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Appreciation: Mark E. Smith, acerbic founder of influential British  post-punk band the Fall - Los Angeles Times
The Fall. Photo: LATimes.com

A lot of music is made for passive consumption.

Listening is something that happens passively in the background while you're doing something else. People don't actually block time to listen to the radio or records anymore.

The Fall is not one of those bands.

But people used to, and for prolific bands like The Fall that meant cul…

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