Sartwell's Second Law, which states that "a song's excellence is inversely proportional to the square of its distance from the blues." In plain English, the further a band strays from the blues, the worse it is. "Rock is a traditional art form, a popular art form that emerged out of the blues and has to be judged by the standards of blues," Sartwell explains. "If a band tries to make fine art or mistakes itself for Wagner, it has misunderstood the form."

https://x.com/i/status/2074596583052845233 Wow, it’s not just cricket where fixing happens ⚽️

This film was released uncut only on OTT but that too was taken down by government within 48 hours.

Touché! :)

They call for “concerted policies” to ensure that future reading education will promote reading habits and “practices to match the pivotal role of reading”. They want policymakers to invest in further reading research. Poetically and rather dramatically, they quote the line: “War is what happens when language fails.”