S14, Ep3 How To Fail: Jarvis Cocker
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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Throw Away Things - Is That Really the Way to Go?
In the early eighties, and i was on the dole. So through necessity, i had to kind of live on people's throwaway things. I could get more for my meagre benefit allowance by doing that. You get a different perspective on life if you're basically buying things other people have thrown away. But now i feel we live in an era where we feticise wealth in our celebrities. And you are someone who is kind of famous and who i imagine has made a bit of money. Do you suddenly have very expensive, luxurious tastes? Well, it's a pity you can't see me at the moment wearing my expensive cashmere underhands.
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