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WRITING EXERCISE. MIGHT BECOME MORE….30 EVENTS IN MY LIFE; IN BULLET SNAP-SHOTS(with brief marginalia).THE FIRST TWENTY(might not get further) BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 2, 2020 by decayetude

Can I link this to my “loose baggy monster”{H.James}post/across Covid putative (ever-delayed) visitor-in-his-own-land narrative; is this just one-step too freaky???…. ____________________________________________________________ HERE GOES: 30? wtf…….In BULLET points? wtf….my life (hitherto) on a menu I was born [TRIGGER; too traumatic] 2. … Continue reading →

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“YES, I REMEMBER MUM’S LARDER”.BY STEVEN BENSON. CREATIVE COURSE. 2.20.

Posted on February 8, 2020 by decayetude

“Un Wont Ed Ly…..Farther and farther”{father} Addlestrop, Edward Thomas     It was circa 1966: in mum’s larder. Narnia, filled with hoovers, a semi-desuetudinous(even then) coffee percolater(powered by means of some, possibly, dangerous, methane liquid, and used only on very … Continue reading →

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3 INTERTWINED ROOTS. PART 3. OPEN READING/OPEN WRITING/OPEN SPACES. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on April 13, 2018 by decayetude

With thanks to Dr. Christopher Madden for being the catalyst for this reflection.   I read (perhaps just a few lines/ a paragraph) I think: “That needs a personal construct” I write: my OWN take on what I have read; … Continue reading →

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CORNWALL RAMBLINGS(PART 2): GAY IN ST.IVES(?). BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on October 18, 2017 by decayetude

I wouldn’t like to be gay/trans/bi/queer and live-permanently- in St.Ives. It was alienating and lonely enough being there for a week. “you are gay gay gay {etc}{blah blah blah}{YAWN}”; “you are TOO{sic} gay}{bigger yawn}”. WHATEVS…. Ha Ha: BUT, HE mentioned … Continue reading →

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THE PURPOSES OF A GAY/LGBT/QUEER ARCHIVE AND THE RECORDING THEREOF. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on September 6, 2017 by decayetude

1.Avoiding the double annihilation of gay/lgbt/queer invisibilisation over the centuries by allowing records to wage war on time, in a stab against mortality: written/listed in the internet ether. 2.To battle against the vagaries of the fickle and self-devouring marketplace, which, … Continue reading →

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FABULOUS, EXHIBITIONISTIC, CAMP, BEAUTIFUL PIANO WRITING.TRANSCENDENTAL VIRTUOSITY.CARL CZERNY AND THE SPECTRE OF FELICJA BLUMENT(H)AL. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on July 14, 2017 by decayetude

I have a big collection of Vox Turnabout 70s LPs, with their flamboyant, camp covers, the beautiful detritus of teenage record collecting, especially of late Classical/Romantic era Piano Concerti. But it was not just the indefatigable yet genuinely great warhorse … Continue reading →

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THE RETURN TO THE ILLUMINATED CAFE; AND EAST BERLIN. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on June 23, 2015 by decayetude

I crossed the (Ersatz) Berlin Wall*, and Returned to the Illuminated Café, Another Aspect of my Re-claimed Homeland. Nothing much had Changed:a Cupboard moved; But still the Art Deco Lights; Glitter balls; Teapots of Many Colours and Alternative teas; and … Continue reading →

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