{"id":194,"date":"2005-03-06T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-06T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2005\/03\/the-place-we-all-go-to\/"},"modified":"2005-03-06T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-06T16:53:00","slug":"the-place-we-all-go-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2005\/03\/the-place-we-all-go-to\/","title":{"rendered":"The Place We All Go To"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The place I am now has fantastic skies, looking West towards Camden.<\/p>\n

I heard today about the death of DJ Tommy Vance – real name Rick West – here’s <\/a>a nice biography of him with some soundfiles, my favourite of which is called 31 Days In May. Go listen. What a fabulous voice he had. Tommy was “first English D.J. to broadcast on a USA radio station” so he claimed. With a voice like that, who would disagree?<\/p>\n

I sit staring at the gorgeous site of sun fanning golden fingers through clouds 3 miles from here, “huge girders of light arriving from space”, IG<\/i> called them. Tommy has just left the building. Tommy’s 21 grams have vanished. He has breathed his last. He is an ex-Tommy.<\/p>\n

Why is the parrot sketch so funny? Because it is about death. Taboo subjects always heighten our tension and make easy meat of us for clever carnivorous comedians.<\/a>
Why tension? The unknown. Death is the limit. Of understanding. Of consciousness. Of Us. Or is it? We just don’t know. This is the Big One. The big

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We laugh because it’s scary. Not. Knowing. What. Lies. Beyond.<\/p>\n

The place we go – maybe we don’t go anywhere. Or maybe we do. Nobody can ever really say. Is death the beginning of a journey, or is it the end of one? Or isn’t it?<\/p>\n

THE END.<\/center><\/p>\n

Of us.<\/p>\n

Me.<\/p>\n

You.<\/p>\n

Or do we just end up in Camden?<\/a><\/p>\n

I am aware I am not making much sense, but today, frankly, I don’t give a damn. Neither am I feeling morbid, or in any way morose. Instead, after a fabulous gig last night, remaining in high spirits until 4.30 am, spending all morning with my gorgeous girlfriend, and a chilled Sunday lunch with an old friend who has dropped in from Canada, I am musing about the place we all go to.<\/p>\n

And it IS, in fact, Camden<\/b> – look it up on the map.<\/a> Tommy Vance told me. He’s there right now, talking with Elvis and Jimi and Janis.<\/p>\n

If anyone ever asks you (and parents, this especially applies to you) you must tell them, “Camden, that’s where we all go when we die.”<\/b><\/i><\/font> <\/p>\n

We go to Camden and we buy clothes.


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