a film on the theme du jour, a missing child. The leading actress is a rail- thin Kate McCann lookalike, her patron saint is St. Anthony, a portuguese saint for the ‘missing’. Why didn’t the police search the basement?Strange equinox: intense, something is in the air… last night a squat party in Hackney. Our band…
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Dead Can Dance to the vernal equinox
Years ago I photographed Lisa Gerrard of Dead can Dance, never heard their music though. Did some really nice pictures of her which I’ll post up sometime, when I find them…Last night listened to their whole oeuvre and Lisa Gerrard’s solo stuff… amazing. She can sound Indian or African or medieval…Really atmospheric. Especially while roasting…
Heather Mills
as in sneaking admiration for… she’s nutty and brave! Bunny boilers, a much-maligned and exclusively female section of society (male retort to being caught out! if you read your Susan Faludi). Men are hunters, predators, go-getters, attractively forceful and determined, women who exhibit similar behaviour should be ridiculed or sectioned.Musing upon this, I remember as…
14
My teenager will be 14 on the 23rd of March, better make another cake! My solstice baby…13 is such an important number, the number of moons per year, an unlucky number in the UK but lucky in France. In the hospital, I was in bed 13.13 traditional age to start menstruation? (Although girls start earlier…
juno
The eponymous title and heroine of this film brings the asteroid Juno into the public gaze. My teenager and I loved the film (although I was hoping that it wasn’t too influential!). I felt that giving up the baby was unrealistically ‘easy’ and the protagonists parents would have taken care of the baby in real…
Drumming out the blues
Spent 3 hours doing a 5 mile anti-war march with Barking Batteria and Rythms of resistance from Trafalagar square over the river to finish at Westminster. I played a large heavy surdo, which is a real physical effort but the vibe of playing with 60 drummers is amazing. I delve into my inner boudicca…and thump…
blackfriars pub
Well worth visiting. Only art nouveau pub in London. Full of marble, golden mosaics and phrases cut in stone. Area previously home to Dominican monks.
watkins book shop
This week I visited my favourite book shop in Diagon Alley, Watkins, the home of esoteric writings, cult theorists, conspiracies, astrology books…etc. I can spend hours there… I have dreams of owning a bookshop/gallery/cafe by the sea one of these days.I also attended the press showing of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery “Blue…
There will be blood…
This film contains a tour de force performance by Daniel Day Lewis, who acts as if a man possessed… My theory is that anyone who dribbles on screen is automatically given an Oscar, snotty noses count too!Spent some time in The National Gallery, where I viewed some of my old faves, The Ambassadors by Holbein…
Note to self: Start being an arsehole
Tired of being nice, polite, dutiful and sensitive to others. It’s only making me unhappy. New books out give the following advice: Gryzb and Chandler’s 10-step guide to getting tough1. Don’t smileSmiling gives someone permission to think you don’t really mean what you say as you have this big grin on your face. Women in particular…