Brass Buttons

Wednesday, 15th January 1997

Definitely a good way to wind down, as I discovered the other night. Whilst sifting through the tons of cack I'd brought with me in the move, I thought I'd put on Gram Parson's "Return of the Grievous Angel" which I'd recently seen mentioned in Nick Hornby's book "High Fidelity" in the character's top five best side-one-track-ones. It didn't do anything for me until I stumbled upon a balloon animals kit I received in my stocking one year (1995) and still had about a dozen balloons left, and DISCO! A strange, daft, melancholic witch's brew of calm and centredness filled the room and stirred me with it; the Southern brooding voice of the late GP duetted with the squeak and pop of bendy rubber balloons... niiice.

There was a rush of people at the Uxbridge Station ticket barriers today. One man stayed in line. One man pushed in. One man went with the flow. Guess who got out first.

Oh and Jez - your temp's back (Sarah, was it?), she's working in finance.

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