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Thanks to the mercy of a retired judge, Silky-ink has been dispatched home a day early from Sydney.

I had beers with a mate who edits Aust Dazed and Confused magazine. He was very enthused about the ink and wondered if he could put us in his mag. I mumbled something about ''not quite ready yet'' but stuck him in the back pocket for later.

I was bending Tedium's ear the other night while waiting for the other half of the band outside the Midian, about how I have no time for late career revivals from artists who I already have a shelf-full of records by and who should have the good grace to quietly fade away and die. Ted poionted out that he is more a completist kinda guy, who has to own everything by everybody he likes.

And so it is, with more than a little surprise that I reveal that the two albums I can't get enough of at the moment are Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome and Built to Spill's newie, You in Reverse.

Go figure.