29. 31st January 2025. Looks like we made it.
We made it. We got through. So what did we do in January? Book wise I'm (still) in the middle of the Collected Poems Of Roger McGough (bit up and down to be honest), the Salmon Poetry Compilation I bought in Cork last year (similar but very modern and not attempting humour, guess it's a case of finding what works for you, maybe I'm not a poetry person. Still reading the Eno book, the Rupert Everett short stories, the collected 2000ad Dan Dare that Tom bought me for Xmas 23, the Johnny Cash lyrics (same as) which work brilliantly, they're leading me to Cash songs I'd not heard before, making me reappraise the value of those lost years between San Quentin and the American Recordings. Realised a couple of days ago that I've started the Paul Morley Anthony Wilson bio and not got far, so still in the middle of that, still own the middle of Jon Savages Secret Public and 1966 (technically still in the middle of God Emperor Of Dune but have been since March 1982, th...