David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


21 June 2020

day by day

  
Friday night footy in the time of COVID-19 is played with no paying spectators present. Tonight on TV, western suburbs Sydney (The Giants) v western suburbs Melbourne (Western Bulldogs). Therefore, melee! 
  
After the game Ch 7 commentaTAR Brian Taylor praises the "off the outside of the non-preferred boot" kicking skill of Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontompelli.


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Saturday morning RAGE over breakfast. Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized and the xlent false start addressed to us : 
"I'm in the wrong video!" 

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Son of 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson, 1969,
is 21st Century (Digital Boy) by Bad Religion, 1990, with another fine ntrance scene. Raaaaaaaaage!
(see also Ring, 1998)
alTARred by 

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Over late morning coffee, the Coodabeen Champions on ABC radio pay tribute to WW2 popular culture hero Dame Vera Lynn who died this week aged 103. She sang to wartime Britain; the Coodabeens sing to the one-eyed COVID-19 pandemic locked-out footy fans at the Boo Factory in WA. "Sue in Perth has requested 'We'll Boo Again'...

 First verse :
We'll boo again
In our Optus grandstand
But I know we'll boo again one fine Perth day.
  ( rooty tooty )
There'll be a free
Paid against Josh Kennedy
And we'll boo until more Eagle frees are paid.


Final verse :
We'll boo again
Every chance that we can
We will boo even when we don't know what for.
  ( rooty tooty )
We'll boo again
When the visitors score
We will boo until we cannot boo no more.


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