This Is Memorial Device

by David Keenan

  Malaga, Spain, 1, 2, 3

  Man from Atlantis, The, 1

  man-pleaser, 1

  Manchester, 1, 2

  mannequins (see also: dummies; dolls), 1, 2, 3, 4

  mansion, amazing, gloomy, 1

  Mantle, The, 1

  mantra, 1

  marijuana (see also: grass), 1, 2, 3

  marooned, 1

  Mars (bar), 1

  Mars (planet), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mars, behind Mars (planet), 1

  Mars, canals of (planet), 1

  Mars, dead (planet), 1

  Mars, face on (planet), 1

  Mars, tornado on the surface of (planet), 1

  masking tape, 1

  Master and Margarita, The, 1

  Mastermind, 1

  masturbation (see also: chug; tossed off), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  masturbation (on acid), 1

  mattress on the floor, 1, 2

  maudlin, 1

  Maybe, 1

  meatballs, 1

  medicinal (so-called), 1

  Meditations, 1

  Meat of the Remains, 1

  megalomaniac (from another planet), 1

  Meins, Holger, 1

  melancholy feeling, 1

  Melville, Herman, 1

  memories, bootleg, 1

  memories, cherished, 1

  memories, question of authenticity, 1

  memories, sniff of, 1

  memories, strange half-light that resembles, 1

  memories, where they live, 1

  ménage à trois, mythical, 1, 2

  menstruation, mystery of, 1

  mental, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  mental cases, bunch of, 1

  Mentis Notion of the Heaven Electric, 1

  Merchant City, Glasgow, 1

  message in a bottle, 1

  Metal Box, 1, 2

  metallers, 1

  metaphor, forget it, 1

  Miami Vice, 1

  microwave oven, 1

  Middle East, the, 1

  Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, 1

  milk, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Milky Way, The, 1

  mime, 1, 2

  minidress, 1

  minimalism, history of, 1

  Mint (condition), 1

  mirror(s), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  mirror(s), filthy, 1

  miserable industrial heritage, 1

  mishearing, 1

  Mississippi Delta, the, 1

  Mitchell Library, Glasgow, the, 1

  model airplanes, 1

  Modern Dance, The, 1

  Modern Lovers, The, 1

  mod(s), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  modules, 1

  Moholo, Louis Tebogo, 1

  moments in time, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

  monastery for the insane, a, 1

  Monkland Canal, 1, 2

  Monklands Hospital, Coatdyke, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Moon, The, 1

  moon, the, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Moors murders, the, 1

