Am hungover. Alcohol bad. Coffee good. Those darn friendly-types at Pastis who just hafta introduce me to Calvados after a night of beers’n’cider’n’wine’n’pernod’ oh’n’at-least-one vodka…. Looked at blog & realised I have been slacking – sorry folks.
Chris had a good weekend with plenty of visitors. We watched The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939 version) – seen it before of course, but fab movie. Was tempted to make connected jokes about Chris’ new physique with straps & buckles & related distortions, but held off on the grounds that my taste can be very questionable at times – my recent pillow gag re ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ Chris didn’t appreciate very much.
Ant Timpson came over with his new baby boy who Chris enjoyed meeting (kids & pets a big deal at the moment). Ant very kindly asked me what films from the last festival I thought Chris would be interested in seeing on DVD and I hafta admit that I substituted the films that I wanted to see ….. uhh ….. but you’d do the same in my position…. right? … right?
Chris is boppin’ around the house now without any need for his walking stick & was in a pretty cheery & Chris-like mood all weekend. Beautiful day in Auckland and lounging on the back deck was popular.
Tomorrow is the big day for the Mono boxset – tens of crazed Beatle loons won’t be sleeping tonight. I’ll be picking up Chris’ set first thing and of course I will be waiting for him to open it & have a listen, of course I will, I wouldn’t dream of anything else…..
It is totally true that you can’t Beatle too much. Go Beatle now – go on – you know you want to – it’s good for you – it really is – start with uhhhhh – ‘Dear Prudence’
Hey there
We thought you guys might like to know that the documentary “Heavenly Pop Hits – the Flying Nun Story”, featuring quite a lot of Chris, is online on NZ On Screen now: http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/heavenly-pop-hits-the-flying-nun-story-2002
There’s some fantastic NZ music history in that doco – Enjoy.
Brenda – and the NZ On Screen team.
Hi there,
Amy here from The Southland Times in Invercargill, we are keen to talk to you about Chris’ progress. Sounds like he’s doing well.
Cheers,
Amy
Ouch! You’re breakin’ my heart!
Ouch! I’m fallin’ apart…ouch,…ouch,ouch, owwwwch! Oooooh…..
I need more Rutles too.
Watch out or Chris will be chasing you for that Mono box!
Nice update. It was a beautiful weekend. At this moment I am Beatle-ing and started with Dear Prudence as you suggested followed by Flying and then Here Comes The Sun right through to The End. I believe my 6 week old son enjoys The Beatles and he has already been introduced to Chris Knox and The Nothing. He stared at the speakers and I’m sure he was listening intently. I wonder how long it will be till I can discuss music with him and he can tell me my taste in music is crap? ha.
Enjoy the Mono Set guys!
Dear Chris
I hope you are felling better and on the road to recovery.
You re my Elvis and I wiah you the best of British.
I’ve written a bunch of songs, you can listen to them at http://www.reverbnation.com/thebagmen
I’d greatly appreciate if the proprietor of this website would pass that link to Chris. thanks.
best
William