#the celestial cafe

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Eclipse and his kids because I Alr have them designed

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Eclipse and his kids have their references finally done

Solar and Jack (and maybe Dazzle) will be next since I have them designed already

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Jack, Dazzle and Solar’s references

(Now I have to make new designs cuz I Alr had these done from a while ago)

[golden-aster]

The Celestial Café is literally a textual aesthetic. It is so oddly poignant and vivid

Glad its getting translated to spanish

[thelostgoose-blog]

The Celestial Cafe

I've finally finished reading The Celestial Cafe by Belle and Sebastian front man Stuart Murdoch. I'm a very slow reader and enjoy other diversions such as films, video games and cuddling; to explain why it's taken me so long.

It's a lovely book, and is essentially his diary from 2001-2006. It's surreal reading about things that happened a decade ago, but that I still remember, like the war in Iraq and the rise of 'the internet' as we know it today. Even if you have no interest in B&S (why don't you, they tell the most amazing stories and set them to catchy music, what more could anyone want) this book is for anyone who enjoys daydreaming. This one is for the sleepyheads.

He is a natural when it comes to writing, which is unfair because he can also write music, is very handsome and can run pretty fast. You may be under the false impression that this is a review, it's not, it's just starting to sound like one. I just wanted to say that I finished the book. Now, go listen to some B&S.  

[sukiesgraveyard]

"It's 4am on Sunday. I've been lazy; I ate too much chocolate; I've wasted too much time; I sit thinking about my exes; I sit thinking about my wannabes; I forget to pray; I indulge myself; I don't phone anyone then get annoyed that nobody phones me; I don't contact anyone; I want to race to intimacy without the in-between stuff."

-Stuart Murdoch, The Celestial Cafe

[phoenixlily]

Imagine you are going away for a month. You carefully pack your stuff, anticipating all eventualities. You don't want to take too much, but you want to be prepared. A week into the trip you can tell you've packed too much stuff and you end up wearing the same comfortable clothes, leaving all your fancy shirts in the case. You wonder why you ever brought a dictionary with you, or shoe polish. You never even use that stuff at home. Well, I've started feeling the same way. I fear I'll never be able to use all the stuff I brought. I'll be dead before I can use it all! My life is the equivalent of the month-long trip, and the baggage I was talking about is all the ideas and plans and tunes and things I've got to do. I think I'm going to run out of time! I know I'm only 34 but that's quite old, isn't it? It's almost halfway through.

Stuart Murdoch, The Celestial Cafe I'm an anti-fan of Belle and Sebastian - but Stuart Murdoch is wonderful with words. I bought his book at ATP a couple of weeks ago. I've almost finished reading it. This is one of my favourite passages, written on April 21, 2003. Warning: he's Christian and goes on about that a bit, but not so much as to ruin it (if you're indifferent/uninterested in Christianity).