2009-06-29 Digital Breadcrumbs

@RedMummy Ah, Logan's only 2 weeks old… he might be stupid yet! in reply to RedMummy #
@belle_lulu That cute crossness is a family trait – sister does it when concentrating hard, which she has to do about most things… in reply to belle_lulu #
@belle_lulu … Serenity and calm from G1 a relatively new thing, result of baby lovin'. in reply to belle_lulu #
Back from a satisfying but tiring weekend of travel & Peterborough… #
Peterborough surprised me… Apparently that is what a city centre designed & managed with less greed & short-term thinking looks like… #
…MUCH better than I remember. Also, my rather unkind dismissal of the town as a chav breeding ground mostly caused by exposure to Orton. #
Sister, her husband & new baby were on top form. Also, G1 looks good holding a baby, but I knew that. #
House On The Borderland utterly unchanged. In 20 years. I loved it, but felt guiltily middle-class when thwarted by no card facility… #
(They had all of @templesmith's Welcome To Hoxford, & I would have bought it all, but only had cash for 1st one. Which I bought & is great.) #
They also had @jamiesmart's Bear trade, which I don't have & want, but again, no card facility. I felt guilty that I felt frustrated… #
Glad @steevbishop seems to have had a good birthday weekend, which we're sorry we missed. #
Also, @sarahditum, confirmed with my dad that yes, we used to go to Rutland Water relatively regularly, in my childhood. THOUGHT so. #
On train from Peterborough to King's Cross, shared table with the most awesome 7ish year old called Alex, & his dad. Was vaguely worried… #
…That G1 would get embarassed, Alex's dad would get angry, & other passengers would get irritated by our enthusiastic conversation. #
…They didn't! When his dad took him to the loo a few moments before London, nearby passengers got animatedly congratulatory. I blushed! #
Kids are easy. It's adults that I find hard…! #
Right, G1 just stirred from a heavy nap on spare-room bed with the dog … who didn't seem to miss us all THAT much. Time for bed. #
@BeaucoupKevin Heh… didn't see it, but it's pretty dang funny. Good catch! in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
@BeaucoupKevin … Out of interest, are you cannibalising your own collection for these scans, or are they Found On Internet? in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
@BeaucoupKevin Aha, I see… was picturing holy & shredded ancient classic issues. It gave me shivers! in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
@sarahditum I did not know that…! in reply to sarahditum #
Hang… on… How have I never noticed that Flickr has that "activity" tab? Have been missing all response to my images and comments! #
SO sorry if it looks like I've been rude on Flickr! #
.@thoughtmecca Oh, I'm a total cock. Not JUST on Twitter, to be fair… #
@thoughtmecca Were you an Englisher? in reply to thoughtmecca #
@RivkaJacobs Thankyou, Rivka! Also, I don't think Suzi or Cyn are in either place. Which probably means they get more done! in reply to RivkaJacobs #
@thoughtmecca Ah, I see… Rutland Water is up in the midlands ish, near a place called Peterborough… in reply to thoughtmecca #
@thoughtmecca Oh, awesome… UK, or Hampshire specifically? in reply to thoughtmecca #
@TracyAnnO You're aging remarkably well. Especially considering the 6 am starts… in reply to TracyAnnO #
@erikamoen PLEASE tell me @PlusTenStrength isn't planning a late-in-the-day procedure to conform to your country's foreskinophobic bigotry? in reply to erikamoen #
@bremxjones Not a song I loved on release, but it is a temporally viral tune, I've found. I love my Free World ten inch. in reply to bremxjones #
@Mykx When you've worked out recording equipment/process, I'd be interested to see what you decide on. in reply to Mykx #
@thepetshopboy Heh… It's been said before, but your total love of UK stuff is stupidly cute. in reply to thepetshopboy #
I want a TV series where a camera crew follows @thepetshopboy as he drives around England & meets English people who act all English. #
@thepetshopboy It's awesome sir. It makes me feel MUCH better about living in UK than working in the UK does! Your enthusiasm is infectious. #
@philkirby My words I'm afraid. More representative of my delight every time @thepetshopboy uses an English colloquialism than anything … in reply to philkirby #
@elDamo Ah, the English thing I'm talking about is a pretty subtle sort of behaviour that I know @thepetshopboy digs. It would be like… in reply to elDamo #
@elDamo … The Stephen Fry thing, where he goes around the US, with @thepetshopboy in Stephen Fry's shoes… in reply to elDamo #
@philkirby To be fair, those shows have the benefit of novelty to @thepetshopboy. For us they are the norm we've felt the need to live down. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Yackety Sax & Page 3-baiting shenanigans aside, tho, Hill monologues were much more in line with Barker & Morecambe, I thought… in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby …As a nation I think we had & have a tendency to make monsters of our successful comedians, encouraging the shallow in them. in reply to philkirby #
