The london ‘rags’
One of the ‘linen-men’ I’ve met who is also a student at King’s college, name is Miclosh, (you can call him Mikey, but he’s not Irish) is a Hungarian with a great attitude on life. We’ve had many socio-politico-philosophical discussion. He’s made me aware of how the ‘rest of the world’ is aware of our entertainment/media. For instance the Simpson’s is just as large here as it is in the states. Scrubs, South-park, Family Guy, all seem to be imported to their televisions. Music seems to be another cross cultural media. We went to eat at a place called La Broche and heard “A bridge over troubled water” “American Pie” and selections from Elvis, Rage against the Machine, of course it’s very eclectic, but made me feel at home for a moment.
I’ve also become aware of two papers that are handed out in London for free. The Londonpaper, and the Lite are their titles. Both papers were full of information on the latest celeb’s up and downs, who got drunk where, who’s dating who, and the hottest clothing styles. They are free tabloids and 90% of the tube-ians (or tube riders) have got one after 4 o’clock when they hand out the days issue at the entrance to the stations. They both contain just enough prominent news information to be considered newspapers and not tabloids. Not much different from home tabloids, except their free.