tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post8132224303068415795..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: The Lost Albums of Paddy MacPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-45435160464147610642009-09-24T11:55:38.900+01:002009-09-24T11:55:38.900+01:00Paul -- Nice post; thanks for your personal recoll...Paul -- Nice post; thanks for your personal recollections of one of my fave groups of all time!<br /><br />But what's this about Paddy's "weatherbeaten" face? Here's a recent photo -- and underneath the bushy beard, the face looks young; the eyes still seem to twinkle!<br /><br />http://www.prefabsprout.net/paddy2009b.jpgRobinbrevardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-21061032738930648552009-09-21T09:16:25.970+01:002009-09-21T09:16:25.970+01:00[Excuse the deleted comment above, folks - I could...<b>[Excuse the deleted comment above, folks - I couldn't see another way to edit a mistake]</b><br /><br />You don't need to write like someone else, Paul - you can write like yourself, and you've been doing it for years.<br /><br />I don't know about what someone once called <i>the rough unpublished novels of our lives</i>, because many of yours <b>have</b> been published, but David Gladwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457543827168926489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-74623614838731643262009-09-21T09:13:04.176+01:002009-09-21T09:13:04.176+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Gladwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457543827168926489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-41515031825384180912009-09-18T12:24:08.584+01:002009-09-18T12:24:08.584+01:00Tidey,
As Paddy himself said in the sleeve notes ...Tidey,<br /><br />As Paddy himself said in the sleeve notes to LCTWWM: "If you try to write like someone else, at the very best you will end up with pastiche."Paul Linfordhttp://paullinford.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-29366193672213730452009-09-18T10:01:57.629+01:002009-09-18T10:01:57.629+01:00Something here reminds me of a certain journalist ...Something here reminds me of a certain journalist turned author with a passion for collecting records. Are you going to follow in the tracks of Nick Hornby? Do you think you might have a novel about meeting back up with all of your ex girlfriends in you?Tidey Sumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328809168977915278noreply@blogger.com