  Moravagine, 1, 2

  morbid streak, 1

  Morden Tower, Newcastle, 1

  Morning of the Executioners, The, 1

  Morris Minor, 1

  Morrison, Van, 1

  mortuary slabs, sleeping on, 1

  mother, falling for, 1

  mother, someone else’s (dressed for sex), 1

  mother goddess tribe, back to take over the world, 1

  motorbike(s), 1

  motorcycle, 1970s Yamaha, Airfix model of, 1

  Mount Vernon, Glasgow (East End), 1, 2

  mountains, snow-capped, 1

  mourners, 1

  mourning the clouds in the sky (may as well be), 1

  movie star, 1

  ‘Mr Ray’, 1

  Mu Parts 1 & 2, 1

  mujahideen, the, 1

  Mull, Petersburn, Airdrie, 1

  mum’s fur coat, 1

  mundane example, 1

  murder scene, potential, 1

  music, as godawful, 1

  music, as one of the things humans can be proudest of, 1

  music, as portal, 1

  music, pale yellow, 1

  music, ultra-lonely, 1

  music, ultra-minimal, 1

  music, without a memory, 1

  Mussolini, Benito, 1

  mythologist, 1

  nail varnish, chipped, 1

  naivety, 1

  Nazi Germany, 1

  Near Mint (condition), 1

  nebulous (as stars), 1

  needy puppy, 1

  Nerval, Gérard de, 1

  Nessa, 1

  Neu! ’75, 1

  new routes to immortality, 1

  New Year’s party, fateful, 1

  New York, 1, 2

  New Zealand, 1

  Newsweek, 1

  Newton-John, Olivia, 1

  Nico, 1

  Nigeria, 1, 2, 3

  Nigeria (in the winter), 1

  nightly descent, the, 1

  nightmares, 1, 2, 3, 4

  nine (inches), 1

  nineteen (years old), 1

  nipples, 1

  NME, 1, 2

  no (sick of saying it), 1

  no underwear, aesthetics of explained, 1

  nocturnal city, 1

  nocturnal sojurns, 1

  nocturne, definition of, 1

  noise, gridlocked, 1

  noise, like a fighter jet tunnelling into a mountainside in the fog, 1

  noise, screaming electronic, 1

  noise boxes, 1

  non-persons, 1

  nonsense, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  noodle, lone, 1

  ‘normal job’, 1

  Norman, John, 1

  North Circular Road, London, 1

  not dark yet, 1

  Notes from Underground, 1

  Nothing is Anchored Any Longer, 1, 2

  nothing new under the sun, 1

  notion of a norm, 1

  Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1

  novel conspicuously sticking out your pocket (classic), 1

  nuclear bunker, abandoned, 1

  numbers, adding and subtracting, 1

  nuns, pasty-faced, 1

  Nurse With Wound, 1

  Nuseirat, Palestine, 1

  nylons (see also: stockings; tights; lingerie), 1, 2, 3

  nylons, pale blue, 1

  nylons, red, even, 1

  O’Connor, Katherine, 1

  O’Neill, Denis ‘Sonny’, 1

  oasis of flesh, 1

  obsession, nature of, 1

  Ocasek, Rick (of The Cars) (give me a break) (which was rich), 1

  occult patterns, 1

  occultists, 1

  ocean beneath the ocean, 1

  off-licence, 1

  offensive visuals, 1

  oh shit!, 1, 2

  old-fashioned film, 1

  old leaf in a coffin, 1

  old mod at the helm, 1

  old mod parka, 1

  old retirees hidden behind high walls, 1

  Old Spice, 1

  older boyfriend, 1

  omnipresent, 1

  On the Corner, 1

  on the run (from pleasure), 1

  Onassis, Jackie, 1

  Only Ones, The, 1

  opinions (thinking about your own then shutting the fuck up), 1

  opprobrium (of parents), 1

  orbit(s), 1, 2, 3

  orderlies, hospital, in their underwear (imagined), 1

  ordinariness (misapprehension of), 1

  Ordnance Survey, 1

  Organon factory, Chapelhall, 1

  organs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  orgasm, 1, 2

  Orion’s Belt (constellation), 1

  ornamental syntax, 1

  orthodoxies, destruction of, 1

  orthodoxies, less specific, 1

  oscilloscope, 1

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p; Oslofjord Gambit, The, 1

  Our Price, Coatbridge, 1

  overwhelmed (by the occasion), 1

  Oxford, 1

  package from the stork, 1

  Paddy, from Ireland, 1

  pagan (to boot), 1

  painful, 1

  painstaking detail, 1

  painting (landscape) (incongruous), 1

  paintings (within paintings), 1

  pale from the womb, 1

  Palestine, 1, 2, 3

  palpitations, 1

  pancreas = amusement parks, 1

  pancreas = certain vegetables, 1

  pancreas = destruction of household goods, 1

  pancreas = hallucination, 1

  pancreas = nothingness, 1

  pancreas = the goat, 1

  pancreas = total bodily paralysis, 1

  panthers, 1

  panties, pulled to one side, 1

  panties, turquoise, 1

  paper round (obligatory), 1, 2, 3

  papier-mâché, 1

  Parable of Arable Land, The (mono), 1

  parachutes, 1

  Paradise, 1

  paradise, of no parents, 1

  paramilitaries, 1

  paramour of my youth, the, 1

  paraplegics (picnicking), 1

  Paris, France, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Paris, France (in the snow), 1

  part-time bar and restaurant work, 1

  Parting always, 1

  party, fully fledged, 1

  ‘Party Fears Two’, 1

  past, falling into it, 1

  past, that isn’t even there any more, 1

  pasta, romantic and sophisticated, Pastels, The, 1

  Pathways, The, 1

  patriarchy, banging on about, 1

  Patton, Charley, 1

  paving stone, 1

  Peel Sessions, 1

  penis (see also: cock; dick), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  penis, oracle with a, 1

