TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2008 |
Smoke Without Fire |
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Last
week I got dumped. By text. Three times. By the same
person. Which is curious when you consider that a) I
haven't seen her for at least a year, and b) we never
even went out because c) she's my cousin. Turns out
the texts weren't meant for me. Being at the top of
most folks' phonebooks leaves one with, let us say,
a 'lively' inbox.
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Taryn,
for example, regularly calls me at silly o'clock in
the morning asking for a cab - on cash please. Sadly
nobody else has taken to abbreviating Addison to Addie
yet, otherwise I might be on to a killer scam. Except,
obviously, that I don't drive.
I get it all: breakdowns, break-ups and make-ups (try
looking your colleague in the eye after an accidental
button-push has left you with an eight minute voicemail
of their coital pantings as heard from their trouser
pocket). But mostly it's just drunken booty texts at
2am. Which is essentially like having a delivery embarrassment
service.
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Lucky
that I'm not organizing the new Memory
Cloud installation then. Who could ever live
down six foot tall, glowing letters hovering above
Trafalgar Square bearing the immortal epithet,
"yr ass looked so good 2nite. wot u doing l8er
sexy. Brad x"?
Memory
Cloud - October 8-10
Trafalgar Square, WC2
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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS |
Porcelain, felt, rubber, and wood; not it?s not Blue Peter but the Origin contemporary craft fair. 11am-7pm. Somerset House. Strand, WC2. £8 |
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He
was famous for a hell of a lot longer than
fifteen minutes. Andy
Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. Hayward
Gallery, Belvedere Rd, SE1.
10am-6pm. £10 |
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Glossy? Matt? Nope, I like my music experimental. That?ll be Galvanised! Festival for you then. 8pm-1am. Café OTO. 18-22 Ashwin St. E8. £6 |
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Young historian Kate William asks if Queen Victoria was the first rebel. I say yes. 7.30pm. Southside House, Woodhayes Rd, SW1. £10 | |
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