Erm?

[poliphilo]

Nick Clegg- the new leader of the Lib Dems- has appointed the musician and all-round avant-garde weird guy Brian Eno as his "advisor on youth affairs".

Eno will be 60 next year.

Comments

[upasaka.livejournal.com]

Still, that's a pretty cool thing. I can't imagine (say) Lou Reed being offered such a position in the U.S.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's a little too cool. It's an example of a middle-aged politician trying to show that he's "down with the kids" and getting it (not so) subtly wrong.

[fickleasever.livejournal.com]

That just goes to show how on the case he is (not)!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

When did Eno last have anything to do with youth?

And- equally to the point- how many of today's youth know (or care) anything about Eno?

Take Eno for An Answer

[cataptromancer.livejournal.com]

Your reservations aside, I still think it sounds like a pretty good idea. I'd imagine Eno probably knows what the youth should be doing.

[happydog.livejournal.com]

OK, that's funny!

Re: Take Eno for An Answer

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"I'd imagine Eno probably knows what the youth should be doing."

Like taking lots of drugs and creating experiments in sound? :)

nora

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Re: nora

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oh right- well, we'll see what transpires . Thanks for the offer....

And thanks for letting us know...

[fickleasever.livejournal.com]

"When did Eno last have anything to do with youth?
"

When he had hair??

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And I believe he started to go bald at a very young age.