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By request, my first novel to remain unpublished. It's also, inevitably, my best. It's absolutely adult, in the sense of a grown-up book for grown-ups, and "informed" by events in my life. A shitstorm of mad sex and inconsiderate behavior. Unfortunately the non-performance of my previous novels hung a KEEP AWAY sign round my neck, and I was on the cusp of becoming Male, Pale, and Stale. Neither I nor City Of Starless Night answers the demographic requirements of the Annas, Carolinas, Emmas, Joannas, Tabithas, Arabellas and Sashas at any agency in the world. The cover design is something I did, because I could. You'd pick this off the shelf, right? Publishers are the dumbest of fucks.
Much to ponder...It's a Beautiful Day? "White Bird"? You never cease to provide wonderment... and how does one get down to just 30 minutes o'Beatles to be happily missed? Surely there's a 90 minute cassette tape there from such a prodigious krewe as is here and all...
ReplyDeleteIABD are here already, but haven't have the honor of their own FoamFeature®. It'll be the discography, minus "Today", which should never have been issued, and slewage of live stuff.
DeleteDr. Bombay Calling ...
DeleteIt's a beautiful day has a beautiful cover - was it done by the same person who did QSM's Happy Trails?
ReplyDeleteYes - George Hunter, from The Charlatans.
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(If you want any of these Spatial Additions, ask now or forever hold your piece!)
Yes - pretty please !!!!
DeleteTo the subject of The Beatles, it are the laters Now and Then, Free as a Bird and Real Love. I do not like them. Some Beatles wrote songs for others that are just slightly below average like World Without Love or Goobye or From A Window.
ReplyDeleteAnnd even when hordes of people say Ob la Di, Michelle, Any sitar song or Number 9, don't fall for it. As said to Indiana Jones, choose wisely, and as we now know, he took the wrong one.
I really like this version of "World Without Love".
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Cheers
Peanuts Molloy
Proves my point never to want to hear that ever again. The worst Lennon/McCartney song hopelessly overdone with getverchet baker sauce sung by an uninspired lady who could and should do so much better. I can only compare it with a MacBurger fished out of a mayoniase bucket
DeleteHi Rich. I'm glad I helped you prove your point and I hope you manage to avoid hearing the song ever again.
DeleteMy point was that I really like this version of "World Without Love":
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Cheers
Peanuts Molloy
"The detailed keyboard attention is once again becoming too much like something approaching office work!" - Sheer exhaustion has become my new drug of choice. Nodding off like Bilbo at Rivendell. Have you read the 'Shylock' series, dear boy? Insider giggles on every page. BTW, 'Last King of California' was so good, I didn't want it to end. Have fun laddie and hoist a nam wan for me!
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The exact shows that changed my life, listened to on that Magic Transistor Radio, all those years ago, today!
UK Psych (plus a couple of unadvertised bonus albums):
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I like a lot of things extended. Hiatus not so much.
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(Pretend it's the radio - nobody's going to pay attention all the way through)
Bugger. I'll be training my spy-glass upon the horizon for your ship's mast coming back over it, you devil. Take it easy.
ReplyDeleteFanny, your comments have been like rhinestones on velvet. Thank you for your participation. As before, I'll be keeping an eye on new comments, and if I can re-up anything - if I still have the files - I will. Or if you just feel like adding something somewhere, I'll see that too. But the interface here on blogger gets more glitchy every time I open it up - there's a whole rigmarole of clicks I have to do every time I even want to comment (on me own blog fercissakes!), which I put down to using an old OS, and juggling the elements of a typically over-designed IoF© piece is becoming more of a chore than a joy. Add to that the uncertainty of my typing - I can barely mange five words without getting something wrong (it took three attempts just now to spell "elements" and i've left "mange" uncorrected). Nothing more serious than growing old, luckily.
DeleteI've got the Beatles thing started, anyway. A very rich field.
"Rhinestones on velvet"
DeleteI haven't felt so flattered since Glen Campbell wiped his bum on the cat, only for his minder to apologise and drag the addled old fool back to the (final) tour bus.
If I had a dame like that draped over my chair, I'd be taking an extended break as well!
ReplyDeleteI just read, "Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums", by Jeremy Braddock . An interesting (if a bit too smart for it's own good) study of Firesign Theatre. I am always up for a taste of something from the 4 or 5 crazee guys. Are you open to re-ups? Or that "PastDaily" Oz broadcast from 67?
