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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rafael Behr

The really big questions that exercise (some) Observer journalists

CSNY. Photograph: AP

A sinister insight into the workings of the journalistic imagination: Take the classy TV cop drama CSI:NY. Feed it into the idle banter on the desk of OTV, the listings bit of the Observer Magazine. Add the obscure machinations of the human brain, well ... one brain in particular who may want to remain anonymous.

And what do you get? A strange dream in which CSI:NY merges with CSNY, a.k.a. ageing country rockers Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Which leads inevitably to the question ... who is the 'I'? What 'I' could take the stage with the artists behind classics such as Suite: Judy Blue Eyes and Teach Your Children. Best candidate so far is Tony Iommi, guitarist from Black Sabbath. Other suggestions welcome.

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