also they could make a song title so good you needed to hear the track as soon as you read it: "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs," "Nature Without Man," 'Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" "Shit You Hear at Parties" etc etc

i can easily see them as the best of the 'elder statesmen' bands in the 90s. signed to a major, nurturing new groups, maybe getting a random fun MTV hit

Thank you!

thanks for reminding me of Penman's Satie book---have really wanted to read that one.

"thin white duke" era DB would've been quite the poster, and it's best for the world and his image that it didn't happen

it's telling that he thrived in the "weird old internet" and then quite notably removed himself upon the rise of social media/smartphones, with a far more reserved, mysterious public image

same to you, Jack!

most of the soundtrack: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Jb...

yes, him and Squeeze were good for UK terminologies

And to be honest, Sting provided a few: alabaster, [Robert] Oppenheimer, litany, battlements

there'll always be the time Ann Wilson of Heart made Robert Plant weep when singing "Stairway to Heaven" to him

curious what a house that slows you down in the "all the wrong ways" would be. lots of opportunities to trip over furniture, i suppose