With poppycocteau
At Baltic with Poppy Cocteau, June 2007
Originally uploaded by Boof Boy
Fifth day of pretty much continuous rain. There is flooding in South Yorkshire and it's miserable. Fortunately, poppycocteau still manages to make it up from London and we go charity shopping as best we can.
Chinese food in Newcastle's miniscule Chinatown, then along Grainger Street and to the Amnesty booshop on Westgate Road. I find a copy of Harry Pearson's ' The Far Corner' [£2] (about football in the north east, and which I always buy as it's such an excellent present. I will send this one to Andy Carr in Australia).
Also a much sought-after copy of Laurie Gunst's 'Born Fi Dead' [£1.50], about gun culture and violence in Jamaica in and JA communities in the US and UK.
For K I found a copy of Wayne Hemingway's 'Mass Market Classics: The Home' [£2.50]. She'll love it. Then I dithered over buying a seven album boxed set called 'The Golden Age of British Dance Bands' [£5], mostly because it was so heavy. Left the Mind shop and went to see the Harry Smith exhibition at the Alt Gallery - then went back and bought it. Found it actually contained eight LPs - one was a collection that must have come as a bonus if you ordered the box mail order.
The Harry Smith was fun. Loved the work by Bill Drummond, Jad Fair and Linder Sterling.
Then to the Baltic where we had tea and tried to dry off.
Saw Julie off at the station and went home to dry off again - thinking I might go out to see Fiona Wright perform at the Star & Shadow. Actually ended up staying in and watching crap on telly!