Luke Haines, whose cohesively sprawling, ambitious, rather moving and proper fucking clever album, 9 ½ Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling In the 1970s & Early ’80s, spins such a disjointed web of musical and nostalgic themes before performing the near impossible by tying everything together, that it would have been a very strong contender for album of the year had this been a different kind of list, has been writing recipes.
I have to confess, I haven’t actually made any of the meals and can’t actually comment on how they taste, but if they taste half as good as they read then they will undoubtedly seal the deal if you’re attempting to pull. The recipes themselves are a rich stew of Luke Haines thoughts: music reviews, style advice, extended flights of fancy, drinking, reminiscence, turns of phrase and 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover style rhyming names, James. He even mentions food.
It’s a bit of an odd thing to stick on a list, but in the hands of a writer like Haines even something as functional as a recipe can be used as a vehicle for expression. And if that isn’t enough, they are really, bloody funny.
Unfortunately, he hasn’t written any recipes for a while and the blog has been mostly promoting his (superb) album, which actually leads us to tomorrow…
