Even a sponge has more life than I!
Nov. 22nd, 2010 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexsarllI think it's fair to say that I have had better weeks. Neither finances nor my immune system have been all they could have been, there were all too many intimations of mortality (Dexter Fletcher's decrepit appearance in Misfits the least of them), and even a book I'd been hoping might provide a romping diversion, Charles Yu's How To Live Safely In A Science-Fictional Universe, turned out to be largely a McSweeney's-style autobiographical affair about a difficult childhood, in which the main power source for time travel is regret. I feel it was slightly misrepresented. Keeping me on an even-ish keel, as ever: friends, TV comedy and Doctor Who. The one big excursion was Friday's Nuisance, packed with lots of people I knew and, as ever, a few too many I didn't including some right dodgy elements. And I remain unsure whether the two strangers who wanted pictures with me were impressed or taking the piss. Still, onwards and - hopefully - upwards.
One interesting revelation in the slightly disappointing Neil Diamond documentary Solitary Man: talking of the period in the sixties when his 'I'm a Believer' was a massive hit for the Monkees, there was discussion of the difficulty in following it up. One miss, everyone agreed, and you were no longer infallible, you were human, and your career could well be over. Whenever you see someone talking about the short-termism of the modern music industry, its failure to develop artists, remember that. The music industry always broken, foolish and greedy.
Giuseppe di Lampedusa wrote The Leopard, one of the finest novels of all time. He came from Italy, often rated as a country that knows a thing or two about food. And yet his letters show that upon his arrival in Britain, "toast comes as a great and pleasant surprise". Truly a wise man.
One interesting revelation in the slightly disappointing Neil Diamond documentary Solitary Man: talking of the period in the sixties when his 'I'm a Believer' was a massive hit for the Monkees, there was discussion of the difficulty in following it up. One miss, everyone agreed, and you were no longer infallible, you were human, and your career could well be over. Whenever you see someone talking about the short-termism of the modern music industry, its failure to develop artists, remember that. The music industry always broken, foolish and greedy.
Giuseppe di Lampedusa wrote The Leopard, one of the finest novels of all time. He came from Italy, often rated as a country that knows a thing or two about food. And yet his letters show that upon his arrival in Britain, "toast comes as a great and pleasant surprise". Truly a wise man.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 11:12 am (UTC)Who/what/where were the unsavoury types at Nuisance? I avoided the dancefloor for rather a lot of the later bit of the evening due to a combination of flimsy shoes & broken glass.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 11:19 am (UTC)For me it's Press Gang but still, very much A Young Person. Not, dear heavens, the father of the lead.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 11:21 am (UTC)He's a good choice of father for Nathan though, being another curly haired cheeky babyfaced type. But still. Should. Not. Be. Old.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 11:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 01:13 pm (UTC)Also, I was showing a friend pics from Saturday night and she said you look very charismatic, so I imagine those people were totally in awe of you. Also also that man was really annoying and I was quite frightened for Horry's safety when he started wrapping his scarf round his head and still dancing/flailing.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 02:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 02:28 pm (UTC)*I definitely don't mean keep the downloaded version, because I haven't downloaded it.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-22 02:40 pm (UTC)