One of the reasons The Somerville Arms is the best pub in Leamington is that there’s always someone interesting to talk to. Also, Paul the landlord has the best collection of jazz autographs and he serves great beer. Last week, I found out the new guy behind the bar had just finished his Shakespeare dissertation and got talking to him about writing. As I left the pub, he scribbled down the name of a website I should check out.
The website was Silkworms Ink and my first blog for them can be read here. It’s on a subject that’s very close to my heart – jazz’s sense of humour! I hope you can dig it, baby…
I’m gonna keep this very, very simple: your blog is e-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t. You writing is clean as Miles Davis’ horn, descriptive in a luciously minimal way, and brimming with nostalgic warmth that is obviously deeply felt. Keep it up. I’ll be back, Jack. Count on it.
Wow, thanks! I feel bad now that I haven’t posted anything for such a long time…
But I hope to get Squeezegut Alley back up on its feet in April. I have some quite exciting jazz-related news! Stay tuned and, once again, thanks for such a lovely compliment!