Recently I watched a documentary about voguish student band Arcade Fire. I felt my age. I found I really did not like Arcade Fire’s music – even though they use French horns and declare themselves nouveau fans of the church organ: both instruments guaranteed a favourable reception in the Knackered household because played here. Even [...]
Marketers say that people need to see or hear about something three times before they respond, for instance, by making a purchase. I think this may be a myth because it doesn’t work with my children: if I’ve told them once, I’ve them a thousand times…
But no matter. Here at the Knackered Hack we like looking for lost causes ready for a comeback, as part of our “curious study of broken things”. And it looks like the church organ is ripe for resurrection, on the basis of Continue reading ‘will doctor who regenerate the organ?’
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