Virginia Astley – A Summer Long Since Passed

Virginia Astley – A Summer Long Since Passed
The latest painting in the Project Mogwai series was completed last night. ‘Superheroes of BMX’ is one of their earliest songs, that’s only occasionally resurrected as part of their live set. It’s an odd choice for a title, and one that sounds like a piss-take, which is completely at odds with the song itself which [...]
It was a never was. It could be a lie. I could make it a lie. No one would guess. More like no one would care. The lie would be mine and for me only. From my lips to my ears. A regret perhaps. Or I could simply tell the truth and not listen. Or [...]
I long for the days of disorder. I want them back, the days when I was alive on the earth, rippling in the quick of my skin, heedless and real. I was dumb-muscled and angry and real. This is what I long for, the breach of peace, the days of disarray when I walked real [...]