Posted on 26 April 2006 @ 06:28 in Travels
I only bought one book during the two weeks in England, but it’s a good book, and it’s not fiction.
| Interrupted Lives examines the work of some of our greatest writers whose literary careers were tragically cut short. Six contemporary authors explore what might have happened had these writers lived:
Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
Percy Bysshe Shelley by Richard Holmes
Katherine Mansfield by Patricia Duncker
Angela Carter by Ali Smith
Sylvia Plath by Erica Wagner
Edward Thomas by Andrew Motion
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Recognise any of the writers in the above list?
But while I bought only one book, I did spend quite a bit on DVDs and one particular CD - All Things Must Pass, George Harrison’s very first solo album first released in 1970 (and also the very first album I bought with my “own” - well, ang pow - money).
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Posted on 26 April 2006 @ 06:05 in Travels
Having breakfast at 5:30 a.m. … 
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Posted on 25 April 2006 @ 08:45 in Janis Ian
Not because Janis sang it at the Brighton show. Or because it was my first time hearing it “live” . But because she asked for help with the lyrics and we, the audience, obliged. Yes, we sang along. Yes, we were her backing vocals that evening. 
Now, everytime I hear the song, I will remember singing along to her “live” in Brighton on 17 April 2006.
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Posted on 24 April 2006 @ 00:22 in Travels
No one to take my pictures.
Have to take “self” portraits.
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Posted on 22 April 2006 @ 20:05 in Personal, Travels
London (12:56, 22 April 2006)
It’s exactly 10 days since my last post. I’m still in England - another 9 hours or so before I head home. It’s two weeks since I flew here on 8 April, and to me, these two weeks have been the perfect length of time for this trip. I’m ready to head home, back to my own space, back to my routine, and back among my family. I’m not wishing I could stay longer, mainly because I’ve done all I came to do on this trip, and more!
I took lots of pictures but cannot find one that sums up these past two weeks. This one comes the closest:
The white-haired lady in the blue top standing next to me is none other than the reason for the past 14 days in England …
Janis Ian
The picture was taken after her concert in Brighton on Monday, 17 April 2006 (held in a theatre-turned-cinema so the acoustics was good). She’d just spent time meeting fans and signing lots of autographs, and agreed to a quick group shot. Except after the first shot, she told Philip, her co-manager, to take one more, “just in case” . He ended up taking two more because for the second shot, some of us in the group had moved and he took a third after everyone had regrouped. This is the third of the three shots.
Thanks, Janis, for taking the time to pose with us, despite having to get up real early the next morning to drive to your next gig in Newcastle.
More pictures and more stories when I get home.
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