There are many obscurities and some inconsistencies. Other obscurities rediscovered by Holtz go back to the earliest published comic strips. A few obscurities of prosody betray the period in which the work was written. Here many obscurities are resolved in the person of the mage "Massimo Battisti". His style is described as socially critical magic realism flavoured with obscurities. "Two-Bit Manchild" is now considered one of the "obscurities" of Neil Diamond's catalog. "Couscous" is of Berber origin, The exact formation of the word presents some obscurities. However, the dream faded quickly due to internal label obscurities and their hopes were dashed. The song was also later included on Merritt's "Obscurities" compilation in 2011. Obscurities is a compilation album by Stephin Merritt, released in 2011 on Merge Records.