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beautiful distraction

from not it (1999) by nev clay

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a friend at work encouraged me to go on a blind date with a girl who worked behind a perfume counter at Bainbridges. This is how it went. Voice breaks at a couple of points, this being due to lack of technique, and notes being too high, rather than some histrionic maudlin display of anguish.

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Oh wasn't that a beautiful distraction, dear? ACAB in white gloss paint on a bus stop. For thirteen days I understood the value of self-delusion. The skeleton of a pushchair on the railings. For thirteen days I really thought this sack of dust was full of diamonds.

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from not it (1999), released April 14, 1999

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nev clay Newcastle, UK

Nev lives near Newcastle and until 2018 was a mental health nurse. He's been clarting around the local music scene for 30 years, and once supported Keith Emerson out of ELP. Cover photo - Stan Bonnar concrete hippo, Killingworth, Newcastle, photo by Narbi Price 3 Jan 2023. Secret guitar tuning: CGDGAD ... more

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