourself"></a></p>
<p><li>Fleetwood Mac, <i>Tusk</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fleetwood_mac/tusk/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5324.jpg" alt="Fleetwood Mac - Tusk"></a></p>
<p><li>Günter Schickert, <i>Überfällig</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gunter_schickert/uberfallig_f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s807546.jpg" alt="Günter Schickert - Überfällig"></a></p>
<p><li>Plastic People of the Universe, <i>Jak bude po smrti</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/plastic_people_of_the_universe/jak_bude_po_smrti/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s292169.jpg" alt="Plastic People of the Universe - Jak bude po smrti"></a></p>
<p><li>Joe Jackson, <i>I’m the Man</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joe_jackson/im_the_man/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1253.jpg" alt="Joe Jackson - I'm the Man"></a></p>
<p><li>Tom Verlaine, <i>Tom Verlaine</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tom_verlaine/tom_verlaine/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17244.jpg" alt="Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine"></a></p>
<p><li>Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, <i>Damn the Torpedoes</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tom_petty_and_the_heartbreakers/damn_the_torpedoes/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s7250.jpg" alt="Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes"></a></p>
<p><li>ZZ Top, <i>Degüello</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/zz_top/deguello/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5678.jpg" alt="ZZ Top - Degüello"></a></p>
<p><li>Vortex, <i>Les Cycles de Thanatos</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vortex/les_cycles_de_thanatos/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s207436.jpg" alt="Vortex - Les cycles de Thanatos"></a></p>
<p><li>Bill Nelson’s Red Noise, <i>Sound-on-Sound</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bill_nelsons_red_noise/sound_on_sound/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s17974.jpg" alt="Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound-On-Sound"></a></p>
<p><li>Zé Ramalho, <i>A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ze_ramalho/a_peleja_do_diabo_com_o_dono_do_ceu/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s64547.jpg" alt="Zé Ramalho - A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu"></a></p>
<p><li>Fischer-Z, <i>Word Salad</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fischer_z/word_salad/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s18259.jpg" alt="Fischer-Z - Word Salad"></a></p>
<p><li>Honeyelk, <i>Stoyz Vi Dozeveloy</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/honeyelk/stoyz_vi_dozeveloy/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s351567.jpg" alt="Honeyelk - Stoyz Vi Dozeveloy"></a></p>
<p><li>Naná Vasconcelos, <i>Saudades</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nana_vasconcelos/saudades/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s49063.jpg" alt="Naná Vasconcelos - Saudades"></a></p>
<p><li>The Romantics, <i>The Romantics</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_romantics/the_romantics_f1/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s689607.jpg" alt="The Romantics - The Romantics"></a></p>
<p><li>Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, <i>Bustin’ Loose</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/chuck_brown_and_the_soul_searchers/bustin_loose/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s592221.jpg" alt="Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose"></a></p>
<p><li>Mikey Dread, <i>Dread at the Controls</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mikey_dread/dread_at_the_controls/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s154599.jpg" alt="Mikey Dread - Dread at the Controls"></a></p>
<p><li>Joni Mitchell, <i>Mingus</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joni_mitchell/mingus/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s10776.jpg" alt="Joni Mitchell - Mingus"></a></p>
<p><li>Dennis Brown, <i>Words of Wisdom</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dennis_brown/words_of_wisdom/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s83791.jpg" alt="Dennis Brown - Words of Wisdom"></a></p>
<p><li>Pelle Miljoona, <i>Viimeinen syksy</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pelle_miljoona/viimeinen_syksy/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s33488.jpg" alt="Pelle Miljoona - Viimeinen syksy"></a></p>
<p><li>The Dickies, <i>Dawn of the Dickies</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_dickies/dawn_of_the_dickies/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s96261.jpg" alt="The Dickies - Dawn of the Dickies"></a></p>
<p><li>Old and New Dreams, <i>Old and New Dreams</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/old_and_new_dreams/old_and_new_dreams__2_/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s75173.jpg" alt="Old and New Dreams - Old and New Dreams (2)"></a></p>
<p><li>Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, <i>The Bridge</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/thomas_leer_and_robert_rental/the_bridge/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s124629.jpg" alt="Thomas Leer and Robert Rental - The Bridge"></a></p>
<p><li>Codona, <i>Codona</i><br />
<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/codona/codona/"><img src="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s726227.jpg" alt="Codona - Codona"></a></p>
<p><li>Adam and the Ants, <i>Dirk Wears White Sox</i><br />
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<p><li>Culture, <i>International Herb</i><br />
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<p><li>John Stewart, <i>Bombs Away Dream Babies</i><br />
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. I’m probably going to write again. Probably. It’s very hard now, but I’m realizing that not writing is harder; so I must. Writing is my self-definition, and even though I suck right now (don’t argue, it’s true by my own definition), not writing would mean I’d be a different person, and, really, I don’t know how.
My thoughts are scattered still. I’m sitting here, trying to gather them. They’re mostly outside my grasp.
One thing: Sometimes I am very depressed. That’s going to be my favorite thing to write about. Well, not being depressed, but the specific manifestations of my stroke. I certainly don’t mind if you go away.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. There are no bats in this movie.
No one sucks a potato through a straw.
Neither the best boy nor the gaffer ever worked with Trent Lott.
Astrology plays no meaningful role.
Queen Victoria expressed no known opinion regarding this film.
No vehicle of mass conveyance plunges over a cliff.
The credits were not signaled in morse code by Bill Robinson.
