Alex Turner's lyrics are always so tasty, and they are no less so on Suck It And See. The band is slinkier and so are his sentiments.
I couldn't resist this opening line after a few days spent reminiscing and very much feeling my age. Both a perennial problem and a universal one. A striking enquiry I'm hoping; shoved on the front of a poster.
And now we have reports about Bradley Manning's mental state previous to his deployment in Iraq.How this information alters the legality of his treatment by the American government or Manning's own security breaches is blurry. Perhaps it is possible to consider the faults of many in relation to this whole schebockle, and this should certainly include the US Army itself.
Regardless of the specifics of this case, we should not allow the plight of this man to fall from the news agenda. It is a priority that this mess should be resolved up to (at least) the mere observance of human rights.
I stumbled upon the writings of Leonora Carrington on the recommendation of a friend. Considering her surrealist tendencies, I found her more prescient and sagely than most, and often in the oddest turn of phrase. Balance this with her knack for the fantastical and you have a surefire combination for success.
And if you're still not convinced: she was once rescued from a psychiatric hospital in Spain where she was being kept following a nervous breakdown. Her rescuer was her British nanny sent by Leonora's parents in a submarine to bring her back home safely. If ever she had had opportunity to pick up pen and write one, her autobiography would have rated as extremely consistent alongside her surreal fiction works.
Here's to living! (and, of course, not staring so romantically..)
Leonora Carrington, 1917-2011
A lovely evocation of Philip Roth's breadth from Alex Clark (and perhaps an illumination into why people like Carmen Callil find his collected works so "tedious").
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