Just cobbled together everything down to the lowest-ranking entry that received 2+ votes. There were a further 30-ish that received just the one.
SOLO / SIDE-PROJECTS Pts Votes #1s 1 Demon Days FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 307 12 1 2 Baby Stones FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 273 9 3 3 Danger In The Past FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 236 10 2 4 Let Your Light In, Babe FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 209 8 2 5 Easy Come Easy Go MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 170 7 0 6 Haven't I Been A Fool MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 167 8 0 7 I've Been Looking For Somebody FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 164 7 0 8 In Your Bright Ray MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 161 8 1 9 Pandanus FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 157 6 010 It Ain't Easy FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 133 6 011 If It Rains FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 129 7 012 Black Mule MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 107 5 013= Did She Overtake You? FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 95 5 013= Learn to Burn FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 95 5 015 Stones For You MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 88 4 016 Let Me Imagine You FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 86 4 017 Is This What You Call Change FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 86 3 018= Dear Black Dream FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 85 4 018= Lighting Fires MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 85 4 018= From Ghost Town FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 85 4 021 A Poet Walks FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 82 4 022 Providence JACK FROST - Jack Frost (1990) 80 3 123 Coming Up For Air MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 78 4 124 The Evangelist FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 74 4 125 If I Should Fall Behind MCLENNAN - Surround Me (1992) 69 2 026 2541 FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 64 3 026 Surround Me MCLENNAN - Surround Me (1992) 64 2 028 Fingers MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 63 3 029 The Dark Side Of Town MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 59 4 030 Lamp By Lamp MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 58 4 031 Falling Star FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 55 3 032= Simone And Perry MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 54 4 032= One Plus One MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 54 4 034 No Fame FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 53 3 035 Thought That I Was Over You JACk FROST - Jack Frost (1990) 52 3 036 121 FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 51 3 037 Don't Touch Anything FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 51 2 038 Crazy Jane on the Day of Judg FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 50 3 039 Life Has Turned a Page FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 49 3 040 Put You Down MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 47 2 041 Songwriters On The Run FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 46 3 042 The River People FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 45 2 043= Haunted House MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 44 3 043= Beyond Their Law FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 44 3 045 Cave In MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 43 4 046 Love Myself (And I Always H FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 42 3 046 Riddle In The Rain MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 42 2 048 I'll Jump FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 41 3 049 Inferno (Brisbane in Summer) FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 40 2 050 Hot Water MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 39 2 051= Can You See The Lights? MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 39 2 051= Leave Here Satisfied FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 38 2 053 Echo Beach [Martha And FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 36 2 054 Turn On The Rain FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 35 2 055 Drop FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 34 3 056 Parachute FAR OUT CORPORATION (1998) 33 1 057 The Morning FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 33 2 058= When Word Gets Around MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 31 2 058= Open My Eyes MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 31 2 058= Comet Scar MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 31 2 061 I Can Do FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 30 2 062 Loneliness FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 30 1 063 Dropping You MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 27 2 064= Locked Away (Richards) FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 26 1 064= And I Knew FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 26 1 066= Cryin' Love FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 25 1 066= One Bird in the Sky FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 25 1 068 Don't You Cry For Me No More MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 23 2 069= Rock 'n' Roll Friend FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 23 1 069= Disaster In Motion FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 23 1 071 Horsebreaker Star MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 22 1 072= Just Get That Straight MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 21 2 072= Ice In Heaven MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 21 2 074= All Her Songs MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 21 1 074= I'll Look After You FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 21 1 076 Ballad Of Easy Rider MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 20 1 077 A Place To Hide Away FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 20 2 078 No Peace In The Palace MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 19 2 0
1 Demon Days FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 307 12 1 2 Baby Stones FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 273 9 3 3 Danger In The Past FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 236 10 2 4 Let Your Light In, Babe FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 209 8 2 5 Easy Come Easy Go MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 170 7 0 6 Haven't I Been A Fool MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 167 8 0 7 I've Been Looking For Somebody FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 164 7 0 8 In Your Bright Ray MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 161 8 1 9 Pandanus FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 157 6 010 It Ain't Easy FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 133 6 011 If It Rains FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 129 7 012 Black Mule MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 107 5 013= Did She Overtake You? FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 95 5 013= Learn to Burn FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 95 5 015 Stones For You MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 88 4 016 Let Me Imagine You FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 86 4 017 Is This What You Call Change FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 86 3 018= Dear Black Dream FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 85 4 018= Lighting Fires MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 85 4 018= From Ghost Town FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 85 4 021 A Poet Walks FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 82 4 022 Providence JACK FROST - Jack Frost (1990) 80 3 123 Coming Up For Air MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 78 4 124 The Evangelist FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 74 4 125 If I Should Fall Behind MCLENNAN - Surround Me (1992) 69 2 026 2541 FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 64 3 026 Surround Me MCLENNAN - Surround Me (1992) 64 2 028 Fingers MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 63 3 029 The Dark Side Of Town MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 59 4 030 Lamp By Lamp MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 58 4 031 Falling Star FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 55 3 032= Simone And Perry MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 54 4 032= One Plus One MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 54 4 034 No Fame FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 53 3 035 Thought That I Was Over You JACk FROST - Jack Frost (1990) 52 3 036 121 FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 51 3 037 Don't Touch Anything FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 51 2 038 Crazy Jane on the Day of Judg FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 50 3 039 Life Has Turned a Page FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 49 3 040 Put You Down MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 47 2 0
41 Songwriters On The Run FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 46 3 042 The River People FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 45 2 043= Haunted House MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 44 3 043= Beyond Their Law FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 44 3 045 Cave In MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 43 4 046 Love Myself (And I Always H FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 42 3 046 Riddle In The Rain MCLENNAN - Fireboy (1993) 42 2 048 I'll Jump FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 41 3 049 Inferno (Brisbane in Summer) FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 40 2 050 Hot Water MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 39 2 051= Can You See The Lights? MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 39 2 051= Leave Here Satisfied FORSTER - Danger In the Past (1990) 38 2 053 Echo Beach [Martha And FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 36 2 054 Turn On The Rain FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 35 2 055 Drop FORSTER - Calling From a (1993) 34 3 056 Parachute FAR OUT CORPORATION (1998) 33 1 057 The Morning FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 33 2 058= When Word Gets Around MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 31 2 058= Open My Eyes MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 31 2 058= Comet Scar MCLENNAN - In Your Bright Ray (1997) 31 2 061 I Can Do FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 30 2 062 Loneliness FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 30 1 063 Dropping You MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 27 2 064= Locked Away (Richards) FORSTER - I Had a NY Girlfriend (1994) 26 1 064= And I Knew FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 26 1 066= Cryin' Love FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 25 1 066= One Bird in the Sky FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 25 1 068 Don't You Cry For Me No More MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 23 2 069= Rock 'n' Roll Friend FORSTER - Warm Nights (1996) 23 1 069= Disaster In Motion FORSTER - Songs to Play (2015) 23 1 071 Horsebreaker Star MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 22 1 072= Just Get That Straight MCLENNAN - Watershed (1991) 21 2 072= Ice In Heaven MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 21 2 074= All Her Songs MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 21 1 074= I'll Look After You FORSTER - Inferno (2019) 21 1 076 Ballad Of Easy Rider MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 20 1 077 A Place To Hide Away FORSTER - The Evangelist (2008) 20 2 078 No Peace In The Palace MCLENNAN - Horsebreaker Star (1994) 19 2 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Many thanks for compiling this. It's always interesting when you have no idea which tracks people will have chosen. Only 6 songs received votes from over 50% of the 14 people who voted, so opinions were pretty divided.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
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31 people voted for up to 30 Go-Betweens tracks each.
Let's countdown the most popular sections from #60. After I sleep anyway. :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
no sleep 'til brisbane
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
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Okay, here's a bonus while I do sleep. 1980 Lindy presents an extra 10% more tracks as an entree.
Points awarded for 'TOO LOW!' posts.
#66Secondhand Furniturefrom Peel Session, October 1984
Points: 60Votes: 5 (0)
Youtube audio
#65 Hope Then Strifefrom Tallulah (1987)
Points: 65Votes: 5 (0)
#64Palm Sunday (On Board the SS Within)from Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express(1986)
Points: 69Votes: 4 (0)
#63 Don't Let Him Come Back from the 'People Say' 7" (1979) Points: 69 Votes: 5 (0)
#62You Won't Find It Againfrom demos, circa 1988.
Points: 72 Votes: 4 (0)
#61 Spirit from The Friends of Rachel Worth (2000)
Points: 80Votes: 6 (0)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
ABOUT RIGHT
― Alba, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
Hooray for Demon Days winning the solo part of the poll. I'll still never forget the first time I heard that song (and album). It was the first ever gift I got from my girlfriend (now my wife) who I'd met traveling in New Zealand not long before. We were living in Sydney and she surprised me with the album one evening. We put it on and I remember struggling to keep it together with how devastating Demon Days was. Possibly my favourite vocal of Forster's career, especially the way his voice almost breaks as he sings, "the dreams that we smoked puffed up and ran". Then there's incredible poignancy to the lines, "but something's not right, something's gone wrong". Throw in that beautifully sad solo and string arrangement and it really is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
Yes, some not very good songs there. (xp)
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
guess i should listen to the evangelist, huh
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
I'm not familiar enough with the solo records to have voted in that part of the poll but I'll definitely be using these results as a guide, so thanks everyone!
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
The only "too low" I have from that first batch is for "You Won't Find It Again"... inexplicable that it didn't make it onto 16LL.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
Atlanta Lie Low and Girl to a World both surprising omissions from the solo list. By far my favourites on Calling From a Country Phone.
― bidfurd, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
Got a big soft spot for Don't Let Him Come Back and ranked it highly, with the 80s version in mind.
Solo poll results are pretty much bang on, and the Surround Me video is now seared onto my retinas, so we're off to a great start.
― verhexen, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
TWO TOO LOWS>>>>>
You people are insane, and wrong (aside from verhexen). Don't Let Him Come Back is a classic. Also Spirit is the best Robert song on Friends of Rachel Worth. "Do you have any whiskey? Don't like to drink but I like to know it's along there with me." LOVE IT.
