Oliver Craner

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"The capacity for love or friendship always indicates a superior and generous nature, and when we see them in life or art, they always engage our sympathies. They are witness to an expansive being that can in the pursuit of his own happiness encompass the happiness of another. In such a person the perennial tension between the pleasant and the noble seems to disappear. The lover or friend does what he most passionately wants to do and in doing so benefits the friend or the beloved."

this part is very well written! bravo

You're a legitimate sadist.

 

[luka]

a nasty piece of work through and through. i think printing citta is the way to go.

 

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Alternatively we could commission "the kind of book Corpsey would like to read," where the rest is your perogative

I don't want to write a book about music, I've had enough failures already.

 

[sus]

Oh we don't care about copyright, we'll print em anyway

It's a deal. Heads up we sell at-cost, it's strictly a punk operation, and we don't have contracts

 

[luka]

it's your best writing and there's no politics or opinions for anyone to object to. just sex and clothes and booze.

 

[sus]

but @luka can vouch for my character as an honorable man

 

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Oh we don't care about copyright, we'll print em anyway

It's a deal. Heads up we sell at-cost, it's strictly a punk operation, and we don't have contracts

Does that mean I get no money?

 

[luka]

but @luka can vouch for my character as an honorable man

i vouch for it without reservations

 

[Corpsey]

I've just sent you some pedantic professional proofreader feedback craner.

I was going to do it publicly but I thought that might make me look like a monster.

 

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OK, why not. As long as it comes out looking nice.

 

[sus]

It'll look very good

 

[version]

I read half the Swansea one then sent it to a Welshman I know.

 

[Corpsey]

It's interesting so far, I must say - and I will read it. But I'm sleep deprived today and I simply can't face reading anything other than a deliveroo menu.

 

[luka]

I've just sent you some pedantic professional proofreader feedback craner.

I was going to do it publicly but I thought that might make me look like a monster.

forward this to me please Craner. i'd do anything to read it.

 

[sus]

I'll get you copies too... $50 and a pint on me

 

[Corpsey]

I went to see A Matter of Life/Death at the BFI not long ago and on the way out I spotted Gary Oldman and friend.

In a moment of madness I shouted "Mr Oldman!" He turned, startled and afraid. I then shook his hand and said something incredibly witty like "I love your work!" Then scuttled away, my cheeks burning with self-reproach, to spend the rest of the evening writhing in agony.

 

[luka]

shameful

 

[Corpsey]

Later on that evening I did some googling and discovered that he was once implicated in hitting his wife. This made me feel better.

 

[Corpsey]

I'll never forget the look of fear in his eyes.

I knew how it felt to be Mark Chapman that day. Only without the satisfaction of a job well done.

 

[Corpsey]

Craner and I have now opened up a private correspondence.

One day it will be published and stored in The Elon Musk Library on Mars.