In 1984 I Was Hospitalised For Approaching Perfection

That’s not strictly true, it was actually for drinking an entire bottle of cough medicine. And it might have been 1983, anyway. Still, it’s unusual the the first line of a song, especially one quite so droll and sardonic, speaks to me directly, especially when I’m not in a fraught emotional state from drinking too much gin.

The song in question Random Rules by the Silver Jews.

For those of you who like something a bit odder, I discovered the films of Terayama Shuji on Ubuweb earlier on.

God knows what’s going on but it was interesting to watch.

Fantastic stuff.