Surround Me video is likewise seared into my retinas. I couldn't watch any other Grant videos after seeing that.
― SA, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Palm Sunday and Spirit are my favourites from that opening stretch. One thing that I really love about Rachel Worth is the sequencing. The transition of Spirit from Magic In Here is just perfect.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
Re: Don't Let Him Come Back travesty -- I mean, I guess only four of you like the Clean or something? WHAT GIVES?
― SA, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
I'm not a massive fan of the first two singles, but Don't Let Him Come Back is my favourite of those tracks and was just a few places off making my ballot.
― Alba, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
Hopefully the Clean contingent are keeping their powder dry for a shock People Say #1.
― verhexen, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
jesus, would've thought hope then strife was a lock
― devvvine, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
“Spirit” is a tune. I can’t stop listening to that album...
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
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#60The Statuefrom Oceans Apart (2005)
Points: 83Votes: 5 (0)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
guess i should listen to the evangelist, huhYes yes yes!
I am very surprised the song The Evangelist only finished at 24. That to me seems like an obvious standout. It was my #1 but it's hard to argue with Demon Days winning.
The lyric from that album that gets me every time is from It Ain't Easy, "I write these words to his tune that he wrote on a full moon"
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
I really think GM should have sought better advice re headwear post-'80s.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
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#59 The Sound of Rain Would-be b-side for aborted Beserkley single, ca. 1979
Points: 86Votes: 5 (0)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
Last one for now.
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#58By Chance from 'Hammer the Hammer' 7" (1982), re-recorded for Before Hollywood (1983)
Points: 92Votes: 5 (0)
Youtube audio, single versionYoutube audio, album version
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
Oh that's disgustingly low. One of my favourites - the album version, at least. His vocal is so good.
― verhexen, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Agreed. Before Hollywood was the first LP I heard, a decade late. "By Chance" had me all "why didn't anyone tell me they sometimes sounded like THIS?" etc. It was high on my ballot.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
The trebly guitar sound on BH attracted me from the start; they never approximated it again.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
I kind of wish Grant stayed on bass, nobody could replicate the frustrated-lead lines. I never think of him and Lindy together as a Great Rhythm Section (for many reasons, not least the interpersonal tension) but they're monstrous on Before Hollywood.
― verhexen, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 00:37 (four years ago) link
by chance was #30 on my ballot. it's too fucking short!
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
By Chance is way too low. Verhexen otming like crazy.
― SA, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
My instinct is to restrict this to a trickle during the European night. But here's another...
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#57In the Core of the Flamefrom Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express (1986)
Points: 96Votes: 6 (0)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
Well-written, sharp use of marimba, too slow.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
this is too low. a dry run for "was there anything i could do?", but the strings and that hook..
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
the middle 8 (or whatever it is) soars too
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
And a tied pair, before I wander off again...
#55 --TIE--
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#55 (i) This Girl, Black Girlfrom 'Man O Sand...' single (1983)
Points: 96Votes: 7 (0)
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#55 (ii) You've Never Livedfrom Spring Hill Fair (1984)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
"You've Never Lived" is the closest the came to Talking Heads.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
The howl that Robert lets out just before that electrifying solo is one of my all time favourite Go-Betweens moments. Such an urgent and thrilling performance.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
These approximations of Conventional Rock Guitar Solos circa SHF still startle a little. Bless. [Haha. xpost]
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 02:18 (four years ago) link
― kitchen person, Tuesday, July 9, 2019
I'll assume McLennan played it?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 9, 2019 7:08 PM (two hours ago)
Here Comes A City = Life During Wartime
― SA, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
― SA
I always thought Here Comes The City was very similar to I've Been Here Before by Lush. I might be on my own on that one.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
you've never lived was high on my ballot, probably the song that's been stuck in my head the most through all my go-b's listening.
right here's for me. RIGHT HERE AND NO WHERE ELSE!
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 05:04 (four years ago) link
Big chunks of SMAL have been known to bring More Songs About Buildings & Food to my mind.
Time for another track, I think. Can't say I like this one much...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 05:09 (four years ago) link
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#54 Magic in Herefrom The Friends of Rachel Worth (2000)
Points: 100 Votes: 8 (0)
Youtube audio (+ seemingly unrelated footage)
Always thought Magic in Here was a perfect sentiment for the opening track of their reunion.
― Alba, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 06:03 (four years ago) link
wow I had no idea that Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes played on this record!
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 06:27 (four years ago) link
Incidentally, I finally got the Spotify playlist in order. Turns out about 1/4 of the solo tracks were missing for me, which is nowhere near as bad as I'd been anticipating. So I'll keep that stuff there. Obviously feel free to add things available locally to you, if you're into that sort of thing.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 06:36 (four years ago) link
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#53Spirit of a Vampyrefrom Tallulah (1987)
Points: 101 Votes: 5 (0)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 07:08 (four years ago) link
Poster used to be on my wall, don't know where it is now. I was going to say this my first 'too low' but I don't think it was on my ballot, so it's not too loow after all!
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 07:11 (four years ago) link