. This is the film that Iain Sinclair described as "grunge Keiller" and has been screened here and there apparently. Catch Deep Topographer extraordinaire Nick Papadimitriou riifing brilliantly on the Phenomenology of the Stockbroker Belt, the pig-iron universe of WWI, the progression from Dan Dare to Pornography via a skip in Cricklewood Lane and loads more.'Journeys Beyond the Western Sector' is now available from Crockatt & Powell's Booksellers on Lower Marsh SE1, behind Waterloo Station. They have an interest in matters psychogeographical and sell an array of books and pamphlets such as the intriguing 'One Eye Grey'. Nice fellas too. My old mate Ivor Dembina even did a stand-up set there the other night (Ivor was the saint who made sure that my first ever stand-up comedy gig was Saturday night at The Hampstead Comedy Club on the same bill as Time Vine - it was downhill from there featuring painful stop-offs at places such as the Feral Comedy Night at the Bridge Hotel, Sydney).
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Oh what a lot of comments this entry has stimulated! Papadimitriou finally gets the attention he deserves.
Mr. T, I fear you underestimate Mr P: I for one was left speechless (until now) by the pixellated record of this ramble, ending as it did in my spiritual NW10 heimat. Not only is Mr P the prophet of a new Age of Aquarius - the sewerage/pig-iron variant thereof - but his charisma in front of the camera will surely one day find its natural home as Adam Hart-Davies' Bazalgettic spectre. Or somefing. Keep up the good work, Mr P!
I assure you, Sir, that Papadimitriou is nothing more than a charlatan. Here are examples taken from the testimony of a certain writer who accompanied our "Deep Topographer" on some recent walks:
Papadimitriou claimed the sewage-access manhole covers adjacent to the Mutton Brrok at Henley's Corner where inscribed H(endon)UDC. A quick examination revealed they were infact F(inchley)UDC covers;
Papadimitriou habitually confuses Heracleum Sphondylium (that is cow parsnip or "gix") with Heracleum mantegazzianum(Giant Hogweed) and refers to both as simply "Hogweed";
He refers in one essay to the North Way at Hendon as the "Great North Way."
My case rests! If a simple two-minute survey reveals such fundamental errors on the part of this "visionary" and you still insist on attributing some kind of authority to this corpulent self-promoter than you, Sir, are clearly also a fool.
Mr Tregaskis,
Your labelling of Papadimitriou as a "fool and a charlatan" merely confirms his status as a visionary. I think you'll find that being labelled as such is a natural precursor to greatness.
Sir,
You may be right there: I don't recall anybody describing you in those terms!
you wicked, wicked man. i won't ever forget that appalling thing you did in our septic tank. all in the name of 'research'. your pedantic spite will one day bite you in the bum - mark it!
Ah Mrs Hamilton, my dove. I recall those days spent together in that bungalow in Hillingdon, the researches on Arum maculatum the endless replays of Moody Blues albums, the dances we held with members of the Bureau of Cosmo-vitalist Principles. It was horrible! As for Papadimitriou, that beaked monstrosity, the original Nerd That Turned, he should listen to Deborah Orr - there's no future for him, none at all.
I think you must have ingested too much of that Arum maculatum - it was the Blue Moodys we were listening to, my nephew Desmond's pop group. Desmond now works for Toyota as a Manager. But you, what have you done with your life? Still ranting and raving and swallowing dictionaries. And who's this Debbie Orr - finally got a girlfriend have you? She must need her head examining.
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