tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post722406707415293545..comments2024-01-30T02:12:25.330-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-42808937873163692072008-11-02T17:30:00.000-05:002008-11-02T17:30:00.000-05:00Good to know that Everett True is a real human bei...Good to know that Everett True is a real human being. I've been reading The Stranger here in Seattle for the last ten years and I was never clear whether True was real or a fictionalized character used by the Stranger staff to engage in various sorts of over-the-top music criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-29858780611748702822008-10-29T22:58:00.000-05:002008-10-29T22:58:00.000-05:00long time ago.before my time here evenlong time ago.<BR/><BR/>before my time here evenEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-82799342074650047232008-10-27T17:30:00.000-05:002008-10-27T17:30:00.000-05:00Aussie rock? AC/DC must be the most wellknown, no?...Aussie rock? AC/DC must be the most wellknown, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-48037184227554998912008-10-26T15:18:00.000-05:002008-10-26T15:18:00.000-05:00"...if the experience is too intense, cataplexy ca..."...if the experience is too intense, cataplexy can set in, leading to muscular collapse and possible injury. In rare cases the consequences are graver still. Anthony Trollope suffered a stroke undergoing this experience, while reading a now forgotten Victorian novel, Vice Versa. And the ancient Greek painter Zeuxis, reacting to the portrait of a hag he had just made, actually died of it." Jim Holt's gone and written a 'history of jokes and philosophy': www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/25/jokes<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile Posy Simmonds talks about Tamara Drewe, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2008/oct/16/posy-simmonds-tamara-drewe<BR/><BR/>And that's quite enough links from me.<BR/><BR/>Ben SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-37049961325404566832008-10-26T14:34:00.000-05:002008-10-26T14:34:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminiscences, Eddie. I had a real ...Thanks for the reminiscences, Eddie. I had a real fascination with the UK scene in the mid '80s (still do). I still dream of fantastic things like the Fast Fiction stall, Escape magazine happening locally, and all the great mini-comics I never got to see...<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/>--Rb<BR/><BR/>www.poopsheetfoundation.comRick Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129581782892360872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-40225991253815001442008-10-26T05:24:00.000-05:002008-10-26T05:24:00.000-05:00and that's Paul Grist on the far left. Got to go ...and that's Paul Grist on the far left. Got to go buy a fish now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-55984947707965249102008-10-26T02:34:00.000-05:002008-10-26T02:34:00.000-05:00I'm still in the vicinity, although not quite sure...I'm still in the vicinity, although not quite sure why, although those jacarandas you mention in another blog play quite a part in it. I'm on everett@planbmag.com if you'd like to hook up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com