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[wwidsith]

I caught the end of some doco about Chinese hip-hop on Radio 4 yesterday, which was great (it's here, if you want to check it out). I was amazed to hear one of them say that not only is rapping harder in Mandarin, but singing is much harder in general because of having to rhyme tones as well as sounds. This is the sort of thing that I assumed was

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[oh_meow]

Ooh lucky you, getting to visit Chatham. My home town is a very special place isn't it? Did you have the good fortune to see some alchies fighting outside woolworths?

[wwidsith]

No, although some little chav asked one of my colleagues what the time was...and after she told him he shouted, "cheers, an' a blowjob, yeah?"

Thing is, I secretly find Chatham kind of inspiring. I really want to write about it (have you read any of Billy Childish's stuff?). Plus, as a local journalist, I literally make about half my films in Chatham...it's basically an endless supply of antisocial behaviour stories!

[oh_meow]

I know Billy Childish's stuff well, I have a lot of his records too. You can't escape the man. Also Charles Dickens. If you attend any kind of remotely academic school in Kent, they make you do vast amounts of Dickens and Chaucer in some attempt to be locally patriotic.

People who visit Medway with me always say they feel like they are going back in time, what with the rampant 80s style deprivation and cathedral and junk shops. I like visiting, but there's no way I'm moving back there. I did it recently for 3 months, and no, definitely not.

[wwidsith]

Heheh. Well I grew up in Bromley, so I know exactly what you mean! But you're right....it's definitely best to leave these places behind us..