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Memo and Lies, Lies, Lies

3 February 2010 3 Comments Written by Joe Sparrow

Memo is a big fat LIAR. Let’s not beat around the bush. On his Myspace page, he claims, spuriously, that he was the drummer in Def Leppard, knows ex-Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, and is a tenant of Chuck Norris’.

Claims of such celebrity dalliances are not only perversely 80’s in their outlook, but mere fibs in comparison to the biggest lie he’s managed to propagate: that his output is so prodigious that next time you visit his Myspace page, the songs you loved last time may have all been replaced by new ones.

In a display of real cunning, this claim seems backed up by hard fact: when I listened to lighter-than-air pop shuffle A Minha Son today, the stats read Plays: 0. We are dealing with a dangerous mind here.

Dangerous, but clever. A Minha Son is sharp in execution and gossamer-thin in its design: coolly pretty, distantly alluring and crystalline in poise.

Memo – A Minha Son

It sounds like all the French pop songs you always wanted to like but couldn’t quite – but better. Waif-like, full of love; angular and brilliant.

After all this, ask yourself the question: what is truth? And what is it worth? These are philosophical times, friends. Why even bother caring – let’s just take it all at face value.

And so: Memo is a minor genius, and his vanishing-songs trick will ensure your life is always enriched with a new, obtuse, quirky, song.

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3 Comments »

  • Gareth Hacking said:

    You mean to say you don’t know Dan Marino?

    He’s always out and about round the pubs in Chorlton that one.

  • Dan Marino said:

    ya man, I know him.
    He’s a real chill dood.
    we kick back, listen to some zep.
    sometimes some Jet Jagger~

  • Joe Sparrow (author) said:

    Dang. Just goes to show my cynicism isn’t always useful. Sorry, Mr. Marino, sir.

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