Nick, Ben & Charles

dal disco Lonely Avenue
Nick Hornby è un maniaco di Dickens e dei libri. Ma a modo suo.
Con Ben Folds, e la sua musica "anticoncezionale".
Leggere per credere.

[Ben Folds]
Smoke your little smoke..
And drink your little drink..
Try to make sense of the things that you think of. …

[Nick Hornby]
Did you know the Dickens invented 13,000 characters. 13,000 Characters. That’s a character a day for the whole of his working life. What have I done today? Dropped the kids off at school. Listened to the new National album, played a stupid game on my computer. That’s why I’m not Dickens. Kids! Dickens’ wife would have done the school run. I’m all for families, but its costing me my one shot of immortality

In 1450 there were about 100 new books published. Last year there were more than a million. A new book comes out every 30 seconds. It would take you 15 years just to read the titles of every book ever printed. You’re gonna watch TV tonight? Fair enough, I suppose!

Our universe consists of between of 30 to 50 billion trillion stars arranged in 80 to 140 billion galaxies. Our nearest neighboring star is called Proxima Centauri and its 4 light years away. We need some bread, but its really hot outside and I can’t bother to work around the corner …..

[Ben Folds]
Smoke your little smoke..
And drink your little drink..
Try to make sense of the things that you think. …