www.lulu.com/psgri2003 the blurb: a suite of desolate elegance, the first collected works of Paul Grimsley, contains a mixture of free verse and rhythmic modern poetry. with 45 poems that examine what it is to be human and vulnerable; the eye Read more…
Author: skullcull
It seems like such a long time since I used to buy comics on a monthly basis but this was one that I absolutely had to have. I think the thing that may have first attracted me, and I may Read more…
I think, to a degree, being part of an exhibition called Sensation damaged this painting and limited its impact. I really wish that I had got to see at the gallery — that long walk that they had designed towards Read more…
This was an amazing story that ran in the 2000ad comic. It was written by John Smith and featured some wonderful artwork by Simon Harrison. It appears, since it was reprinted in Extreme Edition #20 that people on the forums Read more…
Read enough of the bullshit that I write on this page and you\’ll start to see that when I talk about something I usually like to outline the route by which I arrived in the place where I found the Read more…
This is the Manic Street Preacher\’s masterpiece. I know a lot of people may prefer the work that came after Richey disappeared and Everything Must Go is a great album — even the ones after that have some winning moments. Read more…
Wow, these idiots are really coming out of the woodwork. Oops, is that a bit harsh? Well, Jesus, what the hell do these people expect? They write these things and then they get published — someone who knows you is Read more…
They sound like everyone else and no one else. They are one of those groups that straddle the difficult precipice between the classic and the cutting edge. Endless innovators that brought Ornette Coleman\’s harmalodics to bear on rock music, Royal Read more…
I think Alexander Trocchi came to me via John Fante whose Ask The Dust had just been reprinted by Rebel Inc. They had the moody black and white covers and were finally getting the treatment that they deserved after a Read more…
In a kind of companion posting alongside Peter Blegvad\’s Leviathan comes Steven Appleby\’s Small Birds Singing. I used to clip both of them out fo the magazines and collect them avidly. Small Birds Singing also used absurdism to explore humanity Read more…