OFF: The Warp

[Captain Bl@ck]

I quote from Lost In The Woods:

"There was one last brief happy interlude, when Syd, Susie and Peter went to
visit poet Neil Oram in his country cottage. Syd, in comfortable unpressured
surroundings reminiscent of Earlham Street, with the same friendly faces,
was able to shake loose the catatonia and relax. His smile returned as they
sat around a hearth fire in the ancient cottage, seated on the floor as the
autumnal evening fell. But Syd's smile masked a growing fear and
uncertainty. He was unhappy".

There is a further reference to 'beams' and 'cabbages' in Pete Anderson's
biography of Syd, but I don't have it to hand.

Captain Bl at ck.




----- Original Message -----
From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: The Warp


> Close...I've read that he lives up at Loch Ness in Scotland. Not sure
about
> the Syd Barrett references, I'd be interested though.
>
> Alastair.
>
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:31:50 +0100, Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >Neil Oram? Wasn't he the guy who lived in a remote Yorkshire cottage
> because
> >the cabbages told him to?
> >
> >I'm sure I've seen references to him in relation to Syd Barrett, who
stayed
> >at his abode once during his later Pink Floyd period - apparently hanging
> >from the beams.
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
> >To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> >Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:42 PM
> >Subject: OFF: The Warp
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I was curious as to whether any HW fans on this list have read 'The
Warp'
> >> by Neil Oram. It consists of 3 books, 'A Storm's Howling through
> >> Tiflis', 'Lemmings on the Edge' and 'The Balustrade Paradox'. Ken
> Campbell
> >> staged the play that apparently holds the Guiness record for the
longest
> >> play (24 hours). It seems like the kind of thing that at least one or
two
> >> HW fans might have read.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Alastair.