Death to the canon! All Hail the Losers that had the guts to make the wrong decision at the worst possible time and that are all the more human because of it.

Hail Arthur Lee, Martim Codax, Syd Barret, Arnaldo Baptista, Roky Erickson, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Don Van Vliet, Alex Chilton, Johnny Thunders, Tom Verlaine, Ian Curtis, Ray Davies, Julian Cope, Scott Walker, Edwyn Collins, Robyn Hitchcock, Kate Bush, Vivian Stanshall, Glenn Danzig, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Chris Knox, Richard Hell, Daniel Johnston, Guy Kyser, Calvin Johnson, Alan Vega, John Foxx, Grant Hart, Edward Ka-Spel, Ian McCulloch, Paul Westerberg, Damo Suzuki, Stan Ridgway, Michael Kiske, Klaus Nomi, Scott Miller, Nikki Sudden, Jonathan Richman, Greg Cartwright, Mark Linkous, Stephin Merritt, Martin Carr, Kevin Ayers, Luke Haines, Mark Lanegan and Elliott Smith!

"People I see just remind me of mooing like a cow in the grass, and that's not to say that there's anything wrong with being a cow anyway, but people are people with the added advantage of the spoken word, I'm getting on fine but I feel more of a man when I get with the herd"
Julian Cope explaining the Reason for visiting RYM

"Love Yer Brain, even if it Slips Down the Drain" -Wayne Coyne advising to follow our own mind wherever it might lead us

"I, even I, know the solution: Love Music Wine & Revolution"
Stephin Merritt

"We'll Be As We Are When All The Fools Who Doubt Us Fade Away"
Ian McNabb

"Lucy you're my girl, Lucy you're a star
Lucy please be still and hide your madness in a jar
but do beware, it will follow you, it will follow you"
Brian Eno

There is no logic to my taste for music, I like a whole range of things for lots of different reasons

Endless Nuggets
Power Pop I
Power Pop II
Power Pop III
Twee
Southern Gothic
Kiwi Pop
Kiwi Pop II
Argentina
Fonoteca
BrasilI
Queue
Rough Guide
Cope's Head Heritage
Brasil II
Krautrocksampler
Japrocksampler
Post Punk
New Wave
Trompa
Soul
Guitar
Psychosurf
FAQ
Portugal I
Elephant 6
Portugal II
Australia

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