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Paul Squires — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:14:48 +0000

It is indeed an honour to be included in such esteemed company, this small sorority of song. Comfortably gathered here beneath decks surrounded by those few things we have treasured. Who interplolates, let us drink to the end of distinctions… between the nouns and the verbiage, the gathering, haha chuckles the old woman broods whilst knitting, [...]

Happy Birthday, Squires

Paul Squires — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:45:42 +0000

You are a nut case and I am proud of you, Andrew. Thanks Andrew. Here’s to all of them. Every single fallen one. Some barely caught the eye and then were done. Youth all ways always suffers first. Oh I wrote a poem, about the importance of acknowledging your sources for all sorts reasons, so here’s to [...]

Taking stock.

Paul Squires — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:34:09 +0000

just because you believe time is not linear does not mean I didn’t used to write this piece as a slightly drunken father on a starry night round a fire, a blur of his tattoo, an English flag long forgot on his forearm round his son saying, there is still the past, both recent and distant, [...]

Pam Brown agrees with a drunk bastard.

Paul Squires — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:50:29 +0000

(for now) opinions and attitudes should be flexible. Thought is an ongoing process hopefully. I wrote this comment quickly one Friday afternoon while thinking, I respect Pam’s many achievements and her honesty. This is one of the first times we have ever agreed on anything though… ‘Blogging’ is just private publishing on the net. The word [...]

The Local Drunk

Paul Squires — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:57:36 +0000

who acts like he owns the place cos he does wakes up each morning to his magic martini these days more fictional breathing sea air and minimising exaggeration and pianola plunking why not revolution like a memoire revolution why not in a clockwork watch til one damns the obvious cliche play that Tom Waits one again he says stumbling my way

in the absence of war

Paul Squires — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:49:06 +0000

and idling with neither provocation nor criticism, two things will result. An attempt to escape into fantasy or the creation of some utopia in which everyone can say whatever they want and everybody can listen to whoever they want. It is however a dangerous idea. It would involve making a distinction between a representative democracy [...]