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Tuesday, March 02
The tale of Craig Johnston
Saturday, July 11
“ On shows where the arrest matters, where it’s about good and evil, punishing crime, the poor and the rich, the suspect exists to exalt the good guys, to make the Sipowiczs and the Pembletons and the Joe Fridays that much more moral, that much more righteous, that much more intellectualized. It’s to validate their point of view and the point of view of society. So, you end up with same stilted picture of the underclass. Either they’re the salt of earth looking for a break, and not at all responsible, or they’re venal and evil and need to be punished. That’s a good precedent for creating an alienated America.
Friday, July 03
“ All four agree that the age of Twitter, Facebook and smoking bans is a depressing one, and that there is nothing more offputting than playing a concert before a sea of mobiles held aloft.
Sunday, May 17
“ A self-confessed obsessive, he has written many albums that haven’t seen the light of day because he can’t bear the recording process - “Personality clashes, having to say to somebody, ‘Would you please do that again?’” A demo can destroy him, as he re-records and re-records until “I hate myself, hate the song.