Lead In My Pencil / July 27 2008
I had some oysters yesterday. Fresh and big and full of the taste of the sea.
My actor friend Hamilton Bentley paid Audrey and me a visit. He came to boast about his part as an extra in the new British film Donkey Punch. He recounted how he had asked the director for a line and had been given one, only for it to be eventually cut in the final edit. ‘That’s life,’ he suggested, his words full of guarded hope.
His overall demeanour was as resigned as ever but he had decided to celebrate none the less, bringing with him a large cool-bag full of ugly shellfish and two bottles of frosty Cava.
I have never eaten oysters before and to tell you the truth, I was a little apprehensive. I needn’t have been; they were delicious.
Audrey would not eat one, though, preferring instead one of her curly chews made from cows’ eyes.
These particular oysters caught off the Essex coast are apparently prized for their aphrodisiac qualities. Look out local ladies – I’m a loaded gun.
On the Fantastic hi-fi today:
Fortress Round My Heart – Ida Maria
Filed under Actors / Audrey / Food / Hamilton Bentley / Movies
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2 comments on “Lead In My Pencil”
Nelson Galaxy / July 28th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Save some oysters for me will ya.
Napoleon Fantastic / July 29th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Too late.
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