Warm climate here in Vegas, much in the way of shorts, but no grass, no plank verandahs, no "walking meditatively / among green timber, through the grassy forest / towards a calm sea," which is a pity. Nevada should install a coastline.
The New York Review of Books put up a good article on the man a few days ago: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/sep/29/angry-genius-les-murray/
See you here, Chris. Lycra, Polly? I read that, Umbagollah, but I thought it was a little mean-spirited (I'm probably just one-eyed about him) Yes, Gadjo, the Isle of Wight - home to Rick Wakeman, I think (long-haired, blonde keyboardist of Yes, oh, I forgot, you're young)
Not that young, I remember Mr Wakeman very well indeed :-) As I recall he recreated the entirity of English pre-enlightenment history with the aid of only a Moog sythesizer and (as you point out) a lot of blond hair.
Great ad! I hadn't seen it before either
ReplyDeleteIt's possible it's most attractive to those of us who are already here, of course - a case of preaching to the converted?
ReplyDeleteI 'm ready to move. I really liked that.
ReplyDeleteShorts! I will be wearing mine with a newly found patriotism. Lovely ad, lovely man.
ReplyDeleteWarm climate here in Vegas, much in the way of shorts, but no grass, no plank verandahs, no "walking meditatively / among green timber, through the grassy forest / towards a calm sea," which is a pity. Nevada should install a coastline.
ReplyDeleteThe New York Review of Books put up a good article on the man a few days ago: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/sep/29/angry-genius-les-murray/
The Isle of Wight, right?
ReplyDeleteSee you here, Chris.
ReplyDeleteLycra, Polly?
I read that, Umbagollah, but I thought it was a little mean-spirited (I'm probably just one-eyed about him)
Yes, Gadjo, the Isle of Wight - home to Rick Wakeman, I think (long-haired, blonde keyboardist of Yes, oh, I forgot, you're young)
Not that young, I remember Mr Wakeman very well indeed :-) As I recall he recreated the entirity of English pre-enlightenment history with the aid of only a Moog sythesizer and (as you point out) a lot of blond hair.
ReplyDeletePoor man, he was never a great beauty. Nor, I suspect, a great talent, although I'm not a judge of that sort of thing.
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