Venice - plaything of the rich - is worn out.

"Bien sûr ces villes épuisées
Par ces enfants de cinquante ans"
- Jacques Brel
#deadcities
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/14/venice-worn-out-jeff-bezos-wedding-overtourism

‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills

City leaders claim days-long event will bring in riches but opponents say it will not benefit ordinary Venetians

The Guardian

Lunchtime listen.

The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom (Re-imagined) 2018 RSD

#Vinyl #VinylCollection #FSOL #DeadCities #RachelsTheme #OzricTentacles

20 and counting albums that have had an impact on who I am. One album a day for 20 days and then some. Might include explanations and reviews, always album covers. In some kind of order, or not

Day fifty-seven: The Future Sound Of London Dead Cities
#20albums20days #20albums #FSOL #DeadCities
@Chip_Unicorn
Downtown #losangeles, 7th & Broadway, 1923.
Compare & contrast.
#deadcities
#GreatAlbums1990s - #FutureSoundOfLondon - #DeadCities (1996) 1 of 4: A year or two after British electronic music broke into the mainstream with works like the Chemical Brothers’ Exit Planet Dust and Portishead’s Dummy, the Future Sound of London went in completely the opposite direction with this dark, often unsettling song cycle. (read on…)

seems a good day as any for this one.

https://youtu.be/INHttEHCZEw

#fsol #deadcities

Future Sound Of London My Kingdom

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