whoa, the blue light was my baby, and the red light was my mind.....
The Rolling Stones singing "Street Fighting Man" is total nonsense.A millionaire singing working class songs is a total lie.(hello,Russell Brand!)
Saying that ,I loved this song in the 1970s.I believed every word....Sometimes artifice is a very comforting distraction.innit?
We are critical of politicians & the lies they tell us.Are we any better with the lies we tell ourselves?
Cath took this photo of me in Athens in 1987.She was still recovering from her first miscarriage.
I asked her to take it.Saying that ,I loved this song in the 1970s.I believed every word....Sometimes artifice is a very comforting distraction.innit?
We are critical of politicians & the lies they tell us.Are we any better with the lies we tell ourselves?
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| Athens:August 1987. |
I was reading plenty of Paul Bowles & Bruce Chatwin at the time.
I suppose ,in this photo , I wanted to give an impression of a 'Gentleman Abroad'.Living with 'real' people.[Not on some dodgy package holiday!]
I remember I began reading Raymond Carver on my return.("Working Class Noir"!).
Chris was born safely the following year.I guess it worked....
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The Who, Dr. John,
Ron Sexsmith, Robert Cray, Glenn Tilbrook, Mavis Staples, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Pepe Romero,
The Persuasions, Leo Kottke, Elvis Costello, Albert Lee, Stevie Wonder, David Bromberg, and Allen Toussaint.
A Working-Class Hero is something to be, and that's why in my eyes Rusty E Brand can do no wrong. He's an Obsessive (most junkies are) and presently it's Yoga so that's nice and quiet.
Love the Athens street market image - I wonder if those buildings have changed as much as The Subject.
Tony, FYI: I just got a spam email from your aol.com account. It appears it has been "compromised."