god i love these kinds of stories. have a vague impression that people don't do that kind of thing as much as they used to. but i love it. i'm going to live in a tent while i put together the dissensus alt country top 100Actually a better analogy since he went straight to writing a book without any intervening period of journalism is Colin Wilson.
Not quite as hardcore as Wilson, who wrote The Outsider in public libraries and cafes while sleeping at night in a tent on Hampstead Heath (so he wouldn't have pay rent, so he didn't have to have a job, so he could write the book)
Fun fact - he left school at 16. This means he is the most street credible British music writer since Julie Burchill.
Plus he lives on a street where kids listen to drill on their phones while selling drugs.![]()
I found this book in a second hand place when I was a teenager and became obsessed with it. It introduced me to some sort of concept of mindfulness, I believe? I can't remember now, going to have to dig it out of my parents' attic.Actually a better analogy since he went straight to writing a book without any intervening period of journalism is Colin Wilson.
Not quite as hardcore as Wilson, who wrote The Outsider in public libraries and cafes while sleeping at night in a tent on Hampstead Heath (so he wouldn't need to pay rent, so he didn't need to have a job, so he had the free time to write the book)
He was too late for the blog era. That was 15 years ago.
thats makes someone credible? jesus your bar is low.
Over halfway through my 2nd read, gonna lap corpsey
To be fair you could live in pretty much any street in London and be in very close proximity to drill-listening, drug selling youtsFun fact - he left school at 16. This means he is the most street credible British music writer since Julie Burchill.
Plus he lives on a street where kids listen to drill on their phones while selling drugs.![]()
To be fair you could live in pretty much any street in London and be in very close proximity to drill-listening, drug selling youts