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What’s Going On With The FT Comments?
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All one can do is die (CRASH TEST DUMMIES – “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”)
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(#2 in April 1994)
Fortune is the issue here: the blind bad luck of the song’s kid subjects, the random chance of us ever hearing about them. “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is a fluke, but a fluke brought forth from a particular moment, the end of the alt-r[…]

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how not to write about extreme metal, probably
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[This post originally went up at my PATREON: subscribers get to read posts and hear podcasts early — and help offset costs and time and help me do more of this kind of thing. Please share widely and encourage participation in the comments!]
“It m[…]

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It’s A Day For Catching Sun (LOUCHIE LOU AND MICHIE ONE – “Shout”)
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Less Popular is an occasional series where I write about hits that didn’t get to #1. It’s made possible by the Patreon – thanks to all my patrons.
Popular’s actual coverage of the ’93 Summer Of Ragga suffers a bit from the Numbe[…]

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