  penknife, as a memorial device, 1

  Pere Ubu, 1, 2, 3

  performance artist, tedious, 1

  perfume, 1, 2, 3

  perm, tight, 1

  permeating, 1

  Perrett, Pete, 1

  pervading, 1

  Petersburn, Airdrie, 1, 2

  petty thievery, 1

  phantom, pitiless, 1

  phantom limbs, 1

  pharmaceutical catalogues, 1

  phasing, 1

  phone box, 1

  photocopied, 1, 2, 3

  piano virtuoso, 1

  picnic spot, 1

  pimping, 1

  pin-up art, 1

  Pin Group, The, 1

  Pink Flag, 1

  pint glass (bitten through and eaten), 1

  pint (of heavy), 1

  pirate, 1, 2

  pirate radio station, 1

  pish, 1

  pishing, 1, 2

  Plains, 1, 2, 3, 4

  plamf, definition of, 1

  ‘Planets above the/horizon/each one of which/stars too/the same’, 1

  plastic toy, dying, 1

  Plath, Sylvia, 1

  PLO, The, 1

  plukes, 1, 2, 3, 4

  pocket watch, as a memorial device, 1

  Poe, Edgar Allen, 1, 2

  poem, from the depths of the heart and back again, 1

  poet(s), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  poet, tragic, 1

  pointless shit, 1

  Polaroid(s), 1, 2

  police, showing up, 1

  ponce, 1

  poofter, 1

  poor bugger, some, 1

  Pop, Iggy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Pop Group, The, 1

  pop star, 1, 2

  porn mag, 1

  porn mag, awesome sales technique, Queen Street station, Glasgow (what a pro) (check it out), 1

  porn mag, soiled, 1

  porn movies, 1

  porn movies, catching your own reflection in, 1

  porn stars, Scottish, 1

  porno mags, 1, 2

  porno mags, soaked and disposed of in plastic bag, 1

  porno mags, stash of, 1

  posers, 1, 2

  possibility, 1, 2, 3

  Post Office Tower, London, The, 1

  postman, 1

  Pot Noodle (best hangover cure known to man), 1

  pot of ink, 1

  Prank of Pure Volition, 1

  Precepts, The, 1

  precipice, 1, 2

  pregnant (with every idea in the world), 1

  prehistoric fact, 1

  prelude, a, 1

  presentiment, question of definition, 1

  Presley, Elvis, 1, 2

  prevalent, 1

  Prior, Maddy, 1

  prison cell, 1, 2

  ‘Private Dancer’, 1

  private-press shit (weirdo), 1

  private view, 1

  procession, 1

  Procured Spirit of the Maelstrom, 1

  promo stickers, 1, 2

  prophecies, 1

  prophetic carvings, 1

  Protector, The, 1

  Protestant(s), 1, 2

  Protestants, worse, 1

  proximity, 1

  pseudo-historical significance, 1

  psychedelic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  psychedelic avatar, 1

  psychedelics, 1

  psychic price, 1

  pubic hair, curled, 1

  Pubic Triangle, Edinburgh, 1

  publishing royalties, myth of, 1

  Puerto Rican street killer, 1

  pulpy French garbage, 1

  punch, how to take one, 1

  Punch & Judy, 1

  punk, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  punk, deliver us from, 1

  punk, importance of, 1

  puppet, 1, 2, 3

  pure bikers’ bar, 1

  pure freezing rivers, 1

  pure like a witch, 1

  pure outrageous, 1

  pure writhing, 1

  puritans, 1

  Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich, 1

  pussy, completely bald, 1

  pussy, newly shaved, 1

  puzzling interaction, 1

  PVC dresses, skintight, 1

  pyjamas, hand-painted, 1

  pyramids, the, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Quant, Mary, 1

