I wanted to celebrate the books which I have in my William Burroughs collection so I found this site and hunted down all the covers of the books I actually own. Someone on a forum recently asked who rewired my Read more…
Author: skullcull
Freakangels on full alert; well, most of them. I like that the gang are still maintaining their idiosyncratic paths in spite of the current threat to Whitechapel. Here we see the community working together; we see what the whole Freakangels Read more…
It wasn’t so much the sound of Rage Against The Machine that made them stand out, though that was, of course, unique — it was the subject matter of the lyrics; the fact that they were on message and in Read more…
Innovation is rare enough as it is, but for it to be one of the hallmarks of your career is surely something to be proud of. Sonic Youth never struck me as being experimental for the sake of it either Read more…
When the true crescendo comes in this first arc it is going to be interesting to see how the characters bring what we have seen of each of their personalities to bear on the situation. We saw how handy Jack Read more…
Do you ever wonder about your qualification to speak about something? If you find yourself wanting does that make you reconsider opening your mouth to let loose what may be that most dangerous of traps, an uninformed opinion? I know Read more…
It may strike some people as strange if I admit that I know very little about the artist himself and that I was never overly bothered to find out about him. In the same way that I can watch an Read more…
Try talking about one of these strange little critters and people will look at you like you have a bloody screw loose but this remains in my mind as one of those great stories that kids get read. Apparently it Read more…
The Dangling Man is the first Saul Bellow novel that I read and it remains my favourite, closely followed by Seize The Day and The Dean\’s December. As well as being great reads that firmly embed you, the reader, within Read more…
i remember them sounding different to the other bands that came out at that time — they may have looked similar but their sound was the first thing i was aware off and their wasting my days ep became one Read more…