Peaches Geldof: The Parodist On Nylon Cobbles And Contradictions

“THE sun glows a burned orange as it sinks behind a skyscraper, a car horn screeches irritably, the wind whistles through the acres of willows in Central Park…” Peaches Geldof sits at her lap top, wondering… It is reassuring to know that Peaches is in New York, laughing at the locals in a brilliant work of parody that were it repeated here it would see her laughed into oblivion. Write on Peaches: America is a strange place, a place of contradictions, but a place that never fails to change one’s world view… Travel broadens the mind. Americans should try it. Pack shorts, big ones; huge ones… I am constantly surprised by this huge country—each state tells a different tale: It’s like a never-ending novel with each page more exciting and bizarre than the last. This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me America ends at the edges. Or maybe it doesn’t? Peaches is like Helen Wagner on As the World Turns… Don’t get me wrong, I have always loved London, it’s a city where being unusual is accepted-the norm, even. The music scene is so strong that you can’t walk through certain areas without being compelled to duck into some dive bar to see a band playing music unlike anything you’ve heard before. I grew up there, walked its cobbled streets a thousand times, and frequented its infamous haunts. The skies are always gray and the weather is freezing, but the place is alive, an epicentre of art, and vibrant with culture. That’s London, England, in case any Londoners listening to imported American rap on the pub jukebox, taking the sun or stumbling on a bit of broken tarmac (its the next big thing, trust us) wonder what Peaches is talking about. I traveled across America in a cramped, packed U-Haul and experienced parts of the U.S. not many people see unless they go off the beaten path. Unless they live there…In New York: Girls here look like they just stepp
	Published: 2008-10-28 Provider: Anorak