Thanks for another great instalment
jpatokal, and for reminding me about Laibach. I remember, back in the distant fog of my student years, staying with some friends in a squalid student dive in Dunedin, NZ. The place had no heating, no insulation (it barely had electricity) so when the cold grew unbearable the ritual was to throw on a battered LP of some bizarre band I've never heard of, crank it up loud, and goose step/formation dance/improvise furiously to the anthemic strains of their official flat song. This turned out to be Life is Life by Laibach - after half-heartedly trying to track it down a few times without any success, I've never heard it since (until downloading it right now) but I clearly remember its surreal, martial/melodromatic/operatic qualities. I love it - thanks for reuniting me with this bizarre classic!
