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E X C U S E Y O U No but really, I've always enjoyed Private World way too much, and I hope more and more people realise how gay-ahem-great it is.

Okay, there are these two musicians from the Netherlands called Nick & Simon. Their idols are Simon & Garfunkel, and they’ve shot a 5-episode documentary of them going to New York to step in some of Paul and Artie’s footsteps, like visiting their childhood neighbourhood, interviewing some people who knew or played a role in Paul and Art’s life, etc. They also often play S&G songs for their interviewees and so on. In the 4th episode, for example, they went to the elderly home where Art made recordings for Bookends, and they also interviewed some of the residents there; it was lovely. In the last episode they met Ron Delsener who confirmed Art wore a toupet for the Central Park Concert. A+++ content all around!

I missed the first two episodes on tv, and there are restrictions of me watching it from Belgium, so I had to be a bit creative, but the other day I finally got my hands on the second episode, where they take a picture in front of Paul’s childhood home, and then they also go to Art’s childhood home. Which is now owned by another family, and they could go inside, though the new owner seemed a bit reluctant to let them.  

That new owner, who - granted - is a bit of an odd bloke, starts talking about a BOX WITH PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS THAT ART’S FAMILY LEFT THERE and they subtly ask if they can see the box. 

Listen, I would kill for that box. It has some clippings of Tom & Jerry, letters Art wrote or were written to Art, job applications that he did, a diary of some sorts, and lyrics or poems that he’s written. LYRICS THAT ART HAS WRITTEN. UNRELEASED LYRICS (at least I think they’re unreleased, and I think they’re written by Art…like can you imagine if these were early S&G lyrics???). Like, why is no one screaming about this???? 

I grabbed a screencap of one of the papers with lyrics that the new owner showed and brightened it a bit. I hope it’s visible. Let’s weep, okay. 

Could this be Art’s handwriting? 

Here are the lyrics:

Now I recall, words that we(re) said

Times that we shared, tears that were shed

Sad (little) eyes, a child’s gentle frown

Silky brown hair came atumbling down

Secrets we shared, safe in our own ??

All this is gone, faded away

Bright burning love, ashes of grey

How could we tell, in the warm summer sun

Spring would turn cold, and winter would come.

Gone are the days, gone is our own private world

There are chords, too. As far as I can see, written in blue ballpoint pen beneath these words. Was this a song that Art had written?

There was more. There was a stamp from the time he called himself Artie Garr. There was a letter addressed to him. There was another poem/song that we could briefly see on the screen. I’ll see if I can make something of it.  

I died, okay. 

I personally never shipped Din and Bo. BUT…

“To be honest, it means nothing to me or my people. Nor does station or bloodline. What means more to me is honor, and loyalty, and character. These are the reasons I serve you, Lady Kryze. Your song is not yet written. I will serve you until it is.”

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

happy 10k followers to crickettheguy on spotify!!! (other cricket! fans please follow me/reblog/tag/like this or something, i need to know other people know about this guy at all and those 10k ppl aren’t just figments of my imagination)

oh, and belated birthday to lucky cricket (the announcement on instagram was a good announcement.)

i might post cricket doodles here soon enough, sneak peak, yeaaah.