| Why I <3 Andrew Eldritch |
[Mar. 11th, 2004|06:25 pm] |
Because I can be inane, too, damnit.
- Because he's an Austen fan
- Because he's a leftist
- Because his political songs are as subtly crafted as his relationship songs
- Because he's a total elitist
- Because he said "Some people get by with a little understanding/Some people get by with a whole lot more."
- Because he introduced me to the coolness of Isabelle Adjani
- Because he's eloquent and rational in interviews, while still retaining the bitterness inherent to his coolness
- Because he mocks goths with a fluency that makes me laugh and chortle
- Vision Thing
- Because he's a Leonard Cohen fan who has exceeded Leonard's level of cool
- Because he speaks about himself in way that is at once polite, and defensive of his privacy
- Because he doesn't ruin his songs by giving them a personal context in interviews etc.
- Because he'd hate me for writing this stupid list
...and I heart him for this:
to Piers Townley,
Loaded Magazine
Piers,
"Notoriously difficult to get hold of ?" Could this possibly mean
- "Some stupid journalist once decided that Mr Eldritch was difficult to get hold of, and it suits the others to preserve the myth, as is their wont."
- "The record company has no relationship whatsoever with its artist and consequently has no idea where he may be."
- "The record company has again refused to pay for an all-expenses junket to a location exotic enough to guarantee coverage in the British press."
- "We have quite correctly been warned that Mr Eldritch would despise our magazine, and doesn't trust us to print an interview, at least not without making half of it up and sticking a really stupid headline over it."
- "Mr Eldritch lives on the mainland. We're not sure where that is, but we don't think we like it. We certainly don't know anybody that far away. What is e-mail, anyway?"
- "Mr Eldritch obviously has better things to do than make himself available to obtuse parasites."
- "Mr Eldritch obviously has better things to do than make himself available to the obtuse parasites of a derelict offshore spiv nation which has its musical, cultural and social head so far up its own backside that it can so criminally undervalue its one true intellectual Love God. Real charisma prefers to shun the collaborationist celebration of Thatcher's underclass, the beatification of the retard, and the pretence that cretinous seventies clothes are somehow new and flattering."
The answer, of course, is "none of the above". Perish the thought. It only took one fax to the People's Republic Of West Yorkshire.
Maybe you were just lucky. I'll call you on Monday and we'll see how long your luck holds out.
Andrew
( http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/gen/persuasi.htm ) |
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| The Me-Coloured Glasses |
[Mar. 4th, 2004|05:28 pm] |
This was a poem I wrote in preparation for a story I intend to write. Said story was inspired by my unbelievably talented cousin Elise's art theme: "plebs".
Con-crit, especially from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mietteling and mordain, is invited, encouraged, welcomed, and angsted after.
( The Me-Coloured Glasses ) |
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| Gestaltation |
[Jan. 19th, 2004|09:01 pm] |
A poem about pedestals, and a study of soapboxes. Har har. I give you 'Gestaltation, v1.2'.
I had mietteling read over this, and I believe I've altered it as per her suggestions. At least I will have when I've said: "Gestaltation is not a word. I made it up. The base word is gestalt."
( Exaltation ) |
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| Mini me ? |
[Jan. 10th, 2004|08:31 pm] |
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I was talking to a friend of mine who, because I am a caring friend, shall remain nameless. For the purposes of this post, we'll call him James (because I don't know anybody by that name).
So James and his older brother were fighting, and James was stupid unlucky enough to be kicked in the groin. He finished this anecdote with "I don't think little James will ever recover".
Little James ?! Like he and his penis are separate entities ? Not only was it indicative of a rather Victorian attitude toward sex, it was weird. So I laughed at him, and got home to tell my sister about this weird friend of mine and 'little James'. She told me that it was fairly common.
Please, please tell me she was having me on.
Do any of you know, or know of anybody who has mini mes ? Do any of you have mini mes ? |
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| The Rape of Goya's Truth |
[Dec. 19th, 2003|10:21 pm] |
I thought it'd be fun to experiment with styles. So I've completely blasphemed against the idea of haikus, and written a poem in which each stanza has the same syllable-pattern (as a haiku).
( The Rape of Goya's Truth ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 19th, 2003|05:10 pm] |
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This is one of the most beautiful non-Snarry fics I've ever read. I urge you all to read it, despite the ship (which is Marcus/Oliver). |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 18th, 2003|02:25 am] |
I found this interesting.
