I'd like to take a slightly serious moment to link the obituary of the late journalist Steven Wells. It wasn't until I stumbled upon his obituary in the Guardian that I became aware of his work, but I was soon reading through his archived material with increasing excitement.
For many years he wrote articles for NME, but crossed over recently into sports columns. More importantly he penned the most foul-mouthed, aggressive and hilarious rants I've ever seen in print, but did so creatively and intelligently (and sometimes even compassionately). It's very rare to find writing so expressive and unique, and even rarer to find a man so uncompromising in his opinions and beliefs. In an age of sponsorship deals, corporate marketing and political correctness, I wish there were more writers like Wells who had the talent to ram the big black dildo of dissent up our collective asses.
Rage in Peace.
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