The Brighton Line
By chuck
Notes for a novel.
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SF. Pt.14b. Another day, another beach.
Cosmic upheaval over Pattaya.
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SF. Pt.11g. Ashram.
Brief meditation.
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A Byzantine Encounter.
Arriving in Istanbul, a Muslim city, at night, had been a shock. They hadn’t known where they were. There was nothing that resembled a bus station or a tourist information booth.
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A day in the life.
Who would have thought pop music would explode like it did?
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A day trip to Worthing.
William has Phun.
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Botanical Gardens, Bermuda 1980.
Imagine blue skies, pastel coloured houses, palm trees...
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Dangerous Times.
Arthur's breakfast musings are rudely interrupted.
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Naked Tea
A chance meeting with William Burroughs in Fortnum and Mason's tea room.
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Tripping.
‘You feel anything yet?’ Simon asked when they were waiting for the train.
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The coming of Yumi.
Rock writing before cellphones and laptops.
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Hey Jules, don't make it bad.
A glimpse of the London art scene circa 1966.
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The Banjo.
He sees the banjo in a second hand shop in Croydon. No strings attached, couple of pegs missing, battered case. They are asking 4 pounds for it.
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Sticky Fingers Part 1. Cremation.
Arthur returns to England for his mother's funeral.
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Sticky Fingers Pt.2. Reunion.
Simon and Arthur continue their conversation in Bill Wyman's restaurant.
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Sticky Fingers, Pt 3 Apparition.
Arthur gets back to his hotel room and decides to watch TV.
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Sticky Fingers Pt. 3b. Digression.
Includes a cameo appearance by William Burrough's ghost.
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Sticky Fingers. Pt.4. Narration.
Arthur gets from London to Bangkok with some help from the narrator.
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Sticky Fingers Pt.5. Big Sur
Arthur gets from the airport into the city OK. He has decided to spend a few days in Bangkok before going back to the village where he lives.
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Sticky Fingers, Pt 6. On The Road.
The narrator gets serious.
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Sticky Fingers. Pt. 6c. Childhood stuff.
Yes childhood stuff. I know...but it has to be done.
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SF Pt.7 The River of Shit.
Gatwick was not always London's second busiest airport.
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SF. Pt 7b. The Jazz Club.
Simon kindly fills in some gaps.
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SF.Pt.8. Chchchchanges.
A brief summary of cultural changes in post-war Britain.
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SF. Pt.9 One of these days.
One of these days, thinks Arthur, I’ll write all this stuff down.
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SF. Pt.10. Rive gauche.
Hitchhiking on the National Sept.
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SF. Pt.11. Journey to the East.
Some guys get all the luck.
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SF. Pt. 11d. Somewhere in Turkey.
A rough night somewhere in Turkey.
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SF.Pt.11e. Adventures Among the Wily Pathan.
The footsteps of Alexander.
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SF. Pt.11f. India proper.
Life (and death) on the sub-continent.
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SF.Pt.12. Hall Of The Mountain Grill.
Syd Barrett forgoes breakfast.
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SF. Pt.12b. Oscar goes ballistic.
A Virgin Island interlude.
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SF.Pt.12e. Pretty things.
Back on track.
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SF. Pt.13. Bagels and bubblegum.
Everybody’s hustlin’, Just to have a little scene... Donovan.
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SF. Pt.13f. Striptease.
The ongoing identity quest.
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SF. Pt.13g. Cohabitation.
The unisex look.
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SF. Pt. 15. Pink flamingos, swivel guns and batshit.
Oscar comes up with a plan of sorts.
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SF. Pt. 16. Mewsing.
Excuse the pun.
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SF. Pt.17c. Virgin Gorda.
More hanky-panky in the Caribbean.
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SF. Pt. 18. Abbey Road.
Let me take you down.
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SF. Pt.19. Samantha.
Eternal female potted version.
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SF. Pt. 20. Bangkok reflections.
Stuck inside of Bangkok with those Sixties blues again.
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SF. Pt. 22. Sympathy for Oscar.
California dreaming.
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SF. Pt. 24. On the Skytrain.
Arthur takes a ride on the Bangkok Skytrain.
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SF. Pt. 26 Caribbean wind.
A minor altercation at Foxy’s.
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SF. Pt.26b. Gulf Stream
Ruminating with one eye on the weather.
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SF. Pt.30. The Brit Awards.
Simon returns to London.
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Turning point.
A snippet.
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