of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
attempted murder
last night someone set fire to a bag of refuse in the doorway of a shop in lower richmond road
say a little prayer for our friends who were trapped on the top floor of the blazing building
say a little prayer for our friends who were trapped on the top floor of the blazing building
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
trapeze
camera work by robert krasker, directed by carol reed, worked together on the third man
starring burt lancaster, gina lollobrigida, tony curtis, and a beautiful circus
pure red-in-the-tooth melodrama, but i gaped at the magnificent camera work
exemplary story-telling and the dialogue is 110% distilled emotional blackmail
if you love beauty, and circuses, and beginners-level mind-games, it really is great fun !
starring burt lancaster, gina lollobrigida, tony curtis, and a beautiful circus
pure red-in-the-tooth melodrama, but i gaped at the magnificent camera work
exemplary story-telling and the dialogue is 110% distilled emotional blackmail
if you love beauty, and circuses, and beginners-level mind-games, it really is great fun !
Friday, October 21, 2005
improvisation
at four a.m. it was warm and dry but by seven, when i arrived at my first drop, a village pub in sussex, the rain was looking like prison bars
the pub was still dark and there was no one around, so what was i to do with a sack of flour and three cardboard boxes ?
i found three empty beer crates and inverted them
then i went into the pub garden and pinched two giant umbrellas from the tables to make a tent ... and it worked !
the pub was still dark and there was no one around, so what was i to do with a sack of flour and three cardboard boxes ?
i found three empty beer crates and inverted them
then i went into the pub garden and pinched two giant umbrellas from the tables to make a tent ... and it worked !
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
hero worship
i had to screech to a halt today after glimpsing one of mad jack fuller's follies
i'd been introduced to him by the late great edith sitwell in her lovely book "english eccentrics" which celebrates the energy and passion and humanity of those who are extremely disinhibited for one reason or another
she probably wrote it for money, and in a hurry, but it is well worth persevering with her
she probably wrote it for money, and in a hurry, but it is well worth persevering with her
Monday, October 17, 2005
more half-baked guesswork in industrial archaeology ...
cycling every day from putney bridge towards nine elms, i pass a couple of tall "chimneys" springing from the pavement
might they have provided ventilation for bazalgette's famous sewer ?
the pattern around the rim at the top is certainly in the right kind of style for the project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bazalgette_joseph.shtml
what do you think ?
might they have provided ventilation for bazalgette's famous sewer ?
the pattern around the rim at the top is certainly in the right kind of style for the project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bazalgette_joseph.shtml
what do you think ?
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