Sunday Culture
Today is Father’s Day in the UK. Late stage capitalism has us surrounded by reminders of this and it’s a tough one to avoid if you’re a) as online as I am and b) a member of dead dad club. The further I get in to this one big beautiful life, the more people there are who have joined me in this club.
Take care today if you’ve lost your dad, if you’re grieving a relationship you no longer have with your father, if you’re someone who wasn’t able to be a daddy, if you never knew them.
What I’ve been watching
Is anyone else watching Off Campus (AKA the straight ice hockey show)? Just me? I had to check the guys in it weren’t fiendishly young so I could still comfortably enjoy it. We’re safe, the main guy is 28 (irl). College romantic drama book adaptation joy.
Alleyways TV (a Northern Irish production company) has released a documentary about Project Children and its founders on to YouTube for free. Entitled ‘How to Defise a Bomb’, it charts how an Irish immigrant NYPD Bomb Squad cop set up a charity to bring kids living through the Troubles to America. Although the film is 10 years old it is still essential viewing for those interested in looking for an inspiring story. My dad did a lot of work for Project Children back in the day so this lives close to home.
What I’m reading
I love a memoir that charts the history of particular music scenes so I rushed to get Kathleen Hanna’s book ‘Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk’. As the front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, I can’t wait to dive in to her insights and memories from an incredible time in music history.
What I’ve been listening to
My daddy was a massive Van Morrison fan. Stick ‘Gloria’ on (technically by Them) and dance around your kitchen. Gerry would love it.
Actually if you really want to channel his fave Van, listen to the live version of ‘Madame George’. He quite rightly adored the onomatopoeic line ‘the clicky clacking of her high heeled shoes’ and the visual it conjured.
GRMA for reading.
Deirdre x
