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John Darnielle on craft, politics. Etc.

“If I say a band is “dedicated to their craft,” that sounds boring and staid, right? Well, fuck you, then, Jack, with your antiquated half-recycled notions of how craft and intensity are somehow at odds. Craft is the path to the damn palace, and the palace’s windows are all ablaze with the fire that’s constantly raging in all the rooms, and it’s not even uncomfortable for the people who live there, because they have become accustomed to the heat.” — J.D., writing on Last Plane to Jakarta about a band with which I am unfamiliar, but which I should no doubt seek out

Also: Political Song for Alastair Crowley to Sing, aka Down to the Ark. (via)

Also also: things=rough. Distractions=welcome.

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