Category Archives: my past
Living in the future
I was going to be an astronomer. This was going to involve a lot of sex.
Filed under confession, my past, space
Living in the past
I asked for, and got, Porcupines by Echo & the Bunnymen and Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony, both of which first appeared in my life about 1983; the first via Radio 1, the second thanks to Stephen Sharkey, who had heard … Continue reading
Filed under confession, Gustav Mahler, Liverpool, music, my past, Terence Davies
Of Time and the City
Went to see Of Time and the City by Terence Davies on Sunday. I never know quite what to make of his films. The first one I saw, Distant Voices, Still Lives, in 1988, I reviewed for the university newspaper. … Continue reading
Filed under confession, film, Gustav Mahler, Liverpool, my past, Terence Davies
Black, Lynch and Rothko
When I was at primary school a teacher told my class that there was no such thing as black paint or ink or dye: anything that was called black would, if you looked hard at it, turn out to be … Continue reading
Filed under art, contemplation, film, Lynch, my past, Rothko, television
