I have to admit that when someone recommended to me that I read this book I was not very eager to take them up on their recommendation — there was something about it that just seemed a bit too touchy Read more…
Category: writing
The internet jesus is back in his kingdom and all is well with the world. The story is shaping up nicely — thus far the episodes have been the equivalent to one of those tracking shots that swoops in and Read more…
I don\’t know — I liked the film of Basketball Diaries but for some reason I do not associate the figure that comes across in those two great books with the impetuous, somewhat whiny, character that Di Caprio comes across Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
All those people who queue up to get their copies of the Sunday broadsheets so that they look like they might have half a brain in their heads, or to make some stab at a claim for culture may be Read more…