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Stephen Pieper
| April 11, 2020
Coronavirus has exposed the myth of British exceptionalism | Fintan O'Toole (the Guardian)
This virus does not respect Johnson’s delusions of national character, says Fintan O’Toole, columnist with the Irish Times

Great stuff.

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Stephen Pieper
| January 9, 2020
Doors drummer John Densmore: ‘It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison’ (the Guardian)
When he was at the centre of the US counterculture, he lived in terror of his bandmate. Yet after the singer’s death, he fought ferociously to protect his legacy. But, he says, he still regrets not calling out Morrison on his abusive relationships with women

This is really good. I’ve always really admired John Densmore’s refusal to sell out to advertisers.

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Stephen Pieper
| December 17, 2019
'He was a musical warlock': reflecting on Frank Zappa's greatest album at 50 (the Guardian)
The 50th anniversary of the experimental musician’s album Hot Rats carries with it resurfaced material and a re-examination of its finer points
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Stephen Pieper
| November 13, 2019
Marillion review – unfashionable prog veterans still questing into unknown (the Guardian)
Sometimes they’re more slog than prog, but the unfashionable yet enduring popular band are given drama by frazzled frontman Steve Hogarth

A decent, but lukewarm, review of last night’s Marillion show in Glasgow.

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Stephen Pieper
| September 4, 2019
Stereolab: 'There was craziness in getting lost and dizzy' (the Guardian)
Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier pick their favourite tracks and reflect on two decades of pioneering electropop
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Stephen Pieper
| May 17, 2019
'It had to be raw and dangerous' – Def Leppard, Saxon and Venom on 80s British metal (the Guardian)
Inspired by punk’s energy, the new wave of British heavy metal helped put the ‘snot and piss’ back into rock music. Forty years on, its leading players tell the story

This brought back some memories. The comments are terrible as usual. There is literally no subject that grown men won’t moan about on The Guardian (or elsewhere for that matter).

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Stephen Pieper
| April 22, 2019
My TED talk: how I took on the tech titans in their lair | Carole Cadwalladr (the Guardian)
For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next?
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Stephen Pieper
| December 24, 2018
Geddy Lee on Rush's greatest songs: 'Even I can barely make sense of our concept albums' (the Guardian)
With widdly-woo guitars and albums about mythic priests, Rush became the biggest cult band in North America. Frontman Geddy Lee picks out his favourite songs from their back catalogue

I take issue with “widdly-woo” but a good article/read.

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