A porcelain tattooed bull; a soapstone owl; a fox's skull; a brass pig; a deer's antler; a Lewis chessman (a pawn); a varnished stone; a postcard of The Porteous Mob by James Drummond.
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On My Mantlepiece.
On (the closest thing to) my mantlepiece:
one teddy bear in lederhosen
a touch sensitive lamp
a picture of the flatiron building in NY (c1930)
a NY Yankees tankard with a dozen 'mums placed in a zen-like ikebana stylee
two flight tickets to Amsterdam
and a postcard from Latvia.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
Hauntological?Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
A philosophical concept formulated by Derrida concerning the spectre of the past, but now used more often to describe a musical genre which attempts to evoke half-remembered fragments of childhood memories and unsettling nostalgic ephemera such as terrifying public information films and the title sequence to Picture Box.
There was a thread about it on the old OTF, which has of course itself now become nostalgic ephemera.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
Aah. Thanks, KM.
I guess it does look a bit Wasp Factory-ish written down.
I don't know about childhood memories, but the Lewis chessman does look a bit like Noggin the Nog.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
there are two mantelpieces in my flat
1) Several Loebs (Ovid, Vergil, Manilius, Valerius Flaccus, probably more); a text of Aeschylus; 5 or 6 Dorothy L Sayers; about 10 penguin Evelyn Waughs all matching with kind of 20s-style covers that it took me years to collect; Nicholas Nickleby, The Pickwick Papers, the Christmas books; the Father Brown stories; a black and gold candle; a ceramic pot; a little wooden bricks skyline of London thingummy
2) several OCTs (Euripides, Seneca, I forget what else); the poems of Matthew Arnold; an old Bible; an old Arabic Koran; two blue bowls; a silver clock; Kidnapped and Catriona, covers sellotaped on; a white vase; a nice copy of The Hobbit; the Decameron; a blue postcardComment
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On My Mantlepiece.
blue as in rude?Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
Empty flower vases, empty pewter wine goblets (wedding gift), cat's ashes, ant trap.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
no blue as in blue
I forgot lots of things I see now. The Stevenson is actually Dr Jekyll and another one. a text of Cicero's orations. the Orange Fairy Book. the thousand and one nights (abridged). Jane Eyre. a photo in which I am a bit slimmer and standing in the Forum in Rome.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
I have no mantlepiece. I'm keeping it real.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
Do modern houses have mantelpieces?Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
What's a little wooden bricks skyline of London thingummy? Sounds like I might want one.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
A hurricane lamp. A painting of a fishing boat. A model of a Galway Hooker. A brass plaque with an Irish saying on it (There's no hearth like your own hearth). A port light. Dust.
I didn't realise we had such a nautical theme going.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
It was from Muji. London in a bag. Theres an Eye and a post office tower and a big Ben, and a gherkin. Someone has posted pictures of their New York version here.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
A photo from Procida of an open window and a lemon tree.
A photo of my wife in Tokyo
A diptych of me and my son at my brother's wedding
A photo of a garden filled with guests from our own wedding
Assorted candles
A cheezy plastic Masaai figure
Measuring tape
Three small Phaidon or Phaidon-like books: Century, The Photo Book, The History of Photography
An unfortunate amount of dust.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
I don't have a mantlepiece as such, so here's what's on the main shelf in the living room. (It's a very long shelf.)
A Price's Emergency Candles tin containing assorted foreign currency, much of it defunct
A plaster-of-paris cherub that's meant to be on the wall
A Magic Roundabout picture I've had since I was a toddler
An action figure of the Fonz
Photo stands containing pictures of Mrs Rhino, me with Mrs Rhino, me with Nicky Wire and me with Richey Edwards
A rubber replica of Dali's Mae West's lips
A case containing two brilliant rag dolls of me and Mrs Rhino, made by a friend on the occasion of our engagement
A little Beavis & Butthead gadget that goes "This sucks! Huh-huh" (and three other phrases)
A pack of 'Death On Drugs' playing cards
A pack of 'Marseille' tarot cards
A pack of 'Exploitation Of Women/Feminazis' playing cards
A pack of 'Back To The USSR' playing cards
The 'I Predict A Pop Quiz' Champions League Winners' trophy, Nov 2007
A My Little Pony with a blue mane
A Manic Street Preachers 'You Love Us' make-up compact with mirror
A Manic Street Preachers 'Slash & Burn' cigarette lighter
A boxed pair of Good vs Evil Unicorns, presented to us by Mr and Mrs Carcass
Squishy novelty rubber penis, bafflingly given by best mate Tony
A cow-print metal ashtray containing three Las Vegas dice, a Reservoir Dogs cigarette lighter, a Wu-Tang Clan coin, one of those dice that helps you decide what to do ('LOVE', 'TV', 'SEX', 'PUB' etc), a polished glass thing with Prince's logo on it, and two Stay Beautiful matchbooks
A pink lamp with hearts all over it
The notorious Time Out 'Shoot Me, Daddy!!' Marvin Gaye cover, framed
Assorted eyeliner, cover-up, glitter tubes, lip-liner etc
Rubber wristbands that are supposed to look like barbed wire
Bettie Page wallet
Sunglasses
Keys for a bicycle lock
Northern Soul badge
Soap nicked from a posh hotel
Two of the actual 'Pulp' washing-powder boxes from the "Common People" video.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
We may need to stop. No one's going to beat that for sheer cool.Two of the actual 'Pulp' washing-powder boxes from the "Common People" video.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
I have a Lego Zinedine Zidane on my bookshelf, but I suspect that can't compete at all.Comment
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On My Mantlepiece.
Except it's on a shelf, not a mantelpiece, so it doesn't count...Comment
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