Today I am overworked, exploited, verging on obsessive, and with no time to write, pontificate, comment, or even send emails. Fortunately Syd sent me this quite extraordinary picture of the crew back in the day. L to R you have Boss Goodman, Paul Rudolph, Sandy, your’s truly (OMG the fucking hair!), Ace Mandelkau, Russell Hunter, and, needless to say, Twink. You notice a sign in the background that reads saloon bar. Clearly we are either entering or exiting the Portobello pub know as Finches.
The secret word is Yesterday
(And yesterday there was no secret word.)
The secret word is Yesterday
(And yesterday there was no secret word.)
Great pic! and a lovely evocation of a London that is long gone, with only a few tiny remnants that haven't been assimilated into branches of Starbucks or Paperchase.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me think of the relative innocence of the 'bad future' high street in It's A Wonderful Life.
Ow. Too much synchronicity for one day. Gonna have to lie down. Read this: http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Features/LadbrokeGrove.htm immediately before taking a look at your blog.
ReplyDeleteA great photo! I'd like that one framed and on my wall.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the latest on Boss? And the Fairies and Twink? All seems to be quiet at the moment.
Not exactly related Mick, but if you haven't seen this Telegraph piece on flying spy drones, you probably should...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6035077/Police-launch-Flying-Saucer-CCTV-camera.html
Brilliant photo, brilliant hair too!
ReplyDeleteIn answer to anonymous, we're all alive, more or less.
ReplyDeleteThese are not people I would like to encounter on a dark night.
ReplyDeleteThis is one for the Archives. It's lovely to see Boss here!
ReplyDeleteFar-freakin-out!
ReplyDeleteFinches is still a decent pub with many "interesting" people drinking there I first met George Butler in Finches.
ReplyDeleteis that finches down fulham rd.?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's Finches on Portobello.
ReplyDeleteI thought you guys were hippies. You all look kinda...dangerous.
ReplyDeleteTriskaidekaphobe intervention.
ReplyDeleteOh, I get it...the fourteenth post. *smacking forehead*
ReplyDeleteBasically the Bilbo Baggins of Bloggerization.
And yeah, you guys look pretty effin cool. I guess, by definition, all hippies are dangerous though, right?
This picture gives me a boner. I wish I'd be around back in that day...
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