Nicholas Jones23 May 2007

Well, it's just meant as a list of adjectives, language stripped of embellishment. Perhaps that makes it anti-poetry. Also I've been listening to an album by Malcolm Middleton (who used to be in Arab Strap) which is full of savage self-loathing.

By the way, and in case anybody has got the wrong idea, in a British context republican means to be in favour of abolishing the monarchy, not to be a supporter of the neo-conservative fuckwits currently in control of the White House.