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"Better a spectacular failure, than a benign success," runs the headstone inscription on the grave of Malcolm McLaren. Atop the headstone a large shield perches with the letters "MM", which looks not unlike the Warner Bros logo but is actually a sly reference to the crest outside the mansion he inhabited in The Great Rock

From the Pixies serpent song to the Grateful Deads tune about a creepy alligator, RR regular Severin picks the playlist from last weeks topic Reptiles are an evolutionary grade of animals, comprising todays turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards, and tuatara, as well as many extinct groups. So says Wikipedia. There werent many songs about the Antipodean

Sad Hill cemetery, scene of the showdown in Sergio Leones most famous spaghetti western, restored by Spanish volunteers It figures prominently in one of the most famous movie scenes in the world, the sun reflecting off its rows of headstones as Clint Eastwood tersely stared down his companions in a final showdown.

Whether shes playing it stark and simple or sitting in a giant egg with blue feet, Bjorks cover art is as experimental as her music. To mark the release of her latest record, Vulnicura, heres a look back over her album sleeves, featuring collaborations with Alexander McQueen, M/M Paris and others

Calypsonian celebrated in his native Trinidad and Tobago who also won a global audience for his acerbic take on the issues of the day Black Stalin, who has died aged 81, was a modern calypsonian of the old school, dedicated to keeping political and social commentary at the heart of his music when other exponents