demagogue on 19/12/2011 at 15:01

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Two other persons just died that were more important to me personally than Hitchens and Kim JI, artistically bent as I am. RIP to both.

(http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/19/us-czech-havel-idUSTRE7BH08W20111219) Václav Havel - In the 90s the two things I loved most were poetry and books on liberalism (Tocqueville, et al), so Havel was an easy heroic figure.

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/17/cesaria-evora?INTCMP=SRCH) Cesária Évora - Her music was a revelation to me around 2003-4, a rather darker period (for me and the world) than the bright 90s. But (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7BV-IuyKI) that music!