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December 24, 2006

pic of me

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David Sifry took this pic­ture of me back in Paris a cou­ple of weeks ago. I sup­pose I’ve loo­ked worse. Thanks, Dave! [Click on image to enlarge etc.]
[Music:] Been lis­te­ning to this album all night. Cat Ste­vens meets Lloyd Cole meets William Blake. Ama­zing. Genius.

9 Responses to “pic of me”

1. Liam Daly says:

   December 24, 2006 at 8:53 AM

   Happy Christ­mas so. I hope Lon­don doesn’t turn into New York for you. Cum­bria soun­ded heroic, ins­pi­ra­tio­nal even. Good luck with it.
2. Andreas says:

   December 24, 2006 at 10:26 AM

   Aahh “the hand”..the “I have something on my mind” hand…The thought­full thumb ( what sepa­ra­tes us from the mon­keys) and the pointy fin­ger dis­pla­ying upwards move­ment and progression…“The hand was actually inven­ted during the cold war by Kis­sin­ger, later to be pic­ked up by many…Kissinger actually just called it “Hand”, but in the hands of George Bush, it quickly became “The hand” based on his love for the defi­nite article and the band the the…(he calls them the the the…) Have a nice christ­mas Hugh. Loo­king for­ward to a whole new year of Gaping Void..
3. Hsien Lei says:

   December 24, 2006 at 10:48 AM

   You look as you should look! Pen­sive and artis­tic.
   Happy Holidays!
4. Peter Cooper says:

   December 25, 2006 at 12:36 AM

   I think it’s a pretty good pic­ture actually. Makes you look youn­ger somehow.
   Also.. just bought that album enti­rely on your recom­men­da­tion.. and yes, it’s great! I don’t really con­nect with your refe­ren­ces (through igno­rance of them, mostly) so I’ll call it Polypho­nic Spree meets E.L.O. meets Lambchop for anyone else who might be ins­pi­red to buy
5. patrick says:

   December 26, 2006 at 6:56 PM

   Check out the “Ava­lanche: Illi­noise out­ta­kes and extras” it is the b-side to Illi­noise and it is , in my hum­ble opi­nion, a bet­ter album. cheers
6. kathy Sierra says:

   December 29, 2006 at 6:48 PM

   Hsien said the pic­ture made you look “pen­sive and artis­tic”.
   I was thin­king “mischie­vous and a bit dangerous” ; )
7. Gabe says:

   December 30, 2006 at 7:35 PM

   Love that record too. Though “Belle & Sebas­tian meets Phi­lip Glass” is what occu­rred to me.
8. Cennydd says:

   January 3, 2007 at 6:46 PM

   Hugh, if you’re enjo­ying Suf­jan you could do worse than pick up the Joanna New­som album (“Ys”). Won­der­fully talen­ted har­pist and singer-songwriter. Not exactly simi­lar, not exactly dis­si­mi­lar, if you see what I mean.
9. kayla says:

   January 10, 2007 at 1:42 AM

   hey you’re pretty good-looking. i’ve been rea­ding your car­toons for a while and won­de­red what the artist looks like. i like.