  Queen, 1

  Queen Street station, Glasgow, 1

  queens of the scene, the, 1

  quick zero, 1

  quote, from a philosophical text about love god knows, 1

  Rabe, Folke, 1

  Radio Free Hebron, 1

  Radio Scotland, 1

  rain, a little pishing, 1

  Ramones, The, 1, 2

  rare shit, 1

  Ravenstine, Allen, 1

  ravioli, 1

  raw sewage, 1

  Rawyards Leisure Centre, Airdrie, 1

  Rawyards Park, Airdrie, 1, 2

  real rogues’ gallery, 1

  really schlonging, 1

  rebellion, 1

  record deal, 1

  recovering drug addicts and alcoholics (in the East End of Glasgow), 1

  Red Krayola, The, 1

  Red Noise, 1

  reduced to tears, 1

  Reed, Jimmy, 1

  Reed, Lou, 1, 2, 3

  Reed, Lou (school of), 1

  Reed, Lou (thrown into a swimming pool by), 1

  reflection, lack of, 1, 2

  refusenik, 1

  rehearsal room, Memorial Device, 1

  re-living, again and again, 1

  Relatively Clean Rivers, 1

  release the beast, 1

  religious phase, 1

  Rememberer of the Undivided, 1

  reservoir (of hate), 1

  respect, accorded to someone for being right (impossibility thereof), 1

  revelation, feeling of, 1, 2, 3

  reviews, 1

  Rexroth, Kenneth, 1

  Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1, 2


  Rimbaud, Arthur, 1, 2, 3, 4

  ring, spewed my, 1

  ritual, personal, 1

  river, ghastly, 1

  rivers, filthy, 1

  Rob Jo Star Band, 1

  rock n roll, deliver us from, 1

  rock n roll, married to, 1

  rockabilly, 1, 2

  role playing games (RPGs), 1

  Rose, 1

  rose garden, 1

  Rosicrucians, 1

  Rotten, Johnny, 1

  Roxy Music, 1

  Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, Paris, France, 1

  Rue Louis Blanc, Paris, France, 1

  Russian hat(s), with a star and sickle on the front, 1

  Russian novel, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Russians (read them), 1

  rusty moped (sticking up out of the River Calder), 1

  S&M torture session, 1

  Sacré-Coeur, Paris, France, park nearby, 1

  Safeway, Airdrie, 1, 2

  Safeway car park, Airdrie, 1

  Salsburgh, 1

  salt-of-the-earth type(s) (from the East End of Glasgow), 1

  Salou, Spain, 1

  San Francisco, 1, 2

  Sands, Bobby, 1

  Sanskrit, 1

  Santa Claus, 1

  Santiago, Santiago …, 1

  SAS, 1

  ‘satanic period’ (so-called), 1

  Satori in Paris, 1

  Saturday night, 1, 2

  Saturn, 1

  Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 1, 2, 3, 4

  sausage factory, 1

  Sausalito, Marin County, California, 1

  Savage Resurrection, The, 1, 2, 3

  savant, 1, 2, 3

  savants, barely functioning, 1

  Savoy Centre, Glasgow, The, 1

  scabs, 1

  scalped, 1, 2

  scar(s), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  scattered clues (that will never add up), 1

  Schlippenbach, Alex von, 1

  School of Art, Glasgow, 1

  schoolboy mind (exploded), 1

  schoolboy uniform, 1

  science fiction, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Scottish Borders, the, 1

  Scottish poets, the, 1

  scratchy shit (basically), 1

  scrawny stick of dynamite, 1

  scream queens (of the silent era), 1

  screwdriver, 1, 2

  scrotum, no other word for it, 1

  Scrotum Poles, 1

  sea creatures in the deeps, 1

  seance, 1, 2

  Second World War, the, 1, 2

  secret annexe, 1

  secret byways, the, 1

  secret deities, 1, 2

  secret kung fu cell, 1

  secret sidekick, 1, 2

  seducer, 1

  Seine, Paris, France, the, 1

  sentiment, a curse on it, 1

  sentiment, worth fighting for after all, 1

  serious conceptualist, 1

  seven (brain operations), 1

  seven (inches), 1

  seven (per cent ABV), 1

  seventeen (stitches), 1

  seventy-four (years old), 1

  sex, as procreation, 1

  sex, in nightclubs, 1

  sex, non-penetrative, 1

  sex, on stage, 1

  sex, on the edge of golf courses while playing truant in the summer, 1