'Never, never, never, never, never'

Elastica, 'Waking Up'

Nobody talks about all the times pop stars have been heroes. Except Seal, who doesn’t even bother with trousers these days.

the safety record of helicopters is such that we must now cancel Leonardo Da Vinci

here i am in the Graun on your guts: theguardian.com/books/article/…

i mean, Spacey is just objectively one of the greatest actors of his or any other generation, and milquetoast liberals desperate to retcon his artistic reputation because of alleged noncriminal misbehaviour can't change that

On this day in 1983, Prince's fifth studio album 1999 was certified platinum (1 million units sold) by the RIAA.  It would ultimately sell more than 4 million copies.

counterpoint: it is not, nor has it ever been, a great time to be a reader

Sweet ol' Billy theguardian.com/music/article/…

what i've learned on Music Twitter™ this week is that if you say Mozart is bad you are very sophisticated but if you say Ligeti is bad you are a despicable rube, seems legit

tell me again how 'AI' doomerism isn't exactly like every other apocalyptic cult throughout history

That's the plan.

this review has reinforced my belief that the portrait of the King is good theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…

brb, just going to punch a frog

copyeditor: er, that should be 'a fact-checking process'