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As we slowly rebuild our 2014 archive – eight months of posts having been lost to a virus and a stoner – we feel we have to jump the queue and get Paul Deighton up on the Guide today.
Why today? Well, it’s Wednesday, March 16th 2016, and after what seems like about 327 years, Aussie Paul is leaving The Happy Pear.
And so we’re reposting his October 2014 take on his adopted home.
One of life’s jokers, and smokers (will have to check that, but, you know what we mean), Paul was always ready with a wild-eyed hello, as keen to talk tomatoes as he was The Troggs, Tindersticks, The The or Tommy: The Musical.
The guy’s got soul. Lots and lots of soul. And just like other recent Happy Pear refugees, he’s going to be missed.
Still, whenever a stereo is just a little too loud, or you’re staying up just that little bit too late – and especially if you’re eating some juicy tomatoes – think of Aussie Paul. And turn that bastard stereo up until you bring down the property value in your area by at least 25%.
This just in! We caught up with Paul just as he shut up shop at The Happy Pear for the very last time. Even during an emotional moment like this, we still couldn’t get a hug from Tess Carr…