Iain Sinclair

^^ one for the 90s heads

Just started on "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings". It seems good so far

Picked up American Smoke which is Iain doing the Beats and Black Mountain. I was really curious to see how he brought his apocalyptic geographic history lesson thing to us in the godless west. Digging it so far, I kind of think of it as Lovecraft writes for Travel & Leisure mag.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n21/iain-sinclair/diary

A piece on the 70x70 film screenings. Have to say if I was more in London during weekdays I would've fancied my chances at being the only attendee at some of those screenings. I really like going across London to catch a screening of something I want to see, as well as the trip too.

I think he writes so well about that kind of decay except a smugness has been set for a long-time so maybe I should re-visit -- its been a long-time since I read Downriver, maybe I should revisit to see whether it was ever any good. I suppose the work begins for me at examining the nostalgia for um technicolor garbage.

I also wonder if old London cinema going ever inspired connection making that he describes taking place through screenings of the The Clock?