The Run Out Grooves
Mitchell StirlingSometimes, the last song says everything. Essays on the greatest (and not so great) album closers. How they’re made, what they mean, and why endings stick.
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The end of an era. Our future no clearer
Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water was the best-selling album in the UK in both 1970 and 1971. That’s a remarkable feat, given that LP buyers in 1971 had records from three former Beatles, David Bowie, T. Rex, Elton John, The...
Longer, quieter, sadder
Significance magazine Sept 2026
This article, in Significance, the official magazine of the Royal Statistical Society, the American Statistical Association and the Statistical Society of Australia. After two weeks in print and behind insti...
The wicket keeper is down
As they break for lunch at Lord’s, Pakistan are currently 53/3 in their chase of an improbable 388 to win. With test cricket taking a back seat at the same time as the rain did this summer in England, another autumn draws in, and the rain i...
Announcement - Another Reader's Poll
The Run Out Grooves Readers’ Poll returns, and this time it’s the 2000s
Hello, there’s no Sunday essay from me this week as I’m in Scotland with my family. Instead, a couple of announcements and one request for you, dear reader.
In Octobe...
Just do it on repeat
Last week parts of Europe got a total eclipse, or a decent partial one. Some people ignored the advice about looking directly at it and spent the rest of the day with sore eyes and the sun still burning behind their eyelids. In Summer 2024,...
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