Posts by Russell C
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New normal
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Unprecedented
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Working from home
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Government-friendly media celebrities increased in dominance. Clickbait was so ubiquitous that it was ceasing to be a pejorative term.
Sadly this does not seem to be changing although I wish it would. We are poorly served by our press with a few notable exceptions like Nicky, Paula Penfold, Jon Stephenson, John Campbell, Matt Nippert, Carole Hirschfeld etc. but for every one of them there are five media celebrities trolling for clicks. How do we effect change to that is the challenge.
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Hard News: Trump 2018, in reply to Russell Brown,
That's where emojis would be so useful in these comments :-)
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Hard News: Trump 2018, in reply to Neil,
Hmm, quite how is that so Neil? Sounds more like a poor attempt at deflection to me.
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HeraBird
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Yes, that New Yorker interview by David Remnick is a great insight into Cohen. I remember discovering Leonard Cohen when I read a small (but positive) review of Various Positions when it was released (mid 80s?) and watching that slightly odd video clip of him singing Hallelujah on RWP. I was very moved by that and happy that it seemed a bit of a secret treasure - back then no one else my age seemed to be into him. Since then I followed his new releases and worked back to the beginning. For me its Cohen over Dylan every time - perhaps that Nobel should have been split between them. 2016 had a lot to answer for already, its just gotten exponentially sadder but we'll always have the music.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Roger writes…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Saw that Gary Steel item, it is a particularly vile and mean spirited article. I could not describe it as a review of the book because clearly it is not. Sad and tone-deaf.
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Nice post, yes too many hagiographies elsewhere.