tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post1186455877612368643..comments2024-01-06T02:32:42.525-08:00Comments on A good old fashioned one hundred and twenty unit week...: Fitzrovia: London's Bohemia by Michael BakewellChazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03798535246946993002noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post-37921422868881533382009-11-12T16:58:20.381-08:002009-11-12T16:58:20.381-08:00Now this is a book I dearly want to read.
AlexNow this is a book I dearly want to read.<br /><br />AlexAlex Hennesseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925111235039462117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post-40185470204095354662009-09-20T09:03:11.817-07:002009-09-20T09:03:11.817-07:00That's the paradox, I suppose. The intensity w...That's the paradox, I suppose. The intensity which created his art also when into self destruction. However poetic it might be to declare, "I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record" it's still going to get messy...Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798535246946993002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post-73869521924871027872009-09-19T14:03:22.174-07:002009-09-19T14:03:22.174-07:00I take the point that D.T. (how appropriate) might...I take the point that D.T. (how appropriate) might have produced a little more if he had been more abstemious. That said there are plenty of creatives that have become crashing bores once they climb out of the bottle. Thomas's drinking was an essential part of his persona without which arguably he would not have been as interesting. Also Crowley lived to 72 so clearly the horned one was looking after him.Rhab Adnamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post-14835738849944713342009-09-14T07:39:06.467-07:002009-09-14T07:39:06.467-07:00We can only wonder what Thomas might have produced...We can only wonder what Thomas might have produced if he'd stayed away from the pub for a couple of nights a week. As for Crowley, I'm not sure it's such a bad thing if intoxication put a limit on his output...Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798535246946993002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8898421506079768187.post-18891507236529231512009-09-14T07:31:33.726-07:002009-09-14T07:31:33.726-07:00Tragic that booze and drugs got to adle the mans m...Tragic that booze and drugs got to adle the mans mind before his time was anywhere near up.Tradesmen Building Supplieshttp://www.onestopbuildshop.co.uknoreply@blogger.com