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I was wondering what happened to the booze and high quality snacks at the IOF, and then I took a closer look at the photo adorning this most recent post. Looks like someone sprang for a set of fancy duds, there Farq.
ReplyDeleteI have to 'fess up, Mr. Mac. It ain't really I. Farquhar Throckmorton III, and all his purported representations, are spurious confections. Whimsical conceits. I apologise for any and all distress this revelation may cause.
DeleteMind blown.......but, seriously, where's the booze?
DeleteThe drinks are in the Tiki Bar - where Kreemé fashions her signature smoothies.
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Re-up for Smash Adams:
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Story here: https://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/2020/03/do-boids-is-da-woid-part-th-uh.html
Better than I remembered and still, somehow, worse than it coulda/woulda/shoulda been...do you ever feel like there was a moment when a set of them almost got somewhere...transcendent moments here and there but too few and far between.
DeleteI'd be interested in what some of those moments--recorded ones, anyway--were for this august krewe. Not sure there's a box set there, but maybe a double disc?
John Peel, fifth and last (and longest - five hours and change!)
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John Peel deserves my respect because back when I was a leisure content interface consultant (I worked in a record shop), he and Fred "Pleasant Old Man" Dellar were the only two Voices of the Alternative Youth Set (VAYS) who actually came in to spend their own hard-earneds on buying records, rather than just snagging freebies from the office and then sneering about them in print. Neither hide not hair was ever seen of any of yer Kents, Shaar Murrays, Morleys, Burchills or assorted Penmen. It's unfortunate, then, that over his entire decades-long reign as King of the VAYS John Peel never managed to big up a single release that I could bear to listen to for more than 30 seconds. Not one. Quite the achievement, that. So, for me, no more from them later, thanks.
ReplyDeleteYebbut Arch, these shows are from '67, before he went punk. You must remember.
DeleteAhh! The clue was in the "golden era of pirate radio" part, right? I might even listen to some of this, then.
DeleteBless!
DeleteHere's the Thirty Beatles link:
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Farq's old bean, I must admit I'm quite fond of some of the ditties you put on there and indeed the Moptops do at least have the excuse that they recorded most of that in the whacked out drug soaked psychedelic late sixties so it fitted with the times.
ReplyDeleteIn any case I'd far prefer to listen to that than say 'The Best Boy Band Album In The World Ever'. Now just the title of that could make ears bleed.
You never know, in 10 to 15 years time the 'Brown Album' could become a much sought after CDR on the message boards and social media of the time and you Farq's could be revered as certain early music bloggers are becoming these days.....
It was only ever a diversion. I've deleted the files, as well as the piece. "Aloha" remains their best album. It's swell!
DeleteCrawlspace Post O' Th' Day, as prompted by Snorky:
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"Now getting it ready for you...Now getting it ready for you"
Delete"Almost ready...won't be long now"
Swell reading matter: th' Collected Published Works o' Farquhar Throckmorton III. Three interlinked SF (as in Speculative Fiction) novels, one action thriller co-written with PMC heavyweight, and one autobiographical "travel book". Enjoy!
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Stephen King sent me here. OOOOF!!!!
DeleteC in California
Some are saying that he ripped off my book Helium, thinly adapting the concept and unique plot details, for "his" book Elevation. Some are calling the man a cheap plagiarist, incapable of coming up with his own ideas. I would never do such a thing, because firstly it would be a grossly libelous accusation, and secondly because he is a multi-million dollar corporation with a team of lawyers with form in crushing similar ill-founded complaints from other authors who imagine their own work allegedly exploited in this way. The man is a Giant of Letters, and he has nothing but my respect for his startlingly original ideas.
DeleteHelp an idiot out (possible title for a onsite help column): how might one open the file of your co-authored book. They all look cool.
DeleteSpoils Of War is an epub file, which should open in everything but a Kindle. Or, you can change file formats with Calibre, a free app.
DeleteLooking forward to these, once I've converted them to be kindle-friendly.
DeleteAre there any...good bits? You know...bit juicy?
Not really. Oh - wait! There are in Baddha, and alarmingly, that's autobiographical. The only thing that didn't happen is Old Guy, who admits himself to being a fictive device, so that's being pretty transparent of him.
DeleteHelium/Godbox/Murmur is a kind of trilogy, in that there are three parts. They are interlinked by obscure details, but not narratively. Helium is a sad story with jokes, Godbox a screwball comedy, and Murmur is fucking bleak.