There is no mysterious pattern of hair loss among the cast members.
The screenwriter did not go on to a successful career in politics.
There are no scenes in courtrooms, mining pits, or abattoirs.
Nothing Pauline Kael has said is likely to change anyone’s mind about this film.
If you cut this film into millimeter-wide strips and strung them all together, it would not reach the moon.
The plot does not turn on a deathbed confession about the oatmeal.
The film never made the American Legion’s censorship list.
It is no more nutritious than most films. Probably less.
I don’t remember whether mumblety-peg occurs, but it is of no great importance.
If the male lead were dropped on your foot, it would hurt.
It was not filmed in feel-o-rama.
You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd.
Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is all in your head, as usual.
It is not NORMAN… IS THAT YOU?
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. People describe me as odd, different, strange, a bit touched. That’s their way of saying I’m a bizarroid. Sometimes they call me unusual or weird, in which case what they mean is I’m truly mental. When they want to say that I’m certifiable, instead they call me bugfuck, gonzo, waaaaay out there man. But when they describe me as deviant, atypical, outlandish, irregular, mutated, off-the-wall, kooky, loony, wacky, unorthodox, not all there, screwy, unconventional, offbeat, goony, unstable, wayward, and flaky, that’s when I know that they think, deep down and after all is said and done, that I’m just a bit predictable.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. Today, just now in fact [well, nearly thirteen years ago, but anyway], I created a very impressive special effect, and I wish i hadn’t. You know how corningware’s supposed to be virtually unbreakable, except when it shatters spontaneously deep in the cupboard? Don’t believe them. I’m housesitting for friends, and I wanted some beans and rice. Pulled out an appropriately-sized corningware pot, and went to the kitchen where the lids are propped on a wall unit. I carelessly pulled the right-sized lid, and it took the next-larger one with it; that lid crashed to the floor, and astonishingly (I wish I were in a position to admire this) crashed right through the pot I was holding. Corningware all over the kitchen floor to the atomic level. Me left holding a very sorry little corningware pot handle. Now I have to (heavy sigh) go clean it up.
And, naturally, this means that there is now a pot without a corresponding lid, and a lid without a corresponding pot. I’d worry about replacing them, but right now I DON’T GET TO HAVE ANY RICE AND BEANS.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there.
Also, and I don’t know a gentler way of saying this, B.R. Myers is not the writer Mark Twain was. –rbr on the Well
A few gentler ways of saying Myers isn’t the writer that Twain was:
1: Myers isn’t the writer Twain was. (But then, who is?)
2: Myers, while a fine writer in many ways, is not the towering giant of literature that Twain was.
3: Twain — and I don’t want to overstate this, because after all Myers is young and history may judge him kindly — was a great writer, of course, while Myers has yet to establish his possible greatness.
4: Without wishing to dismiss your comparison out of hand, or discount its relevance to the argument, I think it’s worth pointing out that Twain is a great writer, and Myers is, perhaps, slightly less than great.
5: I appreciate your point regarding Mark Twain; thank you for bringing it to the table. It certainly can be said that Mark Twain’s famous attack on Cooper is similar in some ways to the BR Myers piece. We would be remiss not to acknowledge that. However, I think that it is also worth noting that Mark Twain is a great writer, and that his stylistic and rhetorical skills may have much to do with the success of his Cooper piece; while Myers, though able and worthy, lacks some of Twain’s vigor, concision, and insight.
6: Myers isn’t the writer Twain was, IMHO.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. A Wrinkle in Time is explicitly religious all over the place, but it doesn’t have the veneer of priggishness and cold self-righteousness that ruins parts of the Narnia books. L’Engle’s mood is more pitying than judgmental. On the other hand, she treats evil as a force more than a choice, and while Lewis’s opposite treatment is more judgmental, it also has more to do with the way evil actually works, in my opinion. I’d rather re-read L’Engle’s books, but a lot of the reason the religious message slides right by, in my opinion, is that it’s not grounded in the actions of the characters. In the Narnia books, Edmund falls into evil by choice, and is redeemed by choice (as is Eustace, while Susan is cold-heartedly damned). In A Wrinkle in Time, Charles falls into evil because he is possessed by the evil force while trying to save his father. That’s scary, but it’s also unreal in a way that Edmund’s choices are not.
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Originally published at parlando. Please leave any comments there. If advertising were as insidiously, relentlessly effective as all that, we’d all be automatons. (Ah, but how do you know you’re not?) We wouldn’t be so much like our parents (but who made your parents?), we wouldn’t, so many of us, have very much the values of the people who raised and taught us (but who programmed them?). If advertising is so effective, why do we resist it? (Don’t make me laugh.) If advertising is so effective, why can’t they make us buy anything they want, regardless of quality? (You think you have your own taste, desires, free will? Get real.)
I’ve read The Hidden Persuaders, and I probably have more interest in what makes advertising work than is healthy for me, just as I am interested in the rhetoric of persuasive (as opposed to truthful) argument. But, with all due respect, most anti-advertising rants I read (closely related to anti-television rants) strike me as a species of conspiracy theory. If someone wants to say there are strings attached to my limbs and those of my children, I can see for myself that it’s not so; a persuasive voice is not a string, and the contentiousness, irascibility, and simple desire to please one’s own self will continue to confound and frustrate sellers with nothing good to sell, no matter how sneaky they are.
And I’ve never met an adult where you couldn’t guess a lot more about their parents, schooling, and religious upbringing than what television they watched and what advertising they were exposed to.
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