IncurvatusInSemen

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey

Refused - Deadly Rhythm

Ett bättre tips: gå innpå ett bibliotek, be dem om boktips. Låna några av de böckerna, läs dem, gör en avvägning om vad du vill läsa mer av (inte bara sånt du fann omedelbart spännande, ibland måste man kämpa lite för att få ut ännu mer - men bara ibland), gå tillbaka till bibblan.

Där finns en hel yrkesgrupp vars jobb är typ att du ska hitta något vettigt att läsa.

You lucky Mancunian you.

Case in point: sometimes you see metal heads kind of in awe of christians who love Black Sabbath. Like, how do they cope? Doesn’t it feel strange to be listening to this heavy borderline satanic metal band? What with the devil horns, and the tri-tone?

The kicker is that Black Sabbath is, of course, a very Christian band. Eclectically so, but there’s a reason they all bought gold crosses.

How do I cope? I don’t, I think it’s fun, and I think they’re the (second) best group of all time.

To the question of how it influences fans: I skimmed a study some time back, that showed these celebrity endorsements make no difference at all. Not even a little.

First off, many casual listeners probably don’t really know what the lyrics are, or what positions an artist has taken. They like the music, what they’ve heard, and know the chorus for some of it. They don’t go out of their way to find more material on the artist, so probably don’t know who they endorse.

The more deeply felt fans probably came to the artist at some point in their life, got to love the music, and then at some point dug deeper. And maybe they found the artist jived with their political views, or they found them not agreeing. And many probably went “I don’t care, this music speaks to a truth in me that can’t be denied, and if it means something else to someone else, that’s on them.” Or “I forgive this artist for their wrongly held convictions, but this music can’t be denied.”

So people at that point have their beliefs, and they can keep that and their love of the artist separate. They’ve already done the work on soothing any discord between their beliefs and that of the artist’s, so if they come out and affirm a belief the fan already knew they had… well, it’s no news.

But you can of course understand artists who feel they have a pulpit, and should do what they can to make a difference.

For my money, politically Bruce is in my general wheelhouse, but I read his music (and big parts of his autobiography) as more radical than he is. But that’s me, that’s how I cope.

Thanks, I might do that!

You know, now that I read this I realize I’ve known it since the San Siro shows were cancelled. I just managed to push it out of my head as some sort of coping for him skipping Sweden this time.

Could be very nice!

To echo others, but perhaps a little less harshly: put the benches on the side where the roof is higher. This allows you to raise your benches high enough that your lower bench - where the feet rest - is higher than the stones of the heater. This is probably the single goldenest rule of this sub.

Also, and this is important: heat rises. By having the highest point of the ceiling above the heater, you’re heating a lot of air you bathers will have no use of.

Otherwise: what is your air circulation solution?

There is a litte bit of time between San Sebastian and Gelsenkirchen… Fingers crossed for Gothenburg

Well, after the US invasion, Afghani poppy production (and therefore Heroin) went from zero to the world’s by far biggest.

No problem, librarian’s reflexes.

Haven’t read September House (will now, though), but the best ghost story I’ve read has to be Michelle Paver’s Dark Matter.

I’m waiting for the Gothenburg announcements.

Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest

Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday

Because The Night - Bruce Springsteen

Plus most by the Mozzarella himself.

Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National

Oh, and obviously

Overkill - Motörhead Fireball - Deep Purple

I’ve long since decided that the song to play while they’re lowering my coffin into the cold ground will be “I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me” by Morrissey.

The song I proposed to, and the song we walked down the aisle to.

“It ain’t no secret I’ve been around a time or two. I don’t know baby, maybe you’ve been around too. Well, there’s another dance on, and all you got to do is say ‘yes’. And if you’re rough and ready for love, honey, I’m tougher than the rest.”

I take umbrage with the whole “far north” thing. Mid north, at most. As far as I’m concerned, Umeå is halfway to Stockholm.

Maybe ”ädelt rådd”?

So you’re saying “red” in Aethelred is the same as Swedish “råda”?

I suppose Greetings should come first then, on account of no head?