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Category: Opinion
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If The Media Had Used The Word “Controversial” In 1979 The Same Way They Do In 2025, Then I Think It Would Have Looked A Little Bit Like This
The controversial “Yorkshire Ripper” is still at large, continuing to elude police. The murderer, considered controversial by some for his slayings of innocent prostitutes, is believed to come from the controversial area of Sunderland.
The killer, whose controversial antics have caused outrage from both sides of the political divide, has recently sent West Yorkshire Police another of his controversial audio letters.
The latest controversial cassette from the chillingly controversial maniac states: “…I have the greatest of controversial respect for you, Controversial George. But god!… your controversial boys are letting you down, controversially.”
West Yorkshire Police are requesting that anyone from the controversial general public has any controversial leads, then to controversially phone them on their Controversy Line at 0113 496 8088.
Make sure to ask for the most controversial officer to controversially talk to controversoesdf to them controveriall to t you to oooo uououu ctctctc theree’s a nodooodlo in my legg cont cont the’res a nooolodo in my skull l cococicoc win dmill s
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My Own, Possibly Controversial, One-Disc Tracklist For The Beatles’ White Album
My own artwork for this imaginary version. Yes, that is the “SUPER DELUXE” font. …And yes, I am aware that the correct name for the album is just “The Beatles”, as in an eponymous title. No need to race down to the comment section only to find there isn’t one.
SIDE A:
- Wild Honey Pie
- Back In The U.S.S.R.
- What’s The New Mary Jane (Esher Demo version)*
- Blackbird
- Piggies **
SIDE B:
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
- Birthday
- Cry Baby Cry
- Revolution 9 ***
- Long, Long, Long ****
EXPLANATIONS VIA ASTERISKS:
* Most people who have heard this have only been exposed to the rubbish studio version, which is an ungainly mess (although it is amusing to listen to if you’re in the right frame of mind). The original acoustic demo reveals it as a pretty good (and deeply eerie) sub-three-minute long number, with some particularly spooky harmony vocals and a much better take on the “freakout” ending. Shame about the lyrics…
** Ian MacDonald refers to this as “an embarrassing blot on [Harrison’s] discography” in Revolution In The Head, because a fuckwit by the name of Charles “Charlie Charles Marilyn Manson” Manson heard it and went bananas. Ian MacDonald didn’t understand punk, praised the horrible “stereo separation” on the versions of Beatles LPs available at the time, and when he first heard Bowie’s Low, he roared “Mother, this is too magickal for me,” and spent the rest of the day on the toilet. A grown man, scared of a record! Aside from that, good writer.
*** Fucking deal with it, Giles Martin.
**** As genuinely delightful as “Good Night” is, this feels more appropriate.
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Quote For The Day, And The Year
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Anon
(The above is widely attributed to Martin Luther, although it apparently only dates back to 1944 – a date that makes more sense given the implications.)
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Artificial Idiotic Art: Miyazaki Figured Out How Awful AI Was In 2016
I remember seeing this clip go viral when it was originally uploaded. I was astounded then, as now, why this company thought it was a great idea to show Hayao Miyazaki a grotesque shambling data-creature and assume he’d give it the thumbs up. The phrase “This is an insult to life itself” needs to branded across the foreheads of everyone in the tech industry.
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On Rules
What is full of redundancy or formula is predictably boring.
What is free of all structure or discipline is randomly boring.
In between lies art.– Wendy Carlos
