Oh, it's absolutely Schadenfraude with me, Ibby! I'm green with envy at all the talentless jerks who are swimming in money while I'm struggling to start a writing career in my early 40s. Unlike them, I'm too smart to let success be my undoing, when it comes (yes, I said only "when," not "if and when." I just know that gravy train is headed my way!!)
This is non-fiction so not really escapism material. But there was a part I just read that gives hope...
... Other prisoners took their place in the roll call. Most of the rabbits were Polish, but even the Russian prisoners helped hide them, even giving some of the rabbits their ration of soup. They were hid for 2 weeks and no one in the camp gave them away.
One of my early/earliest memories was seeing a snippet of a bleak-enough-to-be-reportage TV drama, involving a random piece of WWII German humiliation/brutality. Along with the actual incident, the cheering of a throng of civilians really had an impact. It's something that's stayed with me, and having seen it so early on, undoubtedly helped shaped some of my thoughts on certain topics.
Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady
...I just know that gravy train is headed my way!!)
Close enough for a link...
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
Hey, I just live here, ma'am You probably know more about it than I do.
I remember the Farm as being produced by Suggs from Madness, and he was an influence on the Spartacus album that got them lots of attention (including the above).
Broudie produced quite a few I think. Popping up in lots of places. The Zutons come to mind, but there must be loads. As I know little about such things I got a surprise when I was watching a programme about punk, and someone said that they knew Broudie would go on to be a success, as he was the only one practicing all the time.
Oh, I know he was in a group with Bill Drummond (KLF) and Holly Johnson (Frankie goes to Hollywood). But I've no idea who they were or of having heard them.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
I just looked up the Drummond. Broudie, Johnson band. It was called Big in Japan...
...bet you have Alpahville going through your head.:)
Anyhoo, While I was nosing around I found that Drummond had written ""Julian Cope Is Dead" - "where he outlined his fantasy of shooting the Teardrop Explodes frontman in the head to ensure the band's early demise and subsequent legendary status. The song has commonly been seen as a reply to the Cope song "Bill Drummond Said."
Just the sort of trivia Fickles is immersed in, but I wander past as if it's an invisible world.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
I've heard a couple in passing just in the last couple of weeks.
Between Every Breath You Take, Don't Stand So Close To Me and Roxxane, they are the band most likely to end up as Creepy Stalkers. I reckon they really split up due to arguments over which bushes to lurk in.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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You probably know more about it than I do. 
