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THE CASTLEDINE DIARIES...

  1. AS I HAVE FINALLY REACHED MY 52nd. BIRTHDAY AND SURVIVED (SO FAR>>>) A DANGEROUS ILLNESS... A DAY TO CELEBRATE...
  2. SPENT THE MORNING LOUNGING AROUND AND DRINKING A SMALL AMOUNT OF BOURBON AND LISTENING TO MISSISSIPPI BLUES COMPILATION AND SONIC YOUTH AND ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION + A TAPE OF MY OWN PRACTICE MUSINGS...
  3. TIME NOW TO GO OUT AND BUY MYSELF A PRESENT...

 

THE WEATHER IS TYPICAL APRIL... BRIGHT AND BLUSTERY AT THE SAME TIME...ANTHING COULD HAPPEN...

 

AND NOW- I REALLY MUST GO OUT

 

APRIL 7TH. GOT UP LATE TODAY... LAY IN BED READING CAMUS BIOGRAPHY TILL 12.OO... NOT VERY WELL WRITTEN, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE THE FAULT OF THE TRANSLATION, BUT I ENJOYED IT... CAMUS A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME IN HIS REJECTION OF TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGIES...VOICI EN HOMME, OR SOMETHING...

 

DO NOT FEEL TOO WELL TODAY... AND KATHY IS COMING ROUND TONIGHT FOR A GUITAR LESSON AND I HAVE A MEETING DOWN THE LABOUR CLUB AFTERWARDS. LETHARGIC, AND SLIGHTLY BREATHLESS... WHICH IS WORRYING I SUPPOSE... THE SLIGHTEST EFFORT COSTS ME A LOT... YESTERDAY I HAD TO TAKE THE BUS BACK FROM TOWN AFTER BUYING MYSELF BIRTHDAY PRESENTS (PENGUIB CLASSICS VERSION OF THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV = 2CD COLLECTION OF THE SOLO RECORDINGS THELONIUS MONK DID FOR COLUMBIA... BUT A BAG OF SHOPPING GAVE ME SEVERE BACK PAINS AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT HOME... RIDICULOUS, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET PLENTY OF REST - WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING... IRONIC STATE OF AFFAIRS, RECOVERING FROM THE (HOPEFUL) CURE FOR CANCER IS TOTALLY DEBILITATING!!!

TIME FOR A GLASS OF BIRTHDAY BOURBON I THINK...

 

A WALK TO TOWN< VISIT THE LIBRARY GET OUT LIPSTICK TRACES BY GREIL MARCUS AND THE STORY OF THE BLUES BY FRANCIS DAVIS AND A DAVID HOLMES CD

BUY SOME WINE HAM ANS SOME OTHER SHIT...

GO FOR A DRINK IN THE GARTON ARMS

THIS SPORTING LIFE IS KILLING ME...(SIC)

 

 

OUT OF THE BLUES INTO THE BLACK

I AM VERY FATIGUED... MY MENTAL STATE IS MORE CHEERFUL THOUGH... DUE TO THE BEER NO DOUBT...

I MUST HAVE A BATH...

I HAVE TO DO:

THE WASHING UP

CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN

PREPARE A MEAL

BY SIX P.M. WHEN ANNIE COMES HOME...

THE DIURNAL FREEDOM OF THE INVALID...

 

SOME FINE LINES OF TREACHERY- INHALE OR RUN DOWN

 

THE SUBVERSIONS OF EVERY DAY LIFE WHERE UNDER THE BEACH YOU FIND THE PAVING STONES

READY TO BE RIPPED UP AGAIN IN A NEW PRODUCTION OF THAT OLD REVOLUTIONARY CLASSIC

"INSURRECTION"

 

IT IS COLD TODAY, CLOUDY AND GREY... I FEEL INVADED BY ANTIMATTER

ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION... RAFI'S REVENGE...

 

THE THOUGHTS DO NEVER STOP

 

INCOHERENCE IS A MADE ACTUALITY

 

 

 

THE DEAL GOES DOWN

AGAIN AND AGAIN

IF YOU DECIDE TO BE TRAPPED

YOU WILL BE

NEVER FEAR...

 


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