A Hedonist’s guide to… LIFE
Edited by Fleur Britten
Available in all good bookshops from Tuesday, 23rd October 2007.
A Hedonist’s Guide to Life is a manual to all life’s pleasures, be they simple or guilty, the thrill of rebellion or the thrill of religion. The unifying principle is simply the very great importance of pleasure itself. So come on – smoke a cigar! Get off on altruism! Throw a fancy breast party!
The name of this rather good outfit are They Came From The Stars And I Saw Them. The single is called '(its always) boomtime, part one'
The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Alice follows him down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. The Rabbit shows up again in the last two chapters, as a herald-like servant of the King and Queen of Hearts.
... and some other quotes from rather a good film. If you can name it, I'll buy you a drink. Just one, mind you.
• We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now.
• I feel like a pig shat in my head.
• I must have some booze. I demand to have some booze.
• I want something's flesh.
• Don't threaten me with a dead fish.
• I'm going to pull your head off, because I don't like your head.
• I have a heart condition. If you hit me, it's murder.
a poem by T S Eliot
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw -
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air -
It's time to face up to the inevitable. Time to acknowledge the true nature of what we face. Time to stare at the naked forces of life.
We will have to lay down the pens and the paintbrushes. Have to buy sports shower gel and knee supports. We will have to turn off the computers, the studio lights and the PA systems. I-Pods and pedometers will be turned on. Some us will even need to buy sports bras.