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And the headstones climbed up the hills
Aug. 11th, 2007 11:00 amIf you like stories of bands disintegrating - and who doesn't?- you *must* watch BBC4's Hawkwind - Do Not Panic. It's on tonight, but will doubtless crop up many more times as is the BBC4 way. I mean, yes Spinal Tap and Dig! are good, but does either of them feature grenades? I rather think not. And you don't need the least interest in Hawkwind's music to appreciate it; I only knew 'Silver Machine', though I do now find myself interested in learning more. I love BBC4.
Londoners may have noticed that the place is awash with scouts at the moment - some big anniversary bash in Essex is to blame, I believe. What puzzles me is how much the uniform has been liberalised these days. When I was a kid scouts still looked, y'know, like scouts - but they finally seem to have taken notice of their own motto and Been Prepared for the mockworthiness of that outfit. Now they seem to be able to wear whatever they damn well want, so long as they have that daft little neckerchief business on top. Meaning one sees it accompanying multiple facial piercings, on top of a Clash t-shirt, on top of a bloody Slipknot t-shirt. Oh, and on girls, of course. I wonder which of them has the ghost of Baden-Powell weeping most.
The irony of the redesign being, of course, that now I am older and wiser I can see that having that many scouts on Oxford Street in oldskool uniforms would have been really cool and looked like some form of paramilitary takeover.
(This reminds me of another chap I saw the other day - an old Sikh dude dressed entirely in orange, the turban too. I'm not too up on Sikh beliefs, so have no idea whether there's any religious significance to this, or whether he just thought orange looked good on him. If it was that, fair play to him, he was right)
And yes, I'm sad about Tony Wilson dying, and about not being the Briton to win £35m on last night's lottery, but that aside I seem to be in a better mood than I have been for a while. The benefits of a good night's sleep, I suppose - and that in spite of The Shield and Fell right before bed. As regards the former - it amazes me that someone as reliably fvckwitted as Shane nonetheless managed to find a wife even more stupid than himself.
Londoners may have noticed that the place is awash with scouts at the moment - some big anniversary bash in Essex is to blame, I believe. What puzzles me is how much the uniform has been liberalised these days. When I was a kid scouts still looked, y'know, like scouts - but they finally seem to have taken notice of their own motto and Been Prepared for the mockworthiness of that outfit. Now they seem to be able to wear whatever they damn well want, so long as they have that daft little neckerchief business on top. Meaning one sees it accompanying multiple facial piercings, on top of a Clash t-shirt, on top of a bloody Slipknot t-shirt. Oh, and on girls, of course. I wonder which of them has the ghost of Baden-Powell weeping most.
The irony of the redesign being, of course, that now I am older and wiser I can see that having that many scouts on Oxford Street in oldskool uniforms would have been really cool and looked like some form of paramilitary takeover.
(This reminds me of another chap I saw the other day - an old Sikh dude dressed entirely in orange, the turban too. I'm not too up on Sikh beliefs, so have no idea whether there's any religious significance to this, or whether he just thought orange looked good on him. If it was that, fair play to him, he was right)
And yes, I'm sad about Tony Wilson dying, and about not being the Briton to win £35m on last night's lottery, but that aside I seem to be in a better mood than I have been for a while. The benefits of a good night's sleep, I suppose - and that in spite of The Shield and Fell right before bed. As regards the former - it amazes me that someone as reliably fvckwitted as Shane nonetheless managed to find a wife even more stupid than himself.
