Working on the third drawing of the day. Or rather procrastinating on the third drawing of the day. There’s an itch to get on with some of the sorts of things that I’ve been thinking about doing for the past couple of years, but I wonder if that’s simply one of the things I’m using to distract myself, mainly because it requires a bunch of equipment I don’t own at present, so it’s conveniently out of the bounds of possibility. The paper that’s in front of me, the pencils I have with me these are more than enough for me to make something with. Get on with it, sluggard.
Treated myself to downloads of three albums I haven’t listened to in years: Portfolio, Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing, all by Grace Jones. Portfolio really because it makes me laugh, what with Grace battling her way through horrible arrangements and gamely trying to put over a terrible version of “Tomorrow”. I picked up the other two because they used to be in heavy rotation when I worked at Just Desserts. And of those, Nightclubbing stands out on this listen: great playing and a sly assessment of her limitations and strengths.
And now I’m on to to Strangeways, Here We Come. So I’m deep in 80′s San Francisco thought. Perhaps in solidarity for all of my pals heading over to Dore Alley this afternoon. Although I’ll most likely be beddy-bye before you all get up to any mischief. Just remember I was there the year it started.
Oh and the picture is a very straightforward view of where I’m staying: in the center is the gallery/restaurant and to side is the bottling plant. Just behind it to the right are the apartments where I lay my shaggy head.
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