@thepetshopboy Thematically, you'd be Stephen Fry. Culturally, similar effect – Fry is bigger built, pale & slightly, (wonderfully) awkward. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy … visiting America's broader characteristics. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy A handsome, tanned – I'm picturing tall for some reason – American visiting UK's glamour dead spots would be similarly cool. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy … Enthusiasm for the subject is the common factor! in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby It's peculiar – I get the feeling watching back on some of those shows that there is something of the knowing wink in most… in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Not Mind Your Language or 'Ello 'Ello axis, but when I watch a Carry On movie now, in among the smut, there's archness galore. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby I think the perceived wisdom is that comedy has to be shallow to get broader appeal, but I think it's a fallacy (albeit popular). in reply to philkirby #
@thepetshopboy Pretty much the MOST gay, yes. The impression I get is that America, like everyone else, warms to him. Despite his smarts… in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy Tendency is to think of people as being quite anti-intellectual & scared of other lives, but Fry in some ways disproves it. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby I live in Southampton, & just spent a weekend in Peterborough… The phrase "Glamour deadspots" came easy. in reply to philkirby #
@thepetshopboy (I meant on the show where he tours America, on an individual basis! Also, Laurie's show is House. Bones is Boreanaz et al) in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby As a kid, I HATED all of that campy British comedy, but then, I disliked Ronnies, Emery, & Morecambe & Wise… in reply to philkirby #
I was probably part of a wave of young Brits almost ruined for straight-up wit by alternative comedy in the 80s. @philkirby #
Also, thought I was very clever, but never understood the obvious irony of Alf Garnett. Couldn't understand why my dad loved it. @philkirby #
@thepetshopboy Don't know Maude, & we had our own version of "3's Company", but MASH, Taxi, Laverne & Shirley, Rhoda, lots… of course! in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy I don't know if we had Barney Miller, but we did have Lou Grant. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby Had moment of clarity in Peterborough actually. My family has lived there forever & I've come to know it as chav breeding ground. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby … But this time out was disturbed to find that the city & city centre is in general, infinitely more charming than Southampton. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Hants always seemed more monied, but over the years, Southampton has been cluster-fucked by it's own hubristic town-planning… in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby … & so, where Peterborough is unrelentingly alright, Southampton has higher peaks but lower lows. This even related to natives. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby … No horribly UGLY people in Peterborough, but few stunning ones, either. Soton, on other hand is cursed by sexies & scum. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Heh… Notionally, Grantham is to Lincoln as Portsmouth is to Southampton. Never been to Grantham, though… in reply to philkirby #
Lived in Sleaford for years, halfway between Grantham & Lincoln, but we tended to claim our alignment with Lincoln by choice. @philkirby #
@thepetshopboy I dislike Norton a bit, but Alan Carr actively upsets me… in reply to thepetshopboy #
Watched show a while ago on how TV has handled gayness thru time. 1 guy grew up gay in small town, with only Larry Grayson for touchstone… #
…& found himself utterly distressed, thinking that by definition, he must be as monstrous as Grayson, who was a hideously camp caricature. #
…That stuck with me & translates thru to my feelings on Alan Carr. I have to admit to being quite irritated by terribly flamboyant people. #
… Not just flamboyantly gay… just people whose whole character is loud and look at me. It takes a lot for me to see through that. #
@thepetshopboy Like this era in US TV themes…! in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy Man who was only funny because he was flamboyantly camp at time when society pretended not to believe homosexuality existed. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy http://is.gd/1hTvt in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby I'm selling it short. Most of Soton's problems you only see after years of living here. Enough prettiness to keep people here… in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Like all of Western civilisation, it is lovely & comfortable enough that one has the the luxury of nit-picking… in reply to philkirby #
