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WARREN ELLIS

I will accept death as an alternative
to the pain of being awake, at this
point.

Single of the year: any thoughts?
The monstrous nun-eating awe of
Xinlisupreme's "Zouave's Blue"?
Was Afrirampo's wondrous "Want
You" released as a single? (Yes,
yes, I know some people still think
it's the sound of evil clowns
chickenhawking in a playground late
at night. Those people are Wrong,
and also Communists.) Can I forget
that I actually liked a Bright Eyes
song, and therefore became a 17-
year-old girl with bad skin and no
friends? ("Landlocked Blues.") And
there was "Us" by Regina Spektor,
the Tori Amos for people who
actually like music. (If that was
indeed this year. I forget. I know
that Wolf Parade's "Dear Sons &
Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts" was
last year -- was "I'll Believe In
Anything"?)

This year, the US got The Go!Team,
whom I've been listening to since
the Junior Kickstart EP. Which
makes up for exporting Coldplay,
I guess, for which we should have
been prosecuted under international
war crimes law. But, you know, you
keep fucking with us at airports and
we'll keep sending you educationally
subnormal ponces with socks for
hats.

Disappointments abounded; it seems
more and more like the bands I
like only have one album in them.
The Kills broke my heart with that
thing they followed the Black Rooster
EP up with. I kind of wonder if that's
not a speed-of-culture thing: like
the Western world's on internet
time now, and even music and comics
seem slow compared to the velocity
of novelty we've gotten used to.

Time for Red Bull 3.

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