(The Return of the Pig : The revival of blatant sexism in American culture has many progressive thinkers flummoxed, by David Brooks) |
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| I am an idiot. |
[Dec. 17th, 2003|08:28 pm] |
French Results
1: A+
2: A
3: A
GAT Results
Written Communication: 23/40 (State Mean: 21)
Mathematics/Science/Technology: 28/35 (State Mean: 21)
Humanities/Arts/Social Science: 23/35 (State Mean: 18)
Study Score.
Failed on attendance. Eheh. |
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| Dreams in Sepia |
[Dec. 13th, 2003|10:15 pm] |
I found a poem I'd written a while ago, and had had betaed, and had hated (that wasn't meant to rhyme). But I have altered it slightly, and am now quite happy with it. So here it is.
( Dreams in Sepia ) |
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| A Sort of Corruption. Snarry. PG-13. |
[Dec. 13th, 2003|02:01 am] |
Con crit ? S'il-te-plaît ?
First Draft. Short Snarry piece. Edited, but not betaed. From the birth of a Death Eater, to the death of Harry Potter. This is the ultra-condensed history of Severus Snape.
Title: A Sort of Corruption
Ship: Snarry
Rating: PG-13
( A Sort of Corruption ) |
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| "The Bible's Lost Stories" |
[Dec. 12th, 2003|03:38 pm] |
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This is cool. I don't know how much credence I'm inclined to afford it, given who's reporting it. But, still. Cool. :) |
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| The People Vs. Aschroft |
[Dec. 7th, 2003|09:34 pm] |
This is more America-specific, but hot damn, is it cool ?
My little sister's in France and she keeps sending emails with phrases like 'hot damn'. Cute. :) |
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| Blood Feud |
[Dec. 4th, 2003|12:20 am] |
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| | Haillie Selasse Up Your Ass—Propagandhi | ] |
Short short short prologue to the aforementioned Harry/Draco fic I plan to write.
( Blood Feud ) |
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| Guns and Handcuffs |
[Dec. 3rd, 2003|11:43 pm] |
I want to write Guns and Handcuffs. No, I have not gone insane. I think it'd be a challenge. Snarry just works—on so many levels. But making Harry not hate Draco and vice versa is challenging enough, making them both gay, in love, and able to conduct a reasonably healthy relationship seems impossible.
(And, yes, I am ashamed) |
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| Degree of Guilt |
[Dec. 3rd, 2003|10:13 pm] |
This is a piece I wrote for English at the start at the year, then had to re-write so I didn't feel all humiliated handing in blatant femmeslash. This is the original (with the ending I had to cut out due to word count).
Verlaine also appears in (what was going to be) my NaNoWriMo story. I am strangely attached to her.
By the way: all con-crit is loved and adored. (As is pure flattery, really.)
( Degree of Guilt ) |
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| Packer's Plastics |
[Nov. 30th, 2003|04:06 pm] |
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You know those shows. Like Thorpie's Angels, and Backyard Blitz, and ... other ones. The do-something-nice-for-someone-nice shows ? Channel Nine have developed a new one. Only it's scary and vaguely nauseating. And it's not necessarily for someone nice.
It's called 'Extreme Makeovers'. The premise of the show seems to be that from however-many hopefuls, a select few have been chosen to receive ... an extreme makeover. (Given to them by Channel Nine, its sponsors, and the best plastic [or is 'cosmetic' the more politically correct term ?] surgeons around.) Apparently, this will 'change their lives, forever'— in a good way, if I am reading the hints given to me by the pastel colour scheme and the elevator music correctly.
The social implications of having a few kilos of fat lipoed and being given a new nose (or face) 'changing one's life, forever' is not only disturbing, though, but angering. In explanation, allow me to digress into somewhat of a tangent.
I remember moralis telling me about some book by Terry Pratchett (or maybe it was Douglas Adams ...) wherein Gods exist or not based on the degree of belief they inspire. The relevant point is that people only have a certain amount of belief to give. So if we're worshipping at the shrine of beauty so often and intensely that we are granted a show on prime time dedicated to making us more beautiful, how can we be giving any serious consideration to, oh ... you know, like ... other stuff ?
- Third World destitution
- Working poor
- Growing class disparity
- Latent sexism, racism, and homophobia
- Exploitation of youth by fashion (and fashionable) labels
- Et cetera
So I suppose my question is: where's 'Extreme Education', 'Tanzania's Angels', and 'Bigotry Blitz' ? And, of course how it can have become such a cliché to ask that without anything having been done about it. |
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