Your former glories and all the stories dragged and washed with eager hands

[sovay]

Three different people this afternoon sent me this article about the drowned and dredged intaglios from the fort of Uxelodunum: "Ancient Romans Dropped Their Bling Down the Drain, Too."

Just now, I discovered that Garbage had lent their glitchy wall of sound to a cover of Siouxsie & The Banshees' "Cities in Dust," easily my favorite song about the excavation of Pompeii.

They pair nicely.

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[troisoiseaux]

easily my favorite song about the excavation of Pompeii.

Does this imply the existence of other songs about the excavation of Pompeii? Because this is a playlist I didn't know I needed.

[sovay]

Does this imply the existence of other songs about the excavation of Pompeii? Because this is a playlist I didn't know I needed.

I am afraid it implies the existence of me being slightly facetious, but other songs about or at least significantly referencing Pompeii include Nova Mob's "The Last Days of Pompeii," Dar Williams' "This Was Pompeii," and Bastille's "Pompeii" (bonus: acoustically surrounded by Pompeiian artifacts at the British Museum).

[troisoiseaux]

Bastille's "Pompeii" (bonus: acoustically surrounded by Pompeiian artifacts at the British Museum)

I love that song/band (I actually saw Bastille in concert in... oooh, 2014, I think?) but I'd never seen that video! How cool!!!