Category Archives: England

Anti-Protest Camp – London

October 24, 2011 – 4:52 am

After Fingers and I were scourged by the flail of high ticket prices from St. Paul’s Cathedral, we walked to our respective Tube stations. A six-man patrol of riot police tramped down the sidewalk without a step in unison. They had been posted to the other side of the church from the anti-Wealth protestors in […]

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Scrounging At St. Paul’s

October 22, 2011 – 1:22 pm

Last Monday I crossed the Thames on a pedestrian bridge. I had been at the Gerard Richter exhibit at the New Tate Museum with Fingers. He resembled a reformed pirate. We hadn’t seen each other in 10 years. Most of my friends in Europe could say the same. Fingers took a few photos of me […]

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London Redux

October 22, 2011 – 6:57 am

The City of Oxford is served by an express bus to London. The cost of a return ticket is 20 quid. I caught an afternoon bus last Saturday. The trip was quick and painless. I jumped off in Nottinghill Gate. It had been over ten years since my last visit to London, but my memory […]

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Back To The Smoke

October 20, 2011 – 11:42 am

Last week I arrived in the UK for a tour of London. It had been over 10 years since my last visit and my friends sought my presence like I was the only ecstasy dealer at a Berlin Rave. Saturday night a teenage party on Edgeware Road with my godson. There was no way I […]

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MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN by Noel Coward

July 24, 2011 – 8:05 pm

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Noel Coward) In tropical climes there are certain times of day When all the citizens retire, to tear their clothes off and perspire. It’s one of those rules that the biggest fools obey, Because the sun is much too sultry and one must avoid its ultry-violet ray — Papalaka-papalaka-papalaka-boo. (Repeat) Digariga-digariga-digariga-doo. […]

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