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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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Fear And Loathing Is Contagious. Or, I Was A Teenage Beowulf (n.b: I wasn’t).

“Can I see anothers woe, And not be in sorrow too. Can I see anothers grief, And not seek for kind relief.” – On Anothers Sorrow” William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience   “Are you, uh, experienced?” Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced?   “We are facing an existential crisis… and we should also…

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