After seven millions listens, the opening bass of Clairo’s Nomad still tricks me into thinking I’m about to hear Tribe’s Can I Kick It?
My friend who warned me that my affection for Ben Wishaw would not get me through the blood and trauma of This Is Going To Hurt was right. It’s just too much for me. Pulling the plug after one episode.
Back when I was in uni the Scientologists of Perth had their headquarters on King Street and they used to stop people and get them to do little on-the-spot personality tests to lure them back to HQ for indoctrination. I had no idea about Scientology back then and the guy doing the questions seemed friendly. Can’t recall what was promised to make me go with him, but go I did. I remember sitting in a little waiting area and taking in the posters and paraphernalia. Alarm bells started quietly ringing and I slipped away. At the time, despite thinking I had a razor-sharp critical mind, I was very impressionable and easily swayed. I wonder what horrific course my life could have taken if I’d stuck around. Bullet dodged.