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20.8.05

smoker's delight 

i have since long been sceptical of america's war on cigarettes and drugs (especially). my last two visits to montreal, the venue of my favorite gig of the year banned smoking on the premises. i was too hold off till 6am to smoke a fag unless i wanted to be let out without possible re-entry. fortunately, montreal being montreal (or at least my ex-pat's romanticised version of it), people smoked cigarettes, and joints, without too much fuss, we got told on occasion by big forceful men to "put it out!" ("pas le droit de fumer icitte!").
in any case, reading this brilliant post, sublime little tubes of destruction, on design observer this morning, i was compelled by the 'éloge' of the smoker's image, a worth reading 'compte-rendu'.
lastly, i have read on kottke.org that radiohead has a blog... this is really happening.