Andrew Oldham's Boneyard
Unclassified Weirdness
The Big City – lite or was it lights?
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: Today we went in search of the legacy of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation and went to North Beach. We visited City Lights Bookstore and also took a trip to Vesuvio Bar which is right next door.Bit embarrassing really we only had a … Continue reading
Escape from Alcatraz
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: Today we went to Alcatraz – accompanied by one fly per person…. Flies!!! We have never seen so many!!! We had a great day – the prison is much smaller however than how it appears in films. We saw the cells of Al … Continue reading
Love your jacket…Man!
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: Today we went to Haight – Ashbury famous or imfamous for a number of things… Hippies Manson The Grateful Dead And the fantastic Amoeba Record Shop. Eventually on the second 71 bus we caught (first one was going in the wrong direction) we reached … Continue reading
Hippies and Goths
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: When we were in Haight Ashbury, there were alot of Hippie inspired places run by kids who weren’t even born in the 60s but who had managed to package the era and sell some grungy leather jacket that may or may not have been … Continue reading
Peace & Love in a Pint Pot
Any few days ago I hinted I might reveal the secret of happiness, fulfilment – and doubtless how to carve a career for your hamster in Motion Pictures. This came as an impetuous boast, coming from one who called his latest book, Dead People on Holiday. I remember telling one gentleman what the title of … Continue reading
Drinking Hunter
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: In a bid to be more cosmopolitan, Andrew drank Hunter S. Thompson in liquid form, this comprises of many shot in one pint glass and given the name of the great Gonzo writer. Andrew didn’t like it, drank it fast and saw cats in … Continue reading
Flying Home
This is the rest of the Honeymoon Blog from September 2006: Tomorrow, bright and early we fly home, Andrew has filled a coke bottle with barcardi and coke and plans to drink his way through US security, faintly smelling of cat pee and singing songs from the musicals. Favorites in his repotoire will be HELLO … Continue reading
The religious saga continues, …
The religious saga continues, having breakfast in a pub – make what you want of that one – sat next to a priest reading mills & boon.
Sat next to a nun on the train…
Sat next to a nun on the train, I am editing sex scene in novel, feel less guilty as she is reading a book on opium farming.
