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bona_riah

Fame, fame, fatal fame, it can play hideous tricks on the brain.

About Me

Some people are born with greatness, others achieve greatness. Some people say I am quite anti-social, however I find most people vulgar and abhorrent, so no wonder. I adore culture, however English culture seems to be dying away. The generations of people who made England such a fascinating, interesting and artistically gentle place are slipping away. That generation is almost all but gone. We're almost at a stage when there won't be anyone living who can remember the second world war.... Even the English language, I find, has been hopelessly mucked about with and everything is American or Australian. It's not that I dislike America. America is fine on the other side of the Atlantic. It works quite well from a distance. If Blair was a strong person, which he isn't, he wouldn't allow this Americanisation to happen. I hate the sort of people who embrace this shit, and dismiss the UK. To many, there wasn't a world before Hollywood. You mention Byron, Wilde, Keats and Dostoevsky, they shudder, which is a real shame. We all attempt to be different, however you all use the same methods of being different, whether it be buying a Ramones t-shirt or becoming 'emo'.... why not try something new; buy a cardigan, an Oscar Wilde Selected Works and hide under a tree. It's far more poetic and worthwhile. You will discover something more in De Profundis than you would in any Fall Out Boy record. I hate to say it but, you are all the same, you couldn't be more conservative in your approach to being 'different'. From wanting to be the favoured minority, you have become the opressive majority. I pity you.

My Interests

Music, literature and cinema. However music primarily, I can't imagine doing anything else with my life.

I'd like to meet:

There are many, Wilde and Morrissey really stick out however. They are gods, wordsmiths. As I get older, the adoration increases. People who produce that much allure, no matter what they produce or do with their lives, are very rare. I hate ordinary people. I was a strange child who couldn't function in ordinary society. It's easier to fall in love with images and myths. They don't answer back, they don't deceive you. There's no danger. I've taken precautions choosing them, and I have such good taste.

Music:

The Smtihs mean more to me than, well it bares not to think. They had 'it'. And the 'it' factor is everything in life, isn't it? I also adore 60's pop, the Beatles, Kinks, Stones, Byrds, Sandie Shaw etc.... the 60's gave us such genius songwriting, you have Baracharach and David in one corner, Lennon and McCartney in another and Holland-Dozier-Holland mulling aroung the middle, never mind Jagger/Richards and the Davies brothers. The 60's 'sound' has been a rich source of influence and it's become a bit of a cliche and thusly a bit uncool. I however will always hold a torch for 1963-1970.

Movies:

I find James Dean a beautiful actor, so 'Rebel Without a Cause' is up there. Woody Allen is the last genuis of modern film. I find Micheal Moore vulgar, I stand for what he does, most whole, literate people do, however there are ways of making your voice heard. James Dean was a woman in a man's body, Micheal Moore is a pig in a man's body. Or a man in a pig's body, whichever.

Television:

Television has died, it really has. The kitchen sink drama was so good! However now all we have are extravagent, super-sillious soaps and reality tv. We need another Joe Orton or Shelagh Delaney.

Books:

Anything by Wilde, ofcourse. Joe Orton plays are always a fun read. Dostoevsky, Hugo, Kafka and Orwell are great too.

Heroes:

Morrissey, Peter Cook, Oscar Wilde, Lenny Bruce and Greta Garbo with a touch of Paul McCartney.

My Blog

Manchester is the centre of the world.

Marx, Egbert, Wilson, Coogan, Shelly, Devoto, Morrissey, Marr, Smith, Saville, Hook, Hucknall, Gallagher, Gallagher, Orton, Manning, Finney, Brown, Squire, Gerald, Okenfold, Ryder, Hannett, Bez, Coope...
Posted by bona_riah on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:26:00 PST