Thursday 28 October 2010
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THE Friday Boys are a disparate group of men spread across Tyneside who meet once a week - 'always on a Friday' - to talk about the arts, raise a glass to recently departed heroes and villains and, at the evening's end, down a whisky or two. The FBs have only one golden rule - talk of the working week is strictly off-limit.
Wow. I wish I could move to Newcastle upon Tyne just to be a Friday Night Boy. I live in Los Angeles and there is nothing here as civilized as a weekly social gathering dedicated to the celebration and lamentation of the waxing and waning of our culture.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that life in the good old USA has been reduced to a tedious, uninspired struggle for nothing more than survival. Passion, joy and risk has given way to fear and techno-geek isolation.
So tip a glass for me, dance on the bar, and relish in the joy of being alive and the fact that you have a soul that needs to be replenished as well as your bank account.