Those Brits have made some good music.

The Clash 1979

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Hey…what ever happened to Big Audio Dynamite?

They found a couple of car bombs in London yesterday. Luckily they hadn’t detonated. The tension between Christians and Islamic extremists seems to be reaching critical mass.

Rueters June 29, 2007

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Am I nervous about leaving in September for an 8 month stay in London? Maybe, just a little. But they also have stuff like this:

Arcade Fire “Wake Up”

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People in the Pacific NW are much too self conscious to partake in a sing-along. How can you tell we’re really enjoying a concert? We’re tapping a foot…maybe just a toe.

The lyrics:

Somethin’ filled up
my heart with nothin’,
someone told me not to cry.

But now that I’m older,
my heart’s colder,
and I can see that it’s a lie.

Children wake up,
hold your mistake up,
before they turn the summer into dust.

If the children don’t grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to
rust.

I guess we’ll just have to adjust.

With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’ to be
when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.

With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’
With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am go-goin’

You’d better look out below