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Reasons To Be Cheerless Parts 1, 2 & 3.  Or, It’s The Hope That Kills You: Why Britpop Dated So Badly.

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”—Mark Twain.  “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?”  Johnny Rotten, announcing the break up of The Sex Pistols. My name’s Middlerabbit, I’m 48 and I’m a pessimist.  Not because Mark Twain told me…

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Finger Pointing Songs: part 2. The Kinks. Or, A Respecter Calls. Or, It’s A Shame About Ray.

“Pity is easy, but it’s difficult to care,” Ray Davies. I like things to make sense and generally, to me at least, they don’t.  I look for logic and I look for rationality in everyday life and, when I can’t find much, I can get a bit maudlin.  So, what I’m doing here – realistically…

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The Gift Of The Fab(s). Or, Here Comes The Son(s Of God, allegedly): Why The Beatles Are Underrated.

When I wrote the last post, about The Stone Roses’ Second Coming debacle, I mentioned that I felt I might have been a bit hard on them and possibly I might do well to redress the balance of having a big old moan by being enthusiastic about something for a change. As it is, I’m…

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