Time to transform post-war 'one size fits all' public services, urges PM.

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The new ish of Strange Horizons in out, with an interview with Bloodhag, the
most metal of the all the science fiction metal bands.
Soon, the spotlight comes up again. The lead singer grabs the microphone.
"This is Frank Bellknap Long!" he yells, and, feverish, launches into a
lecture on Long's oeuvre. There can't be more than a handful of people on
this earth who could get a beer-sodden thrash crowd to listen to an English
Lit lecture. Thirty seconds later, the audience is sufficiently educated,
and the guys begin to wail. Jake the singer holds the microphone over his
head and belts out the song in a growling voice that's monster-movie low.
"No reason! No corners!" he shouts. Two minutes later, they're done with
the pulps and ready to move on to the New Wave. "Our next song is about
Harlan Ellison!" Jake bellows, and the geeks, the hipsters, the metalheads,
and the drunks let out a howl of mutual joy.
Blöödhag -- note the dual umlauts -- hails from Seattle. Describing
themselves as "edu-core," the band performs nothing but two-minute thrash
tributes to science fiction writers. Between songs, the band pelts the
audience with paperback books, quizzes them on book titles, and demands
that the audience show their library cards. Their motto: "The Faster You Go
Deaf, the More Time You Have to Read."
Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Zed[3]!_)
[1] http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020930/bloodhag.shtml
[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/kfFeZdnp8NE
[3] http://www.mememachinego.com/