The Angel and Linkin Park.

Linkin Park's "Burn it Down" video still speaks a lot to me.



It matches well with Ricardo Bellver's "Fuente del Ángel Caído" in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid:

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RIP Chester Bennington.


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The Attack of the Animal Spirits.

Well, it would seem the Animal Spirits of many "average business men" (or "keyneses", for short) are currently (4:45 AM Tuesday, 30 June 2015, AEST, GMT+10) rather subdued:

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Spare a thought for the laundry operators dealing with the underwear of the "keyneses" …

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M. Hollande and Frau Merkel reach out to Tsipras; while M. Juncker, barely suppressing a tear, feels "betrayed" (poor, poor thing).

Aussie markets: "$36 billion wiped off Australian stocks" (like, ouch!)

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And today's the day! One step closer

Burn it Down.

"His trust was with th' Eternal to be deemed
Equal in strength, and rather than be less
Cared not to be at all; with that care lost
Went all his fear: of God, or Hell, or worse"

Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin produced Burn it Down, lead single from Living Things. Shinoda on the meaning of that song:

"You know, to be honest, we get the songs to a certain point, and once we put out our record, it's up to the fans to decide how the song gets finished. In other words, we lead you to a certain point in the road and we say, 'Okay, the rest of it is your call. You bring your own interpretation to the song'."

To me, it tells an epic and tragic tale. But that's me.

Not much more to say, really. In my opinion, by far the single best video of 2012: