Bruce, we get it, we're in an age where the morons suck up all the oxygen. Can we make a new year's resolution to start ignoring all that and give props to people creating art that does express a meaningful inner life?

Had two books published this year (miraculously):
That Gun In Your Hand @anvilpress.bsky.social ▶️ www.anvilpress.com/books/that-g...
and my second novel The City Knows (Montag Press) ▶️
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And aside from those two Mexican bands I've never heard of, Paramore clearly employs the greatest publicist of all time.

In the words of Elvis Costello: He was a fine idea at the time / Now he's a brilliant mistake

My first exposure to the JAMC was the incredible feature Canada's legendary The New Music did on them before they broke in NA. Not included in this clip: Douglas Hart explaining why he only needed two strings on his bass.
Trainspotting seemed mild after this.
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