Good evening,
None of us have really quit our mutual friend, as we all linger on here from time to time.
For myself, the last thing I bought at time of release was Vauxhall and I.
I was sent a tape version of southpaw grammar but an old friend from US, and have only heard fleeting parts of anything released since.
I knew my loyalties were waning, when I opted to see The Sundays in Manchester and London, the same nights that he played battersea and Chester.
Over recent years I’ve sold almost all my vinyl collection and only a few bits of memorabilia remain.
I’ve often compared my feelings toward him, as that you would do for a best friend who plays Sunday league football. You’d turn up to support them rain or shine, but deep down knowing you felt they had missed their moment and things weren’t as good as they were once.
But still hoping that one day, some time , a glorious return.
It’s hard to look back and think that I once lived on every word, and could relate to all beyond and comprehension, but you then have a stark realisation that they were ONLY words.
On one of the occasions we met, he mentioned that I was an “omnipresent”, I laughed and simply blamed him for happening to be at concert venues the same time I was.
Yet, despite it all, certain songs, at certain times still bring a grown man to tears.
Stay charming , with ambiance
L .
