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A great bulk of twee music is all about being self-referential, it's a genre that really has a "scene". It wasn't quite so bad around the start of the genre, you won't exactly hear a lot of namedropping on The Field Mice tracks -- but nowadays, with Tullycraft and Los Campesinos! and The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, there's a lot of referencing of ( Read more... )

We are the friends of all who serve the workers, of all who labor for the social revolution, for the uplifting and enlightenment of all men. When will the champions of the oppressed unite, and thus hasten the day of deliverance?
- Helen Keller

Since I had Randomneses do one to demonstrate her voice, it's only fair that I do the same, reading the same poem. THE NAMING OF CATS, by T.S. ELIOT. It's a fun one. Google it if you want the text, you guys have the internet. Seriously here.

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RIP Jay Reatard.