Mr Magpie

Because all the pieces matter.

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  • “This is a song, ladies and gentlemen, about – [long pause] finding yourself in a very big fuckinghole and deciding to decorate it and hang around there for like two or three good years and(getting) to know yourself more than anybody really should… and anybody could…” Thus spoke Warren Ellis–front-violinist, spokesman, symbol, and soul of…

  • On the music of Grouper and memory. I find it very difficult to remember any of the time I have spent with the music of Liz Harris, who records mostly as Grouper. That may have something to do with the fact that the periods of my life in which I have spent the most time…

  • The works in film, literature and music that kept me warm this year, in no particular order. If you decide to have a crack at any, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. To a less fucked new year, yeah? Books: Honorable Mentions: Films: Music (Tracks): Honorable Mentions: Music (Albums): Honorable Mentions: