tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post316335501278749573..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Songs on the brainLucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-75781937337974670952009-02-24T14:05:00.000+00:002009-02-24T14:05:00.000+00:00Cassandra - I squirm in that secretly-delighted ty...Cassandra - I squirm in that secretly-delighted typically middle-class way. Pour it on. (And thank you!) I still love Night Nurse but am so freaked out by Day Nurse (and its potential as a weapon of mass tranquilisation and hypnosis) that I may never use it again. Am on ibuprofen and thankful...<BR/><BR/>MM - Oh my god I've just Googled him. I remember him, he was in EVERYTHING. Didn't know he was dead!Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-16311394375178604872009-02-24T11:27:00.000+00:002009-02-24T11:27:00.000+00:00Do you remember Christopher Blake in "Love for Lyd...Do you remember Christopher Blake in "Love for Lydia"? I got a shock recently when I found out that he died in 2004.mantua makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100402931220060133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-87457274274912346152009-02-24T10:35:00.000+00:002009-02-24T10:35:00.000+00:00Oh yes, read "The Game" a LONG time ago but loved ...Oh yes, read "The Game" a LONG time ago but loved it. I consider the sister volume to A Summer Birdcage - literally. Day Nurse and Night Nurse are really strange and dodgy. I gave a friend a dose of Night Nurse once and he ended up TRIPPING. No joke! Hope that you feel better soon. Oh and I get the impression that you might be the kind of girl who squirms in the limelight of compliments, but I've praised you on Liberty London Girl's blog. I think that you should have made the Sunday Times top 100.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314685034290160800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-14767381821621736942009-02-23T17:30:00.000+00:002009-02-23T17:30:00.000+00:00It was Mel Martin, thank you, I couldn't remember!...It was Mel Martin, thank you, I couldn't remember! Quite enjoying the book but it's taken me this long to get past my horror of "The Darling Buds of May". Drink of choice for the holiday idyll will be (a) Chang Beer (b) Mekong and coke (c) some ludicrously alcoholic concoction in a half-coconut... That was the most random overheard I have ever seen!!!!Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-21283186758407817852009-02-23T17:18:00.000+00:002009-02-23T17:18:00.000+00:00Airports are always good for the astounding overhe...Airports are always good for the astounding overhear - "If you didn't want me to eat the fish we shouldn't have bought both suitcases" - I have never managed to make a connection.<BR/>I hope you fight off the lurg, Nightnurse is not nearly as effective as a good whisky (green food colouring anyone ?) and have a wonderful holiday,what is the drink of choice for this idyll ? For me the next 5 days will be red wine,art galleries and reading. Bliss.<BR/>Oh, "Love for Lydia", do you remember the TV adaptation with Mel Martin ? Introduced me to H E Bates, sadly not all as good as LFLTitian redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130121166864903946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-88901811682600658982009-02-23T10:03:00.000+00:002009-02-23T10:03:00.000+00:00Cassandra - given that he's part of the McSweeney'...Cassandra - given that he's part of the McSweeney's gang (with Michael Chabon, Dave Eggars, etc), all of whom are very very indie-friendly, I'm surprised he's let this kind of thing happen, but who knows how his publishers have sold it to him - possibly they've tried to panic him by reminding him that it's been 9 years since his last (and indeed only) novel and nobody in the UK knows who he is, etc etc...<BR/>It's been years since I read any Margaret Drabble - I love the fact that in most A S Byatt novels there's a flashy novelist character who is obviously MD, as opposed to the quiet donnish sister who is obviously ASB - have you read "The Game"?Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-39280909598925470232009-02-20T14:10:00.000+00:002009-02-20T14:10:00.000+00:00Totally agree re AS Byatt btw. What about Drabble?...Totally agree re AS Byatt btw. What about Drabble? Do you like A Summer Birdcage?Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314685034290160800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-50776282841036939482009-02-20T14:08:00.000+00:002009-02-20T14:08:00.000+00:00I think that's awful and I bet he isn't best pleas...I think that's awful and I bet he isn't best pleased either - surely an author wants to be sold everywhere? I must read the whole thing though. One of my most dramatic overheards was on Charing Cross Road - a couple were appearing out of a doorway and he shouted: "I don't want you back, BITCH!" At her. It was totally brilliant, like being in Albert Square. Yes, am back!Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314685034290160800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-27319406987334969512009-02-20T11:04:00.000+00:002009-02-20T11:04:00.000+00:00Oh it's a massive and annoying travesty - the new ...Oh it's a massive and annoying travesty - the new novel will be available EXCLUSIVELY to waterstones in July and not a single other bookshop in the UK can get their hands on it till October. We're all more than somewhat annoyed about it (massive understatement there but hey, I'm cool and laid back). It's not just the unfair advantage, it's the fact that we're all worried it may set a precedent in future for other publishers, bigger name novelists, etc... If you want more of the story it's on http://www.thebookseller.com/news/77864-indies-fail-to-see-the-sunnyside.html ... Are you back in blogworld btw?Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-34233187146150069852009-02-19T21:51:00.000+00:002009-02-19T21:51:00.000+00:00What's the story re the Glen David Gold book? Am i...What's the story re the Glen David Gold book? Am interested if you can be arsed to explain.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314685034290160800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-79209206768029108082009-02-19T09:59:00.000+00:002009-02-19T09:59:00.000+00:00RB - hi jetlag girl (actually it's probably worn o...RB - hi jetlag girl (actually it's probably worn off by now?) - I find myself laughing out loud at what I overhear people say and having to pretend it's the book I'm invariably reading. Of course you can write about thrush, it just might be better to steer clear of discussing its actual LOCATION. <BR/><BR/>BT - I had problems with the date - it started off as a draft I did a while ago and the first time I pressed "publish" it published 6 weeks ago, if you see what I mean (blogging as a form of time travel - discuss). I'm not sure if edits mean you re-publish - Mr F (my harshest critic) has only once told me he got it three times, although it was his birthday.<BR/><BR/>Quail - I miss mix tapes so much! It is possible to have mix CDs but somehow they're lacking the clunky homemade charm of a cassette - bit like those "remastered" VW Beetles, which just look like a Transformer. Odd how the ones you recorded off the radio ALWAYS had a bit of "Dr" Fox's voice on them, no matter how hard you tried..<BR/><BR/>PS - as long as the snacks were salty rather than sweet I'm right with you. Apparently Nancy v Nice was football rather than rugby, and if I was a tad more girly than I am I'd shrug it off as "men stuff" but I feel a bit embarrassed for having confused two things people feel very strongly about (Olivia Giacobetti and Antoine Maisondieu for instance)! I got Oeillet Sauvage from www.theperfumedcourt.com who seem to have enormous amounts of everything as long as you don't mind buying it in 8ml sprays...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-23449828683707701972009-02-18T18:50:00.000+00:002009-02-18T18:50:00.000+00:00Oh and how lovely that you're wearing Oeillet Sauv...Oh and how lovely that you're wearing Oeillet Sauvage, that's one of my favourites (<I>such</I> a shame they discontinued it!)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-49903242575487809112009-02-18T18:49:00.000+00:002009-02-18T18:49:00.000+00:00I can live on unlimited snacks all right :-)I can'...I can live on unlimited snacks all right :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I can't resist the wonderfully cute accent wordplay of Nancy vs Nice. Its' too good to be true!! LOL!! Great one!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-48019934579703641482009-02-18T16:21:00.000+00:002009-02-18T16:21:00.000+00:00iPods do not make effective commuter aids unless o...iPods do not make effective commuter aids unless one has ears like Shrek. They are however the improved equivalent of 'mix tapes' recorded off the radio in the early 80s.Quailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240666485084346231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-19045875942450406022009-02-18T14:40:00.000+00:002009-02-18T14:40:00.000+00:00BTW do posts really appear on feed things every ti...BTW do posts really appear on feed things every time you edit them? I've done it several times on posts in the past; must have been driving people up the wall.