“Sod the wine, I want to suck on the writing. This man White is an instinctive writer, bloody rare to find one who actually pulls it off, as in still gets a meaning across with concision. Sharp arbitrage of speed and risk, closest thing I can think of to Cicero’s ‘motus continuum animi.’
Probably takes a drink or two to connect like that: he literally paints his senses on the page.”
DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little, Ludmila’s Broken English, Lights Out In Wonderland ... Winner: Booker prize; Whitbread prize; Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman prize; James Joyce Award from the Literary & Historical Society of University College Dublin)
Chris Parkinson, who with partner Robin Chalklen are The Yearlings, celebrated his fiftieth birthday at the weekend. It was a fine old night, with some fine old guitars being passed around by some of the cream of the South Australian music business - the music ran like honey. The Audreys were in attendance, the Ponys played a hyper-rare gig, and master guitar maker Jim Redgate supervised the black platters. Even the food was full of music - the catering was done by Robin and Mick Wordley of Mixmasters recording studios. Here's Parks contemplating his birthday cake. Happy happy birthday, dear Brother. There they are playing at Olivers' Taranga 170th party the night James Halliday made eyes at Nick Ryan (Leeanne Rouvray photo), below, and playing Yangarra, bottom (Milton Wordley photos) ... Mick Wordley and the author enjoyed a private sound-check show in the sunset.
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