The worst that can happen  Last updated 10:15 09/12/2013  The
phrase/question - what's the worst that can happen? - I think
I've got the definitive example, music-wise. It's when an artist
you like, or previously liked, tackles the work of another
artist you admire and ruins it. Painfully. Makes it hard for you
to take seriously, makes you wonder what you saw in that
artist's work previously. And can even leave a bad taste in your
mouth with regard to the original songs - you go back to listen
to them and hear the bad cover versions in your head. Nina  So,
I better give you the example I'm thinking about - to clarify. I
really like Xiu Xiu, in fact I thought last year's album,
Always, was the high water mark from a prolific artist. As Xiu
Xiu, Jamie Stewart is not about the accessible, not necessarily
- the music is not for everyone. It's not trying to be. But in
Always I found something I could really dig, beaut new snyth-
based songs, it was an intense listening experience, but I think
of it - still - as the