Reading through someone’s diary is advertised as a great thrill; a glimpse into the dark secrets and forbidden passions that consume our internal being while we hammer keyboards in our cubicles. Some people write page after page about their bitch ex-girlfriends, too. And while most people would be to boring to sustain interest in even a days worth of thoughts, Belle and Sebastian songwriter Stuart Murdoch is not one of them. In fact, of any diary to be published, Murdoch has the wit and attention to detail to pull it off.
On sale for pre-order now, The Celestial Cafe is a compilation of the singer’s online diary entries from 2002-2006, covering the band’s recording and support of Dear Catastrophe Waitress and The Life Pursuit. Both comforting and disappointing is the author’s warning for potential buyer’s of a low level of drug use and orgies during this time in band history. This also probably means no lock and key will come with the printed collections, because without sex and drugs, really, what’s the point? Buy it here.
Oh yeah, and we decided to avoid a Write About Love joke because it’s been played out. We didn’t forget!
