The Northern Newsletter
'My writing is to a large extent journalistic observation' – Morrissey
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Kuching. Borneo. Humid but comfortable, the atmosphere is pleasant while the climate is almost alien compared to my accustomed northern weather. While the evening endorses, I am happily chatting to my good friend JJ. We discuss all things records from rare pressings to classic sleeve covers – it is inevitable that bootleg vinyl will be brought up. Being one of the most widely disputed topics, I am surprised by our similar viewpoints on them and JJ even continuing to cover the many Bob Dylan bootlegs in circulation and even personal favourites. Sharing my own tales of wading through the high tides of counterfeit vinyl, it grows apparent of their positives and negative aspects.
Inspiring me to ignite this series, in an effort to judge the barbarism or beauty of bootlegs…
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‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect’ – One of the most bewildering yet bizarre expositions to a novella ever written, Metamorphosis is argued to have secured Franz Kafka’s podium within literature as ‘20th Century’s most significant writer’. His cacophony of anxiety and alienation has established his own writing technique within the human emotional spectrum – ‘Kafkaesque’. Kafka’s society isn’t pleasurable, reflecting the tiresome torment of an inescapable nightmare yet for some dark periods of time we will eventually end up there.
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A classic tragedy with romanticism weaved within it, Romeo and Juliet may be one of William Shakespeare’s biggest triumphs. A tragic love story where two star-crossed protagonists fall in forbidden love yet are forced to be sworn enemies who eventually are drafted into their family’s chaotic conflict. Juliet is sentenced to marry Count Paris, which subsequently means Romeo and Juliet are unable to be together resulting in the pairs bittersweet demise but is juxtaposed as peace and unification is developed. It is one of the most praised and admired plays ever to be written, and this rendition fulfils expectations impressively.
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