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-1241623763295021572009-02-18T04:43:00.000+00:002009-02-18T04:43:00.000+00:00OMG I'll have Two Caravans stuck in my head all da...OMG I'll have Two Caravans stuck in my head all day now. That Sweet Caroline track is a real earworm for me - urgh!<BR/><BR/>I am always eavesdropping and often have to literally clamp a hand across my mouth to stop myself shouting something in response to what I hear.<BR/><BR/>I wrote a post about thrush a while back but didn't publish it - wasn't sure it was suitable really. If I continue to suffer writer's block I might dig it out cos that ad would fit very well with it if it is on youtube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-68333375174512863112009-02-17T09:52:00.000+00:002009-02-17T09:52:00.000+00:00Hi Laura - yes I'm realising I need to investigate...Hi Laura - yes I'm realising I need to investigate M.I.A further especially as she contributed largely to the Slumdog soundtrack. Will quest forth when I'm at home with audio capability. <BR/>I think I like "shuffle brain" even better than "kaleidoscope brain".Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-35965376536978044632009-02-16T23:13:00.000+00:002009-02-16T23:13:00.000+00:00Who needs an iPod with a shuffle brain like yours ...Who needs an iPod with a shuffle brain like yours Lucy...? ;- )<BR/><BR/>I've got a terrible habit of fixating on the same half a dozen tracks and having them go round in my head too - latest one is M.I.A. video 'Galang' whose graphics are superb, even if the song takes a little getting used to. There's something strangely mesmeric about her.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-25653451095784069432009-02-16T22:34:00.000+00:002009-02-16T22:34:00.000+00:00CB1 - I do love Delius (you did say Delius, didn't...CB1 - I do love Delius (you did say Delius, didn't you, and not Delibes?) but my current classical of choice is Britten's "Ceremony of Carols", mostly because of its total unseasonality. All together now.. hodie christus natus est...<BR/><BR/>Usedbuyer - Liked it! I'm collecting visual instances of twatty media types going for a high-five and being blanked by the intended recipient, which happens far more often than you'd think, and very satisfying it is too.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-82562264713151168892009-02-16T21:20:00.000+00:002009-02-16T21:20:00.000+00:00My favorite overheard comment of recent years: you...My favorite overheard comment of recent years: young college group walking by the bookstore while I was smoking, one boy raises his hand to a diminutive Japanese girl and was told by same, "Oh, no. High five hurt Japanese people."usedbuyer 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08909335300273240931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-72781199318143427982009-02-16T21:06:00.000+00:002009-02-16T21:06:00.000+00:00My dear, you are at the mercy of the aural equivil...My dear, you are at the mercy of the aural equivilent of potato-crisps. May I recommend some Delius?Can Bass 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10100615040661510511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-89994346571747924852009-02-16T16:32:00.000+00:002009-02-16T16:32:00.000+00:00FF - You did know I meant the Islington Yummies in...FF - You did know I meant the Islington Yummies in my last post rather than you, don't you?Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-88350598567996022032009-02-16T16:14:00.000+00:002009-02-16T16:14:00.000+00:00You would.You would.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-66340299243459489282009-02-16T15:57:00.000+00:002009-02-16T15:57:00.000+00:00I love Neil Diamond.I love Neil Diamond.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-9098532998956807282009-02-16T15:21:00.000+00:002009-02-16T15:21:00.000+00:00Well, anyone whose children are called Ocean or Jo...Well, anyone whose children are called Ocean or Jocasta deserves to end up satirised in a sitcom (or my blog)! You can take it too far though - I met Muriel Spark at an author do once and found myself being completely colourless and bland in case she took a dislike to me and put me in a novel as some simpery and pretentious bookshop minion.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.com