"Taxes" by Geese came on right when I saw this

Not while he's alive, apparently, because he doesn't like it. An example of one of his bad opinions

Chester Brown's biggest influence, probably. He followed suit with the great cartooning bad opinions thing to an extent

Broken for me

No excuse for Cala to still be on when he's had such a poor game and Hincapié and Myles are on rhe bench though

Of course, unlike Kael, you make work in the medium you write criticism of, but still:

Fuck Hagai this is crazy good. Justin did a fantastic job. It wears Clowes and DeForge (and Seth? Cossé?) on its sleeve but the emotional tenor feels uniquely yours. The text becoming diegetic is a formal device I don't recall seeing before: works to great effect here. I'm gonna buy the process ed.

I hate Parille and I think his suggestion for how comics criticism should be written is dumb and boring but he's right that Wertham has been unfairly caricaturised by comics people over the years. There's multiple underground comics that depict Wertham getting mutilated
www.tcj.com/two-question...

Dowman!

Second favourite song off the album for me (I adore "Taxes")

According to Craig Brown there are seven conflicting versions of this story. Then there's also this one from Guy Davenport

I think "quaver" is the correct word for this context. Never actually grokked the distinction between the two before now

I agree broadly, but in this case (and on other Nico tracks) it works because of how often her voice falters. It's not organic-feeling, but all the more affecting precisely because of that imo

I kind of feel the exact opposite? Can see where you're coming from tho. The Browne version is too instrumentally grandiose for my liking, and there's a bravado to his singing I don't like. I find Nico's vocals remarkably understated and beautiful. I love the quiver in her voice

Also, though Browne deserves credit for the songwriting which is incredible, I prefer the arrangement and instrumentation in the Nico version