tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post6232190865110909870..comments2024-02-29T03:52:25.601+00:00Comments on Quiddity of Delusion: Gleaned Genius (Pt 5)M.J. Nichollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-26142113709644609942009-10-18T20:29:24.731+01:002009-10-18T20:29:24.731+01:00Funny you should mention Inverness. I go there reg...Funny you should mention Inverness. I go there regularly to see my "other" family. Bloody freezing, though.<br /><br />If you go, take 50 jackets.M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-66556373990540204592009-10-18T01:28:05.830+01:002009-10-18T01:28:05.830+01:00I was in Edinburgh only for an afternoon--I had a ...I was in Edinburgh only for an afternoon--I had a conference in Glasgow and was THERE almost a week and loved it, but the Edinburgh trip was a speedrace through the primary tourist points (which for me centered on JK Rowling). I saw enough to know I'd love to get back there, though my tendencies when wandering as a tourist are rather darker than the exploration I steal from conference locales. Where I'd REALLY like to go is Inverness...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-87223396060499726872009-10-17T16:30:38.178+01:002009-10-17T16:30:38.178+01:00Ian Sinclair pioneered the "piss-up" psy...Ian Sinclair pioneered the "piss-up" psychogeographical exercise -- wandering from pub to pub "getting to know people" through kegs of Stella.<br /><br />It seems you have partaken in this yourself, albeit obliviously!M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-27116944569776133002009-10-17T16:13:35.640+01:002009-10-17T16:13:35.640+01:00Witnesses of my Urbis Forums avatar will have seen...Witnesses of my Urbis Forums avatar will have seen the evidence of the one and only time I managed to explore my pants off. <br />Usually the things remained stubbornly determined to remain in place.<br /><br />I also feel sadly deprived in another way, a combination of advancing civilisation and blandification have made most sojourns boringly safe and unadventurous – especially in the UK. <br /><br />Ah, back in the days up until the 1970’s, where a walk down the Scotswood Road could lead to blood and gore if someone sneezed in the wrong direction. Where wandering along a Soho street would lead to “Come inside Sir” plus a stage whispered “And we’ll rip you off, and then mug you again when you leave”. Or having to keep a hand over your pint in a Warwickshire pub to prevent blood splashing in when the man next to you was ‘glassed’ by his mate. <br />Ah, the memories!<br /><br />Hell, I have to go abroad for such adventures now.<br /><br />The Royal College of Art photography department had a neat idea, they sent newbies out in the street with instructions to shove their camera into a strangers face and come back with some extreme close-ups. <br />Now that was ‘getting to know people”.<br /><br />I wonder what the literary equivalent would be?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880835293833765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-77394636823053131832009-10-17T12:53:42.647+01:002009-10-17T12:53:42.647+01:00I must take you and Lydia hiking with me and Horst...I must take you and Lydia hiking with me and Horst.I Must Be Offhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148155129334288438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-85594128064802187142009-10-16T22:31:19.469+01:002009-10-16T22:31:19.469+01:00Yes, Dutch is our poison, our torment. We love her...Yes, Dutch is our poison, our torment. We love her. <br /><br />I suspect we are FB friends through the Lydia account (which I co-manage). I peeped your comment on FB though I was phased by the Mona alias. <br /><br />Burroughs and the cut-up. Hmm. I was never won over by this method. Except in the lyrics of David Bowie.M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-34305945996861894172009-10-16T22:18:57.023+01:002009-10-16T22:18:57.023+01:00Hurrah indeed! I have been known to drool for Mizz...Hurrah indeed! I have been known to drool for MizzD (I am trying to picture that 'love heart' in Joe Strummer's gob, and well I suspect there wld be drool there too, but not such an attractive sight my friend!)<br />Regards/<br />PS: Wld I be right in thinking that we are already FB friends? Amazing place that, Lydia and my question re: The Third Mind was just answered and silly me...I didn't realise that it was THAT William S Burroughs that was being talked about. The same one that appears at my blog with alarming regularity!!!exilestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097089555295137255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-84998925240506480792009-10-16T22:11:55.662+01:002009-10-16T22:11:55.662+01:00I'm drooling. Hurrah for the Clash and hurrah ...I'm drooling. Hurrah for the Clash and hurrah for MizzD.M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-44570091856130551222009-10-16T21:50:22.787+01:002009-10-16T21:50:22.787+01:00Of an age where I saw them numerous times, was har...Of an age where I saw them numerous times, was hard to beat that one tho' Clash/Jam/Buzzcocks/Slits and Subway Sect all for a couple of quid!<br />Truly an outstanding night & with the wonders of this interwebbythingy I got a recording of The Clash that night, and it sounded as good as I remember!<br />I visit from time to time via MizzD's FB page...<br />Regards/exilestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097089555295137255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-7569707904496115522009-10-16T21:37:37.832+01:002009-10-16T21:37:37.832+01:00Well, at least you saw THE CLASH. I'd happily ...Well, at least you saw THE CLASH. I'd happily walk halfway around the world in my bare feet to pray at the altar of Strummer and co.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-23682196112386175512009-10-16T21:17:11.832+01:002009-10-16T21:17:11.832+01:00Thank you!
i have now added 'psychogeography&#...Thank you!<br />i have now added 'psychogeography' to the list of things that i will NOT be doing when I do NOT come and visit Edinburgh!<br />A night spent in the photobooth at Waverley Station with <a href="http://www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">two</a> future Ripped & Torn Puppy Killers after The Clash gig at The Playhouse in May 77 was more than enough of yr fair city for me!<br />Regards/exilestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097089555295137255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-84480163176071925902009-10-16T20:55:47.050+01:002009-10-16T20:55:47.050+01:00Ha! No, my pants refused to come off. That might h...Ha! No, my pants refused to come off. That might have spruced things up, going for a swim in the petrochemical waters.<br /><br />Which part of Edinburgh did you visit? Did you shun the tourist traps and explore the dirty crags?M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450078601022572253.post-4491477927833792592009-10-16T18:34:46.827+01:002009-10-16T18:34:46.827+01:00But did you explore your PANTS OFF? Because if yo...But did you explore your PANTS OFF? Because if you still had your pants at the end of the day, I'd argue you don't have a true feel for the exercise... Then again, you know my feelings about pants.<br /><br />I think it sounds like a FABULOUS time, though I am with you on the four lunches and lots of sits in pubs along the way. <br /><br />I think I once had that experience in Edinburgh, but a mad busker knocked me off the sidewalk. Then again I started at the bottom and climbed up... climbing OUT of gutters is never as fun as falling in...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.com