London ILB - FAP?

It's a question for the ages, that.

I hope I'm going to be there by half past six, but I fear I might not be there anymore by half past seven.

eight, I hope.

Should be there by 5.30 - 6.

I am thinking of possibly going to the FAP early, and hoping to see Tim.

I might possibly then have to leave early too.

Looking more like 7 for me, annoyingly.

Tim, do you still expect then to leave by 7:30?

Yes, yes I do.

apologies for not making it - mixture of workness and cancelled trains meant it would've been half ten by the time I got there. hope good time was had by all. missed pie.

No worries - there will always be another sometime.

woof - this is the book I was telling you about - http://www.amazon.com/Mausoleum-Thirty-Seven-Ballads-History-Progress/dp/0916354059

Do you have the Enszenburger Modern European Poets, Julio? I think I may have a spare of that one.

Yeah I do, its terrific.

I am looking for Ungaretti, if you happen to have that..

Thanks for that xyzzz - knew I wouldn't be able to remember. I was recommending the Zbigniew Herbert one iirc.
That was fun. I enjoy rambling + BSing + some book talk. And drink.
Mentioned -
Penman on Fassbinder & Football:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2014/07/14/ian-penman/fassbinder-the-football-fan/
Band of TLS subs:
http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2009/06/spirit-of-play-will-the-tls-band-get-to-number-one.html

Tx I'll look out for Herbert.

(xp) I posted on an RWF thread his Top 10 greatest footballers of all time, from memory I think Helmut Haller was no.1

Thanks for the FAP, ILB people.

There was some good talk.
Anti-rockism, artists who do and don't write their own songs, love and loss, record shops in seaside towns, British Catholic fiction of the mid-C20.

And on the way back with Woof - the peculiar criticism of Tom Paulin, and Paul Morley, two great gifts for impressions at a time when impression quality control might not be at its best.

Woof insisted at one point: MARK SINKER IS IN WITH THE LRB NOW

haha I enjoy *insisting* especially in state of drunken (Penman/Sinker) confusion

I also enjoyed the Morley & Paulin impressions. I wish had a decent Greer (ideally Germaine, but Bonnie might do) – we could have given the Lewisham line a full tribute to the 90s Late Review.

tbh I felt (after 4 pints) that my Paulin was rusty but my Morley at times was so dead-on it might as well have been Morley.

Anti-rockism, artists who do and don't write their own songs, love and loss, record shops in seaside towns, British Catholic fiction of the mid-C20.

Don't forget Tim's secret other life as an air-sea rescue pilot.

Yes !!!

Wasn't this Mark in the LRB? http://www.lrb.co.uk/v13/n13/letters#letter5

I hopey not.

Julio I do have the Ungaretti, but not a spare, sadly.

I took a pic (two, actually) of my PMEPs, and loaded them to Flickr for your perusal, damned if I can work out how to post a link though. Maybe these will work:

https://m.flickr.com/photos/37872438@N00/14745397534/
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/37872438@N00/14744574171/

But maybe not.

Well done Tim!

We have all forgotten to mention the most extensive and heated discussion of the night: Amelia Fletcher's betrayal of the radical aesthetics of 'My Best Friend' and 'Pastels Badge' in accepting an OBE.

And the fugue state induced by 'Pastels Badge'.

Looks good Tim, something to aspire to :)

See people might want another round :-)

Thing is I may not be able to turn up to the autumn one but lets set a date down. How is next Thursday 30th.

can't do next thursday, but am up for this. weather is making me feel pubby.

No to Thursday 30th. Can't do that.
Thursday 23rd, I can make it by about 9:30 if anyone is still around, but that's a bit late to get to a FAP.
Basically Thursdays not good for me.

we can surely shift it from a thursday. mondays and tuesdays unlikely to be good for me for the foreseeable - so a wednesday? my november wednesday's are looking empty.

5th November then?

i can do the 5th yes.

I could make a comment like 'expect fireworks', but that would be too much laboured facetiousness, even for me.

I'm not sure I have the money to FAP ;_;

I think it's got past the point where it's beyond just 'cheeky' to nurse half pints until someone takes pity on me.

5th November is not a good FAP night as it is fireworks night.

Ok, so how about the 4th Nov.

can't do 4th or 5th now unfortunately. what about <drumroll> Wednesday 12th?

I'm ok with that.

I'm not

LOL

haha we'll get there.

25th December?

Tom D - when can you make it? 19th November?

Yes, that's fine. Now poll on how long it will take for someone to object to this date.

I can do this date!

now waiting for a ledge-shaped spanner to come flying over the ILB wall and into the greenhouse.

http://i.imgur.com/emnwoFRl.jpg

nah that should be fine.