Scar: So, Cub, would you- would you be down for a little arson? You know, like a--- not arson, now that's a crazy word... Uhm..
Cleo: Oh, I know what this is. Uhm, I'm- I am gonna go-
Scar: Controlled burns!
Cleo: -was supposed to go already, but now Cub* (Scar) wants to get you involved in controlled burn I need to not... Um, Pearl is my neighbour, is all I am saying.
Cub: Mhm...
Cleo: So I am gonna go...
Cub: Mhm.
Scar: Has Pearl wronged you in any way?
Cleo: No.
Scar: Has Pearl used loud music?
Cleo: No.
Scar: Has Pearl thrown parties that had extended into the- into the night hours?
Cleo: No.
Scar: Really loud dogs that won't stop barking? *nods*
Cleo: *shakes head* no :)
Cub: What about- what about fire alarms that go off in the middle of the night? Oh damn...
Scar: I'm- I'm- I am definitely responsible for those...
Cleo: *laughs*
Scar: Smoke detector went on for like 3 years in my room *giggles*
Cleo: *sneezes*
Cub: I remember that... I've got trauma from that, man...
Scar: A lot of people have trauma from my smoke detector!...
Cleo: But you got it fixed, right?
Cub: A little trip (?) from the backround...
Scar: Well, I-I can't think of anything that Pearl could've wrong you then.
Cleo: No, she hasn't wrong me at all, in fact she had offered me help multiple times!
Scar: Oh geez!
Cleo: And has- and has been talking me up and has been trying to make me not talk down about myself even though I'm british...
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Colin: So you'll talk a little bit, and then we can have a little interacting, perhaps.
Joey: Correct, yeah
Transcript:
10, 12 years later, Hay Festival invited me to come talk about this book. I've been writing books for about 18 years now, and this is the first one that's been published. And I knew that in the time when I started writing books at the age of 20 and now, the world had exponentially changed. And I had to talk about something .... that's my mic getting stuck to my beard....
I knew that I wanted to talk about something in this book that scared the crap out of me. And it was being filmed. There are one or two people filming me right now. And just before I came out here, they asked "by the way, we've got a camera, do you mind being filmed?". And I said "yeah, fine, yeah, absolutely. " It's ubiquitous. We are just so used to cameras invading every inch of our lives.
Children, before they even understand what it means to be remembered, are being remembered days later. I've seen 3-year-olds know that the 'x' on a phone means go away. They'll swipe if they want to see the next thing. I saw a child do that on the train here. Swiping the window.
In my book, in Its Not A Cult, which is gone now. Oh, it's back! That's why I need the clicker. I wanted to explore what it would be like if I had a character whose addiction to filming was all-encompassing. I've seen people in my life, in my lines of work, who are addicted to filming. I've seen...
... There you go, did you hear it? Did everyone just jolt to see if it was theirs? A phone just went off and we all just went "yeah, it's probably the babysitter". Your brain went somewhere else. To think about who might be texting you, who might be needing you.
And that's what this book is trying to explore. That memory of me 12 years ago exists up here. This memory exists elsewhere now. This memory that is happening right now, this moment, is happening down camera lenses. And I'm fine with people filming.
But to talk about your first point, and also what you spoke about, you described it as oil and wood. I started to wonder outside, do the people who exist in those wooden, in those paintings, and the people collecting data to be immortalised, did they ever think "Oh, I wonder if anyone is going to remember me. "
I wonder if that's important to me.
When I was 20 and I started writing books, that was the biggest driving force. It's... when I started theatre, as an actor, and then I started to get into television and film and I thought "great, well they can't delete that. " And good our bad, whatever it is, I existed and therefore I mattered.
With music, I can point at things that have been created and I can say that I created that. And yet, tomorrow night our band are playing, in a church, and we've not played in years because I'm so terrified of being filmed sometimes. I don't want to be captured.
And neither does the protagonist in this book. They want to capture everything, but never be captured.
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[The camera opens to a forest during sunset. Walking on a dirt path is Dahi, who is in black boots, Slacks, and a large purple hoodie with the hood up. The clothes are worn, and Dahi is looking around suspiciously as if they’re doing something wrong.
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Video description: A scene from the yuri anime "Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk" (2026). At a checkout counter in a store, Botan Kamiina reaches out to a bag with five cans of beer. Ibuki Tonami interrupts, "I can take the bag." Botan rebuffs, "No, allow me." lbuki suggests, "Should we carry it together, then?" Botan blushes. The next shot shows the bag being carried between them, almost like if they're holding hands, from above. The shot after shows Botan and Ibuki scrolling through the neighborhood together.
Avid: Those who identify otherwise, ladies, and gentlemen, welcome to the stream. Why do those who identify otherwise have to be referenced last every time? That's stupid. Hello everybody!
A video of TommyInnit and Jack Manifold talking to each other on their podcast set.
Tom: Speaking of shame, guess who saw my penis this morning?
Jack (shouting): What the fuck?
Eryn Cyberonix laughs in the background as Tommy points at him.
Tom: Him, right there, behind the camera!
I was in the shower and I was- I was-
Jack: He’s seen it before though.
Tom: Show- sure, but-
Jack: You guys crossed streams once in a forest.
Tom: Yeah, yeah, twice and once down a hill, but um we were uh- we were- what’s it?
I was showering and then Eryn just opened the door and comes in, and I didn’t know what to do so I was- and I always stand like this in the shower, so I just went-
Jack (laughing): Why?
Tom: So I just went… ‘hello brother’, but he had his headphones in so that’s how he didn’t hear I was showering, and I didn’t lock the door, ‘cause I never do!
Jack: Do you not lock the door?
Tom: I case sommat like this happens!
Jack: I don’t- but I live with my girlfriend, who I don’t- not to be crude, but she’s seen me naked a few times.
Tom: Oh, unlucky woman!
Poor.
Jack: Poor?
Tom (laughing): Poor!
Jack: Poor woman.
No, I have a lovely bum.
Tom: Do you have a nice naked body?
Jack: I- ye- I- you know what, not in like a- like a overly selfish sort of way-
Tom: In a self love way.
Jack: -but I- in a self love way, I think yeah, yeah I do.
[Video transcript: Drew Remenda interviewing Sharks skater Will Smith during the first intermission of the Sharks' home game versus the Flyers on 2024 Dec 31.
DR: You and Macklin going up against Matvei Michkov—does it matter to you?
WS: (shakes his head) No, I mean, uh, we're trying to get a win here; that's about it.
DR: How have you and Macklin been able to develop that chemistry? You guys played against each other in college but you're obviously best friends. How does that transfer from off the ice to on the ice?
WS: Um, like you said right there, it starts off the ice, uh, obviously we're together pretty much 24/7, and, um, great friends off the ice, and then on the ice it's, uh, it just kinda happens, I guess.
DR: Your game has really taken a jump; what are you most happy with where your game's gone to?
WS: Making plays, getting my feet moving, and, uh, more stuff opens up, so, um, like I said, when I get my feet moving, plays open up and, uh, start going in.
DR: Get one tonight.
WS: Thank you.
Smith starts walking back to the locker room and the video ends. End of video transcript.]
