the heat wave has broken

[aslant]

i woke up to a lovely cool breeze. after so many days of such heat, walking outside it seemed as if the world had come to a standstill. like the calm before the storm, all the breezes rippling in the alleys and the corners.

and the bandit queen is dead.

a woman on the radio lamented the she fought for their rights, she was their advocate, now who would fight for their rights?

and my heart broke.

more translations to come. i did another 10 pages last night. mm. it's a little early. got to stretch out the kinks. must go to the bank at lunch. must take advantage of such a beautiful cool cloudy day.

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Re: tale..

[booshtukka.livejournal.com]

"soul music" - that's really good. read "pyramids" that was my favourite, and good omens but you've read that one :)

the diggers series is very good too, even if it IS supposed to be for children.

there's a lot of audience participation. I haven't been for years though, maybe I'll go to one. I wonder if they do adult pantomimes...

comic sounds quite good. I always found the punch and judy quite disturbing. what with him beating a policeman around the head with a stick, and his wife too.

I like Stephen King, mainly because it fascinates me how every time they turn one of his books into a film, they change it to make the ending nicer. did you see the green mile?

Robert McCammon is very good too. "they thirst" is a good vampire book, and "blue world" is more short stories.

you should definitely read stuff by Robert Rankin though, he's my current favourite.

Re: tale..

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yes, i saw the green mile. good movie, altho a bit long.

in the book i read that was in brixton, they seemed talked about pantomimes becoming less popular and turning into burlesque theater. like early strippers.

what was the original ending to the green mile?

i'll have to look up the rankin when i go to the library. i might go tonight. i'm running out of books...

Re: tale..

[booshtukka.livejournal.com]

in the movie, did Mr.Jingles (the mouse) die at the end? he did in the book.

pantomimes are still popular, it's a way for old actors to still get work. probably not in Brixton though, that's a predominantly black area.

do do - I'd love for someone else to get my random rob rankin jokes.

Re: tale..

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yes, the mouse died. i hated that guy who killed him. jerk. sigh...

brixton used to be where all the lower-class theater were, according to this book.

i heard a thing on the radio last night about south brixton clubs, and basement jaxx. a review of their new album.

Re: tale..

[booshtukka.livejournal.com]

I didnt think the mouse died. oh. that means it had the same ending as the book then.

basement jaxx are excellent. they are so diverse. every one of their songs is so different, like daft punk. and todd edwards is good too.

brixton probably was like that at one point, but it's not now. they do have the brixton academy though, where all the bands play.

Re: tale..

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yes. so.

i should probably leave now. and you're off to go home.

hope you have a good night with all those people coming over!

Re: tale..

[booshtukka.livejournal.com]

so do I. but Im hungover. Im really not upferrit. still - I dug my own hole. have a good day :)

Re: tale..

[aslant.livejournal.com]

take some aspirin, drink a lot of water!