A critic at Stylus rates his least favorite philosophers and Heidegger is in at #5. Where did he go wrong? For his top ten faves he starts with Parmenides and Aristotle, so you'd think he'd picked up the scent, but then at #9 is JP Sartre. Dead give away that. Bloody students. Anyone who thinks Code: Selfish is "on its own merits is an imperishable classic" has serious aesthetic problems. That album's at the bottom of the barrel, mate! Not counting all the re-issues and too many live albums, of course. They buy MES his pints, I guess, and that's not a bad thing.

Got the latest American release from The Fall: The Real New Fall Album. Actually says "LP" instead of album on the CD digipack. The album's sort of the same as the UK release (formerly Country on the Click) except the track listings have been moved about, it has early-Pavement-album style art (pseuds!), and has an extra track entitled "Portugal". Always different, always the same, always brilliant. What's not to like?   ¶ 10:12 AM