@thepetshopboy God no… The opposite, really. We had a lot of camp on 70s TV, but nobody famous was openly gay, prob. till Freddie Mercury. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy …Which sounds counter-intuitive, I know, but drag acts etc have always been a huge part of showbiz here. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy … I always felt like it was more of a freakshow vibe. in reply to thepetshopboy #
Heh, @thepetshopboy forcing me to reevaluate Gilbert & George: http://is.gd/1hU2a. Also, some of the lyrics to Bend It are lovely. #
"… What's the huzzle?" #
@philkirby I think I've been in Leeds a bit. A friend studied up there, I think. There & Scarborough. in reply to philkirby #
@apatheticmike Don't know if it's useful, but I saw an ad for a room in a shared house in St Denys in our SU. Might be old, or horrid, mind. in reply to apatheticmike #
@apatheticmike … if you follow me, I can DM the details. in reply to apatheticmike #
@thepetshopboy It's appeal is complicated, but it's actually probably because Brit character is less straight-ahead than US. in reply to thepetshopboy #
@philkirby @thepetshopboy …As I understand it, Danny The Street maintained a fairly deliberately macho, hetero image off stage for years. #
@tim12s I had previously never enjoyed them. I have a long history of making snap judgements about things that I later have to revisit. in reply to tim12s #
@philkirby Wasn't it obvious but not open? Saw a show that said that La Rue made a point of being photographed with dolly birds etc… in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby … & denied, denied, denied till some time in the 80s. in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Mind you, my WHOLE knowledge on the subject is based on this one documentary I watched once, so, you know… in reply to philkirby #
@thepetshopboy You love AYBS? & Carry On, & it hadn't occurred to you that we were a desperately sexually confused culture? Seriously? in reply to thepetshopboy #
@thepetshopboy N'night, sir. As always, a pleasure…! #
@philkirby It's like the "Uncle Dave & Uncle Steve" childhood phenomena, only for grown-ups, isn't it? in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby …For the longest time, we were culturally like the protected kid who never got to grow up on the subject! in reply to philkirby #
@philkirby Which I think is why someone like Alan Carr has to go SO far, behaviour-wise to become notable! in reply to philkirby #
@SamShepherd … Is like? Is like? in reply to SamShepherd #
@ronskanky Hah… My favourite is the guy who names 3 lowest-common-denominator sit-coms that make light of WW2 as the zenith of comedy… #
@SamShepherd STUPID TWEETDECK! I didn't see that at all! And you're in at least one of my groups, so it missed you TWICE! in reply to SamShepherd #
Not sure, @philkirby… may be a little complex a concept for the trending tho. #repressivedesublimation. Oh, hang on, there it is… #
Oh nice ink, lady! #
So we're calling it the Transporter "trilogy" now, are we? #
@Mykx I remain unconvinced that 3 films in an unplanned series can be un-ironically called a trilogy, is all. in reply to Mykx #
@Sulman Golly? Is that some reference to suntans? For shame, sir, for shame! #politicalcorrectnessgonemad in reply to Sulman #
RT @philkirby "why do you put text b4 all ur @replies so everyone has to read them all? http://post.ly/10m9"- Great post indeed! #fixreplies #
@philkirby This ties in perfectly with my own feelings on Twitter – with all the goodwill in the world, nobody is… http://post.ly/10m9 #
@apatheticmike That happens to me all the time! in reply to apatheticmike #
@sarahditum Double yay! in reply to sarahditum #
@philkirby Posterous looks like a streamlined Tumblr style thing, & as such lovely. Already have my blog @nixsight.net so may be redundant. in reply to philkirby #
@SamShepherd Oh, nice…! in reply to SamShepherd #
http://is.gd/1i4yi – "This is how the world makes writers. It kicks their ass long enough that they start finally telling the truth." #
@philkirby Oh, certainly…! I love to talk Elephant Words – though taking a break from contributing to it, I am the proud uh… midwife? in reply to philkirby #
Actually, what? Am I the midwife of @elephantwords, or the daddy, or the mummy, or what? Webmaster sounds… somehow reductive. #
@philkirby I do love the call-&-answer that a format like EW allows – which is interesting, because I struggle to collaborate creatively. in reply to philkirby #
@Groonk It was one of a couple of favourites of mine last year. Very cool. In fucking Bruges. in reply to Groonk #
@philkirby Exactly… & I'm too twitchy about imposing myself, so I either back off too far, or overcompensate and come off as pushy. in reply to philkirby #

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