Sober-watch

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Still exploring the wonders of Liverpool to discover why it’s the capital of culture.

Looking for a random local male that’s sober. Not found any yet, but it is after 12 noon on a Sunday, so not unexpected.

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  1. Is this how this thing works now? And there’s me just checking the “discussion” page periodically on the Jiglu page. Silly me.

    Anyway…

    Interesting to read the things you’ve written about Liverpool. I moved here several years ago and it does take a little getting used to. And then you forget and take it all for granted – it’s always interesting when someone visits for the first time and you take them into an offy (been into one yet? Try it.) Or to McDonalds (they’re all a bit like that round here. I could apply your comments to the four branches I’ve been to).

    And the first time someone sees that Radio City thing, well…

    However, after a while you get to be quite affectionate towards it all. It’s got a lot of character and a lot of culture and I think it’s going to look ace when they finish building all the new stuff. And it’s a bloody goo night out if you know where to go and where to avoid. Like any city, the really good stuff it slightly off the beaten track and it took me a while to find when I got here. I thought it was all about Concert Square and the orange birds wearing nothing for a couple of months.

    With regard to the capital of culture thing, I’d be interested to see any city (except London, possibly) pull it off in anything other than a mildly underwhelming way. What are they really supposed to do? The opening thing was (if a little short) very very good – even if the Guardian want to be patronising twats about it and the BBC want to get someone who wasn’t even there to write their story about it (or that’s certainly how it reads). Also, there are events planned during the year and there will doubtlessly be some unofficial stuff going on.

    I have to admit I was sceptical during the planning of it – there was a lot of bad press and the council did seem to be doing a great job of screwing it all up and wasting money. However, Phil Redmond’s driving the creative side of things now which I can only see as being a good thing. And I’m determined to enjoy what there is rather than being a miserable complaining bastard about the whole thing.

    Besides, it can’t be an all-singing-all-dancing capital of culture every day until the end of the year. We do have to work as well!

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