rigid codes of hierarchical binarism ([info]andypop) wrote,
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This week's celebrities in our store have included Charlie Higson (very unassuming, didn't realise it was him until I looked at his credit card) & his son, and Pete Shelley (who comes in fairly regularly, but is always worth mentioning). But these are eclipsed by E, an ex-colleague who now works in an architecture bookshop. Yesterday she served Laurie Anderson and her boyfriend LOU REED. Lou fucking Reed! They were really nice, she said. So I guess he's only nasty to journalists. Heh heh.

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[info]charlottecooper
2005-05-24 12:25 pm UTC (link)
What do you care about Lou Reed? You've met Patti Smith.

Me and S have a game that involves going "Mr Reed! Mr Reed! I love you!" in high pitched voices. If I ever meet him I'll have to say that to him.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:08 pm UTC (link)
Good point.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:57 pm UTC (link)
Did you see the Observer Music Monthly interview with Patti? I got a link to it on a Yahoo group. Very interesting.

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[info]charlottecooper
2005-05-24 02:01 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, she describes her sexuality as "normal," ie not a dyke. Pfhtht!

Sime is the one you should talk to about it, I am in my "over her" phase.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 02:07 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure that's quite what she meant... seemed like she was being a bit apologetic for being old-fashioned. I think she's slightly self-conscious about being expected to be a sexual outlaw or whatknot when actually she likes it missionary-position and only on Friday nights, you know?

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[info]charlottecooper
2005-05-24 02:09 pm UTC (link)
You're generous!

Yeah, but it was crappy the way it came out.

I'm really not the person to be talking to about her!

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[info]moleintheground
2005-05-24 12:32 pm UTC (link)
You know Lou and Andy on Little Britain is based on a sketch they did with Andy Warhol and Lou Reed?

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Which ones are they?

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[info]mal1
2005-05-24 12:33 pm UTC (link)
Oh and they were shopping for architecture books, how cooool.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Yes, three large books apparently.

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[info]shangri_lala
2005-05-24 12:52 pm UTC (link)
One of my good friends is good friends with Laurie Anderson. When I was visiting California recently and having lunch with this friend, I was like "So, did you go see Laurie when she performed here recently?" and she was like "Oh, no I had to miss it, but she came over for dinner instead."

Hee.

xo

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:10 pm UTC (link)
Blimey.

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[info]datapanik
2005-05-24 01:03 pm UTC (link)
This story would be even better if I had any idea who Charlie Higson is. :)

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Ah, well. Back in the early 80s he had a post-punk-funk band called the Higsons. They did a popular single called 'I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys' and a later one called 'Got To Let This Heat Out' which was the inspiration for Robyn Hitchcock's song 'Listening To The Higsons' (and if you know the RH song, yes it does sound like CH is singing 'gotta let this hen out'). I once saw the Higsons at my then-girlfriend Mandy's college ball in Yorkshire. They played in one room, while in another there was pomp-rock Cristian plodders The Enid. I popped in to see a bit of the latter and there was just one guy standing listening to them. (This might sound sad if you haven't encountered The Enid. It isn't.)

The reason he's an actual celebrity, though, is because he was one of the main people behind the Fast Show, a comedy show which ran in the UK for several years in the 90s (and counts Johnny Depp among its fans). If you've seen the show, CH plays Ralph the aristocrat who's in love with Ted the gardener, among others. They relied less on straightforward gags than on building characters and establishing catchphrases. It was very good.

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[info]talentshow
2005-05-24 01:33 pm UTC (link)
Lou Reed went up to one of my friends at an art show and called her "a beautiful creature."

Not sure how I feel about that, really.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:53 pm UTC (link)
Me neither.

No one could accuse him of having a clue, let's face it.

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Cor!
[info]crazycrone
2005-05-24 01:45 pm UTC (link)
I am suitably impressed.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 02:08 pm UTC (link)
We had that Richard Hell in our shop once, mind.

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[info]big_trend
2005-05-24 02:50 pm UTC (link)
And Morrissey! First things first, Andy!

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, but RH seemed relevant, being another NY punk icon an' all.

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[info]freddster
2005-05-24 01:52 pm UTC (link)
i didnt even know they were dating.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. Been a few years now, I think.

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[info]steviecat
2005-05-24 02:08 pm UTC (link)
I had Jacqueline Wilson in recently, and crossword compiler Quantum.

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 02:20 pm UTC (link)
Dear old JW! The childrens' favourite goth.

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[info]small_circle
2005-05-24 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Pardon my ignorance, but what (and where) is yr shop?

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[info]andypop
2005-05-24 05:16 pm UTC (link)
Waterstone's, Camden High Street.

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