Farewell, then, Tony Wilson.
Yes, you should have signed The Smiths. But you were right about Mick Hucknell, his music’s rubbish and he’s a ginger.
Have a look here and remember, and smile.
Monthly Archive for August, 2007
Who was it who said, of literary criticism I think, “we murder to dissect”?
Who said that writing about music was “dancing like architecture”?
Well in the Guardian Guide on Saturday, Tim Jonze wrote about the comedian Josie Long. He said ‘you do have to be there’ to appreciate her sketch where she just repeats the phrase “Who here, out of everyone here, likes Nelly?”
I don’t need to be there. Just reading that phrase made me laugh out loud and thinking it still puts a big silly grin on my face.
Reading Calvin and Hobbes in bed, I turn out the light and briefly turn on the radio to check the alarm. First word I hear is “Calvinistic”.
Just now, watching Cape Wrath. Line of dialogue: “How’s Jack Donnelly?”. I turn to the bookcase and the first thing I see are the words MILLS/DONNELLY.
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