2023
2023. Can't drill into a wall, doesn't know where the pipes are or how to turn off the water, or how to cut the brambles that reach out from deep within the bushes like the frantic, grabbing hands of a Blackpool magician, can't drive up a hill so steep - has never driven a car alone ever at all, actually. The woman who owned my house told me you can go on some great hikes here, "but not in Converse." She spat the words. Converse means people who have always lived in the city and have never driven a car and get scared of the noises at night. It means fans of The Strokes. To my horror I remember how I once had a pair of Converse, but they made my feet too hot. So I am all of this and more, but less because 'Last Night' sounds like Vic and Bob's club singer covering Chaz and Dave, and it's about time someone said it. Kurt Cobain! I can't imagine him climbing a mountain, but how dare anyone say he could not. The neighbours tell me about the cre...