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Ooooh, that's funny - I was just on the phone with someone and we discussed this very term!

So diffyg ar yr haul literally translates as "an absence of the sun" or "a flaw of the sun" - basically, it suggests there's a problem with the sun.

I can't help but wonder if this is a hangover from when early cultures saw eclipses as terrifying omens or a real problem with the sun, and not just the moon going on a jolly for a few minutes. Did early Welsh people look up at the darkening sky and go, "Ah, fuck, sun's broken"?

Dammit. He’s so gorgeous.

Earlier this year, I interpreted all the Journal For Plague Lovers remixes as paper collage pieces, and then wrote about my thoughts on each remix, and what I thought they did well when it comes to expressing or reinterpreting the original tracks, and my collage process.

You can find my commentary for each collage/track here.

Peeled Apples - Andrew Weatherall remix

Jacking Collins Existential Question Time - St Etienne remix

Me And Stephen Hawking - Sea Power remix

This Joke Sport, Severed - Patrick Wolf remix

Journal For Plague Lovers - Optimo remix

She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach - Pariahs remix

Facing Page: Top Left - Adem remix

Marlon J.D. - New Young Pony Club remix

Doors Closing Slowly - The Horrors remix

All Is Vanity - Errors remix

Pretension/Repulsion - Four Tet remix

Virginia State Epileptic Colony - Fuck Buttons remix

William's Last Words - Underworld remix