Presence Of Malice
The BBC has apologised for posting the lyrics of homophobic (in some cases violently so) songs on the Radio 1 website as part of the promotion for BBC TWO's History of Reggae series. I know it's an old parallel to draw, but if a lyric advocated beating up or setting fire to women, or black people, or Jews I'd dead certain there would never has been an instant's consideration of publishing it. Why on earth is anti-gay violence just somehow accepted as a legitimate part of reggae and rap culture?
Almost Done, But Not Yet Dusted
Chris has this unusually long overlap in which he's moved into his new home, but still has the old one, which on the one hand seemed very useful, because it meant he didn't have to move the stuff that he was definitely moving, sort though the stuff that might go or might get junked, and clean the old place all in a day or so. And it has been useful, but I think we're both at the point now where we just want to be able to lock up the old place and not worry about it any more. We ditched a skipload of stuff today, and we're not done yet....