Sometimes words have two meanings

The pretty things of Kinghtsbridge

" . . . lying for a minister of state."

There are days when sunlight is neither sobering nor illuminating.

My friend, Miss Quick, in the above picture, is an event planner and I work some of the parties that she organises, such as the one described here. So I woke up today with this Costello song in my head. With the bit about "the after-dinner overtures" and the general tone of the song, it could from the soundtrack to the fancy event last night, especially the vague anxiety of staged intrigue.

Still, it's a living and all, yeah?

Elvis Costello ~ Man Out Of Time (alternate version)
Elvis Costello ~ Man Out Of Time (demo)
Elvis Costello ~ Man Out Of Time
from Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello

The myth of hardcore destiny is nothing but a dare

"That vision of fucked-up perfection can’t remember my name and I only want to hold her and have her feel the same."

Martin Galloway ~ Chapel Hill

A song about the year punk broke, when a lot of pretty boys were shot in their sleep. This version is from the Broad Daylight demo sessions.
complete lyrics in comments

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Another song from these sessions ("Colonial War") is on the Nylon Mustang page.