Graham Holliday's Blog, page 16
July 2, 2014
working life of brian eno
Snippets from an interview with Brian Eno in the New Yorker. Firstly, a compliment, Eno told me that he heard from a fan who manages a supermarket in London and decided to play “Discreet Music” there. A week later, Eno went to visit him. “He said, ‘It was lovely—people stayed much longer in the shop […]
July 1, 2014
according to wire reports…
A few months ago, I was looking for something to remember our time in Rwanda. I have a tonne of photos, but wanted something else. Something different. Something in some way connected with news. With the wire I created when we lived there. And this seemed to nail it. It’s an original AP wirephoto sent […]
June 30, 2014
inside the Stamboul train
UPDATE: So, it is a “thing” At first glance the two postcards found in a religious book at an Oxfam shop looked fairly unremarkable. But on closer inspection they turned out to be from an important poet to a friend in Yorkshire and now they are expected to sell for up to £800 at an […]
June 25, 2014
like a rolling stone
The “only known surviving draft of the final lyrics” to Bob Dylan’s Like a rolling stone sold for over $2 million at Sotheby’s yesterday,
June 19, 2014
ask a lock picker
About a year ago, I managed to break into a combination lock suitcase (answer: it’s very easy, if time consuming) but I’ve never had a go at picking a door lock before. I wanted to know how this might be done. Lock picking is a hobby for many. There are tonnes of videos demonstrating various […]
June 13, 2014
one blue plastic table at a time
I dunno what it is, but whenever well-meaning “experts” discuss Vietnamese food, set up programmes, events and symposiums to promote it, they seem hellbent on sanitising, standardising, slaughtering and sucking all life from it, Firstly, we have to build the theories of the ‘Vietnamese kitchen’ to know about the unique identities of Vietnamese cuisine. Then, […]
June 10, 2014
war is peace
This is a manuscript from George Orwell. And this is a manuscript from Samuel Beckett. Talk about ruthless editing. …The first few pages are full of writing, all of it deleted by the author’s hand. Then the doodles begin to appear. “When inspiration ran low he had a tendency to do his little vignettes. He […]
