reasons to live

 

sunderland afc, the word “gasket”, prefab sprout, breathing,

outsider art, steely dan, scouse accents, robert smith's voice,

karel appel, squirrels, silence, dreaming,

‘happiness’ by todd solondz, dark humour, innocence, children’s spontaneity, squirrels, posh hotels, jean debuffet, converse all stars, “Dark Nights of the Soul” by Thomas Moore,

people with at least 7 faces, pistachio nuts,

pete townshend’s guitar playing, laurel and hardy,

‘together’ by Lukas moodysson, the ruts, india, psychotherapy, fish chips and mushy peas, thunderstorms,

match of the day, the beatles, massages, the concept of ghosts,

lying in the bath listening to “hejira” by joni mitchell, monasteries, nostalgia, New York, making new words up,

the smell of play-doh, john shuttleworth, melancholy hymns,

the royle family, misty the dog, forests, sheep’s faces,

gaston chaissac, eating flies, picasso, patchouli oil,

walking in the snow, louis soutter, northern humour, cats,

saunas, the first three Stranglers albums, peter henderson,

yorkshire dales, woody allen, paris, before sunrise,

steve reich’s music, laughing till it hurts, the pinewoods in Harrogate,

The Ramones (especially Joey), ‘this is spinal tap’,

“I trawl the megahertz” by paddy mcaloon, daftness,

Magazine’s “secondhand daylight”, spike milligan, idiot dancing,

a cup of bovril at half-time when SAFC are 2-0 up…