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Ex archivis: Werther in Italy

Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 24th October, 2008

Is it really eighteen years since a heady combination of Tuscan sun and European novels engendered this little riff? AH, WILHELM! How can life simultaneously and at the same time be so deliciously exhilarating and yet so perplexing? Why is my life such a trial? Consider but this instance alone, about which I intend forthwith [...]

A blog down under

Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 10th May, 2007

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There’s a lot of rubbish in the blogosphere, isn’t there? Rubbish blogs, rubbish comments on rubbish blogs, like this one. Too many “amateur” opinionists who should leave “comment” and “opinion” to the professionals (according to arch self-abuser Howard Jacobson in The Independent the other day). Every now and again, though, somewhere in the blogiverse, a [...]

La Vieille Truite

Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 25th October, 2006

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Found a great site dedicated to Windsor’s late, great alternative music venue The Old Trout (fl. 1989-1995). Look at that gig list! It was damned unfair that I was living in Warwick or London most of that time. Still, I managed to catch a few great gigs there. Most memorable, The Pixies in August 1990 [...]

Lost: One Fruit Salad

Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 11th October, 2006

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Subject: Fresh friut Salad Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:28:58 +0100 From: Reception To: Everyone Hi there Danny found a fresh friut salad on the stairs outside the building, if you have lost it you can come and claim it from reception. thanks Pam Gareth suggested replying: “Does it have apple in? If so, I [...]


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