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MUSIC: Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, “Venus”

The very great Montreal band from the late ’80s sings about the place “one planet closer to the Sun:”

Ninety atmospheres of pressure under the boiling yellow sky

It’s angry

It makes angry planet sounds

It makes a fatal high-speed crash involving alcohol and explosives look like children throwing little balls of snow

It’s Venus

It’s a planet

You wanna go?

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