| Maximo Park Diary Entries |
| These are diary entries by Maximo Park members from the Official Maximo Park Website. |
| Las Vegas Palms in the Distance |
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| 27 Nov, 2007 |
| It's an adult fantasy, shorn of any infant charm or innocence. If someone has the money and they want a giant marble horse to rear up from the sidewalk, then it will happen. Entire ancient civilisations are condensed into alabaster follys. Famous landmarks,... [Read More] |
| Hamburg, night and day |
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| 22 Oct, 2007 |
All alone again. And my brain begins to work independently once more.
The sky aches with rain. It releases its burden readily.
A small man waddles around the hotel in his borrowed dressing gown, his filp-flops splatter across the tiled floor.... [Read More] |
| From a San Fransisco Taco Bell |
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| 28 Aug, 2007 |
They call out your name behind the counter.
It seems so informal.
Outside, a man slumps against the kerb. His hair is spreading silver at the sides, around his ears, with the blackness of his skin creating the effect of a fire that has recently... [Read More] |
| Hannover, by the river |
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| 11 Jun, 2007 |
An office block the colour of turned milk overlooks the river, which reflects the dark vermilion of the trees that stand on the banks.
A concrete, jigsaw city defines the other side of the river. The concrete is coated by wood that was one painted... [Read More] |
| Midnight Train |
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| 21 May, 2007 |
| Travelling through the night leaves me uneasy, though I felt a thrill as I approached my first ever sleeper train. I thought of greasy hobos on freight trains, aimlessly crossing state boundaries. I even thought of murder on the Orient Express, but the... [Read More] |
| Weekend Paris Light |
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| 13 Mar, 2007 |
| Light hits the edges of buildings in vertical strips that break up the
streets. A brown boxer dog silently pleads to be free of the metal post
to which he is bound. Its neck flexes then relaxes, flexes then
relaxes, turning every now and then, displaying... [Read More] |
| Over Christmas |
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| 09 Jan, 2007 |
Christmas is finished, but over that time I was waiting for someone in
a cafe after walking through the dark, rainy streets of Newcastle. It
was the calmest festive period for a long time, with the occasional
glint of the past appearing now and then.
This... [Read More] |
| Shanghai by day |
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| 13 Dec, 2006 |
A dirty fog swims above the water. The Huangpu river itself ripples olive.
A woman in a maroon leather jacket holds her son up to the ledge so he can get a better view of the tall, clinical buildings that are dug into the opposite riverbank. The kid... [Read More] |
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