the weeks travel on like a rolly poly franciscan monk with too much toilet paper. i guess working five days is good for the bank account. just been doing that and ransacking moreland libraries for their dvd collection. i think coburg is the winner in this respect. i use moreland because i find darabin librairies to be slightly lossy. i must admit i've missed coburg and its certain charm until i went there two weeks ago. i'm really not that far, just a trundle over the suspension bridge with merri creek underneath, pass a primary school, go past coburg tigers home ground and hey presto.
i bought a vinyl copy of the pretty things 's.f sorrow' and i must say again THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PSYCADELIC POP RECORDS. its went under the radar, partly cause it wasn't released until the end of 1968, even though it was recorded in 67. its a concept album (probably the first) and now i know the story. our man sebastian sorrow is born,grows up a dreamy introverted fellow,falls in love with the girl next door, goes to war, then moves to america and his girl dies in a ballon accident while coming to meet her man. thats all side one. side two just gets strange . sorrow is visited by baron saturday, who takes him on a dreamscape, then sorrow is bitter and tormented and not happy for the rest of the album. great stuff. i'm developing a huge fondness for phil may, i can tell you
i will leave you with this one thought. might it be possible to fasten that which is unfastnable?
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