Spoils Of War (we have "the publisher" to thank for the title - its real title is "The Sixty") has bulletproof research from Michael Lockwood's professional boots-on-the-ground experience. Every one of the twenty-nine people who've read it - I'm guessing - have had a rollicking good time. We exchange Christmas cards.
Do you have an opinion why King would publish for like 40 years then steal your story for a novella then publish a bunch more books?
DeleteClearly, Anonymous, Steven King, Inc. was so inspired and awe-struck by the stunning brilliance of Helium that it was the first and only time that they "borrowed" not only the basic premise but key plot points from another author's work and stamped King's name on it. I'm sure every other work in Steven King Inc.'s massive product line was sprung solely from their namesake's own imagination and written in blood by his own hand. Or maybe King outsources some of his work to less scrupulous nameless word processors without knowing where the plots actually came from?
DeleteAnonymous, I'm not saying that King did, like, steal my story. That would be libelous. I'd never read a King novel, and hadn't even heard of Elevation. It was pointed out to me by someone on an internet that there were significant simiiarities between the two books; so many, in fact, that had I written Helium after he wrote Elevation, his lawyers would be up my ass with boltcutters. It has been suggested - again, not by me - that King had the story recounted to him by one of his researchers/assistants. This way he could - if the need ever arose - quite truthfully say he'd never read the book. Which he did, to me, through his agent. I believe him. It has also been suggested that his book (which I did read) was not written by him, in whole or in part, as it is stylistically different from the rest of his œuvre [Fr. - egg - Ed.], which would suggest it's a branding exercise. I wouldn't know, and don't care.
DeleteAs to your question why he'd, like, copy my book after forty years of coming up with his own ideas - ideas do run out. Don't forget that the man is, like, a walking billion-dollar corporation with a cleverly-managed online profile. He has the power to do what he wants.
Have you read the books? I'm guessing not. Read them both, forgetting the order they were published in, and spot the similarities.Coincidence is, like, a wonderful thing.
Thanks for these, kind sir. I had previously downloaded Novel Samples. I deeply enjoyed City of Starless Night & expressed interst in reading it in its entirety at elsonquick@gmail.com but never received a reply or the requested novel. I am looking forward to reading these. I am also still interested in City of Starless Night if it is available.
DeleteI rarely check that email address. I'll upload City Of Starless Night here later, so check back!
DeleteThanks, Farq.
DeleteWell, Helium is my idea of a good time! -- Bill
ReplyDelete"My idea of a good time!" - Bill
DeleteShould have been a cover quote - thank 'ee!
Little Feat, Farm Fresh: https://workupload.com/file/rmbP5UPDdSs
ReplyDeleteMissed this; thankee
DeleteFarq, being as you're an avowed Nesmith and Zappa fan, you must be aware of this clip that got YT-algorithmed to me a few minnows ago:
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C in California
Great stuff! I sampled some of it for this:
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(Thanks for keeping in touch - 'preciated!)
Oh, I check daily to see if anything's washed up on th'Isle. Enjoy yer break!
DeleteC in California
Here, for first-time caller NØ, from Pork Bend, Nebraska, great town, they tell me, ha ha, is City Of Starless Night, which is like, a book, in handy epub and mobi formats!
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... and taking us up to Drivetime at the top of the hour here's Randy Edelman with Uptown Uptempo Woman ... this one goes out to Nadine ...
Thank you so very much. Really enjoyed the excerpt that you previously shared & wanted to read the whole thing. While I was waiting, I began reading Baddha.It carries on the themes from rebuddha in novel form. Can't put it down. Excellent & spot on.
Deleteps. I recently moved from the Bend down the road a piece to Pork Holler.
DeleteI really appreciate your kind words!
DeleteI have Helium, Murmur, Godbox & Baddha as actual books, on paper, in my library here at Geriatrix Towers. I didn't know about Spoils Of War but do now. And thanks for City Of Starless Night. Great title and cover btw. The pair of them will have to lurk and mature on my Kindle device until I run out of proper books to read.
ReplyDeleteDon't leave it too late! I hear that your GP advised you not to invest in any long-playing records at your last check-up.
DeleteNah, LPs are OK, but he told me to cut down on the 78s. And absolutely no more cylinders, even the limited edition ones.
DeleteThe humour in my comment, such as it is, derives from life expectancy - always a surefire laff generator! - rather than recorded media as such.
DeleteSorry.
Delete"My friends all laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. They're not laughing now."
Delete(I used to think this was a Bob Monkhouse joke, but I recently heard it on a Fred Allen show from the 'forties. It could possibly date back as far as the First Humour Era and Homo Ridiculus.)