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I told my UPMC doctor about Gerry dying there and they were like "ok that's pretty weird but there are a lot of locations" and when I specified that it was Presbyterian she genuinely seemed a bit uncomfortable so you did a good job with Pittsburgh, at least

Have you ever been to the USA, if you have the chance do cuz we are a big as country and you’d definitely re-think the idea of having one central branch for the usher foundation…

I have, yeah, and I'm well aware of how big it is, but I suspect you might be doing a lot of extrapolation as to what the Usher Foundation is and how it works, since as far as I recall it's only vaguely referenced in a brief mention or two. Like, the Magnus Institute isn't a "central branch" that covers all of Europe, or even the UK - it's an academic institution based in London. So one would assume the Usher Foundation is an Academic institution based somewhere in America (I generally imagine it in the Boston area, or somewhere in that region of New England due to the Poe connection). Also, if academic institutions were like public agencies that had a responsibility to cover geographical areas or populations, I think the more egregious problem would be the Pu Songling Centre in Beijing, as China has five times the population of the USA in roughly the same geographical area.

Also, while I do a lot of research for my stories, especially international ones, and try to get a sense of the specific area I'm writing about, I'm obviously always going to be writing as a Brit and thus with certain British assumptions about how places work. And to be honest, after living my life in an anglophone culture dominated by USAmerican media and constantly seeing those, uh, "interpretations" of the UK, there's a slight feeling of turnabout is fair play.

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Round Four of The Hottest 80s Band Tournament

Sparks

Defeated opponents: My Bloody Valentine, Grateful Dead, Rush

Formed in: 1968

Genres: New wave, art pop, disco rock

Lineup: Russell Mael – vocals

Ron Mael – keyboards

Albums from the 80s:

Terminal Jive (1980)

Whomp That Sucker (1981)

Angst in My Pants (1982)

In Outer Space (1983)

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat (1984)

Music That You Can Dance To (1986)

Interior Design (1988)

Propaganda: 80s Sparks Ted Talk

Talking Heads 

Defeated opponents: Los Lobos, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Yellow Magic Orchestra

Formed in: 1975

Genres: New Wave 

Lineup: David Byrne- lead vocals/guitar

Chris Frantz- drums

Tina Weymouth- bass

Jerry Harrison- keyboard/guitar

Albums from the 80s: 

Remain in Light (1980)

Speaking in Tongues (1983)

Little Creatures (1985)

True Stories (1986)

Naked (1988)

Propaganda:

Visual propaganda for Sparks:

This *might* be The Magnus Protocol