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millionreasons October 20 2013, 18:25:05 UTC
Dave went to the 80s club in August, he says it played the worst of 80s music, but he would go back.

What did you think of the review of The Adjacent in the last but one (10 Oct) LRB?

I like Pancake Saturday!

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commonpeople October 20 2013, 21:29:53 UTC
I imagined that was the case re. 80s - it has an image of Jacko on the poster. I'm sure, though, there will be one or two good tracks thrown in amongst the Gina Gs and Sonias.

Hadn't read the review for The Adjacent - have saved it for tomorrow morn!

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commonpeople October 22 2013, 21:53:16 UTC
Ok, I've read the review... ouch! But I've never read Christopher Priest so can't really comment. Why do you ask?

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millionreasons October 23 2013, 08:50:54 UTC
Oh, just because it took in sci-fi as a whole, rather than just reviewing one authors and I wondered if you had an opinion on the article is all.

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rockingthemike October 20 2013, 18:53:41 UTC
this sounds like an exceptional weekend to me!

perhaps i need to put "living in london for a year" back on my bucket list.

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commonpeople October 20 2013, 21:27:32 UTC
I think you should!

London is expensive and has many annoyances, but it makes up for it with days/weekends like these ones. There's so much to enjoy in this city, and autumn has been exceptionally beautiful this year. It feels good to be here.

I hear it's quite warm in Canada at the moment?!

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rockingthemike October 20 2013, 22:00:47 UTC
it's been rather pleasant the last couple of weeks. not summer temperatures, but i'm getting away with just wearing a hoodie on my walking commute to work in the mornings.

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commonpeople October 21 2013, 20:35:34 UTC
Ah, nice!

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arafel1 October 21 2013, 14:59:53 UTC
Years ago i met a fake person here, on LJ. A dancer that could no longer dance due to an accident, with a body full of scars, an extreme personality and an attractive taste for men and women. I really enjoy chatting with him. Only later did I realize that personality was based on Nijinsky’s.

“I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.”

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commonpeople October 21 2013, 20:35:17 UTC
How did you discover in the end they were fake? Are you still in touch?

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arafel1 October 21 2013, 21:35:11 UTC
The story he was telling became less and less believable. Many of the people in his friend list started to question it, till he finally simply went away.
I knew what he was telling was mainly a lie with some little truths but, to be honest, I didn’t care much. I liked the voice, the points of view and the intensity.
We lost all contact the moment he told me goodbye.

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