Gloomy

24. she/her. I like to drink coffee at midnight and listen to music.

I <3 these bands:

  • pulp + britpop

  • manic street preachers

  • roxy music + bryan ferry + brian eno

  • david bowie

  • nick cave and the bad seeds + caveiverse

  • einstürzende neubauten

  • the pyschedelic furs

  • 80s music: new wave, goth, synth pop, postpunk

  • ambient music

insta: @sinknofurther and @glorydaysofpulp

now, some book recommendations:

  • the illusion of the end by jean baudrillard (wacky, food for thought)

  • the eye by vladimir nabokov (despersonalization, russian humor)

  • pornotopia: architecture and sexuality in playboy during the cold war by paul b preciado (surprisingly fun, revealing)

  • sombrero fallout by richard brautigan (sad, hilarious)

  • in praise of shadows by junichiro tanizaki (old man yells at cloud, kind of has a point)

  • wise blood by flannery o'connor (depressing, funny)

for those who simply don't have the time:

  • why don't you dance? (short story) by raymond carver (lovely, melancholic)

  • endgame (short story) by j g ballard (suspenseful, thrilling)

  • talking in bed (poem) by philip larkin (my favourite ever)

  • enough (poem) by emily dickinson (my second favourite ever)

  • ash wednesday part 1 (poem) by t s eliot (my third favourite ever)

  • drinking alone under the moon (poem) by li bai (my fourth favourite ever)

quotes living rent-free in my mind:

  • "that old feeling is still in my leaking heart" (william s. burroughs)

  • "I am a cage in search of a bird" (franz kafka)