Paul Kingsnorth

'SILLY'? You've spouted some rather dubious opinions previously Mr Kingsnorth but calling Leeds silly? I am in Leeds right now, and have been for some time, and I can assure you it's anything but silly. It's grey, it's cold and it's a bit smelly. I can see some chimneys and a McDonalds. Please let me know which bit of Leeds is silly so I can move there immediately. Thanks.

and have a good time tomorrow.

Posted by:  Anjo at 9:14 AM  

Hmmm. Perhaps you're right. I know some silly people there, but perhaps this is not enough. Still, I reckon it mujst be your responsibility to up the silly quotient, since you live there. :-)

Posted by:  Paul at 9:20 AM  

Silliness in Leeds is largely concentrated in a place called Archway on Roundhay Road, which is where I work. Feel free to drop in, Anjo.

Alice x

Posted by:  Anonymous at 2:31 PM  

Paul you're right. I feel a bit silly now. Which must be a step in the right direction!! I will try and do my part.

I'll have to check this Archway place out then (I used to live near the fforde green but haven't been for ages) - I'll be the one with the orange hair and very long shoes. x

Posted by:  Anjo at 2:46 PM  

I went to Merdeka. To be honest the music wasn't great. The West Papua singers were head-slumpingly mournful, and the Brazilain band was pretty non descript. And if you hung around til after midnight the whole place became a drug-crazed, get-off-your-tits and forget what this is all about anyway kind of event. However the drummers were fantastic and it's definitely a great place to go and go mad for a bit. Just a slightly odd venue for a Free West Papua campaign I thought.

Posted by:  Mustard Jones at 12:40 PM  

You'd hardly expect the Papuan singers to be jumping all over the place when they were singing about genocide and the death of their loved ones?!?!

Posted by:  Anonymous at 4:58 PM