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Band the other day went really well; the first time we'd jammed as a unit for ages. We wrote a song from scratch and basically finished it, as well as finally laying a certain Duck to rest; so two new songs when next we play.
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion. See it. A bit of a kick in the guts. I knew Tibet was a bad scene, but this was worse than I dreamed. If it was genocide in 1960, what is it now? The worst is the fundamental absence of a solution. China wants Tibet for its resources and geostrategic location - who controls the high ground in central asia controls Asia. The tragedy is the culture seems really wonderful. Far from perfect as a society and an outward standard of living, but some substantial signs of having their heads and hearts in the right place.
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Heart of Empire by Brian Talbot. Read it. Alternate future with a totalitarian British empire ruling the world savagely and psychedelics and parallel worlds and more wonderful craziness than can be reported. Think a more coherent Grant Morrison with gorgeous art.
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I seem to know an enormous number of quite wonderful and generous people.
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One more sleep to holiday. It's weird, I don't know how long it has been since I went on a holiday, or left town for something that wasn't a one night mission for a party or a gig, or visiting someone who was dying or something similarly strenuous... maybe six or so years?
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Eidolon has gone to its first readers, heralding a substantial break from Billy-writing-a-novel. I may write a movie in the meantime. I may get a job lifting heavy things and not thinking. I may do all sorts of things. It's quite exciting.
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion. See it. A bit of a kick in the guts. I knew Tibet was a bad scene, but this was worse than I dreamed. If it was genocide in 1960, what is it now? The worst is the fundamental absence of a solution. China wants Tibet for its resources and geostrategic location - who controls the high ground in central asia controls Asia. The tragedy is the culture seems really wonderful. Far from perfect as a society and an outward standard of living, but some substantial signs of having their heads and hearts in the right place.
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Heart of Empire by Brian Talbot. Read it. Alternate future with a totalitarian British empire ruling the world savagely and psychedelics and parallel worlds and more wonderful craziness than can be reported. Think a more coherent Grant Morrison with gorgeous art.
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I seem to know an enormous number of quite wonderful and generous people.
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One more sleep to holiday. It's weird, I don't know how long it has been since I went on a holiday, or left town for something that wasn't a one night mission for a party or a gig, or visiting someone who was dying or something similarly strenuous... maybe six or so years?
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Eidolon has gone to its first readers, heralding a substantial break from Billy-writing-a-novel. I may write a movie in the meantime. I may get a job lifting heavy things and not thinking. I may do all sorts of things. It's quite exciting.