I wouldn't know what to recommend live music wise (have you checked resident advisor? More club stuff really) but my two favourite Hackney pubs were biddle brothers on lower Clapton Lane and the Prince George, parkholme Road I think.Yes I'd like to see live music while I'm here but no idea where to go or what's happening.
Will be bumming around Hackney coffee shops today I think. People are welcome to come visit the freak show, throw peanuts at my mouth see if I catch em
walk down the River Lea towards Springfield Park. The woodlands/marshes/Middlesex filter beds are all worth a wander.
Greggs & British Museum this morning; Oxford this afternoon to meet a friend; then flight to Berlin in the morning. London, it's been—well, it's had its moments.
Idk why WYH sent me to Gregg's it was incredibly mediocre. Was that the point?
Edmund went tu-thunk, tu-thunk over and over on the cobblestones with his rolly cart (chair, sign, typewriter etc). We met up at Kings Head Yard pub very OG London spot apparently, old-fashioned all shoulders no urinals you just piss in a trough, Brits kept getting successive rounds of double-whiskeys and pints (simultaneously, "and" not "or") every 15 minutes, by 11pm we were completely plastered, I never drink haven't drank in ages but I have a natural aptitude, always been able to handle my liquor well, in college I could drink anyone under the table, whereas Luka couldn't handle the heat he knew he was in deep trouble the way I was keeping up, he'd really screwed himself, shamefacedly turned toward home to pass out (not in front of the 'murican he thought to himself) and was so hungover the next day he skipped work on the ThamesTell us what they did
Edmund gave you a very positive review actually.I apologize for my lackluster field notes on the poets, I tried to get a little more but they are some combination of reclusive &/or don't like me very much 😆 you could tell from Edmund he was doing his best to be hospitable and welcoming despite skepticism, while with Luka he had no qualms on this front, brazen distrust and suspicion of the American