From what I remember I first heard them on a compilation that came free with Q magazine — a compilation that also introduced me to Alabama 3 who they were loosely grouped with because of their interest in country music Read more…
Category: culture vulture
Click the image above to go and buy the book! My beautiful wife has a book of wonderful poetry out now that you should all go and check out — full of thought provoking pieces that flow in a lyrical Read more…
Today the main thing I think I noticed aside from the main thrust of the story was that the sky had darkened. Today was packed full of siblings acting like siblings — freakangels fighting in the way fox cubs fight. Read more…
This really is a beautifully written book — one of those that you read and are struck by the vivid colours in which everything is depicted. Some classics seem overly bound and anchored by the mores of the period in Read more…
Goddamn, what to say? One of the most innovative people in music. She truly embodies the spirit of what all musicians should be seeking to do. Even if you don’t like the music or can’t get with the beats, then Read more…
I think that Tricky leapt into my consciousness at the same time as Portishead did through a shared sample and their linking together under the trip-hop banner. Massive Attack had floated somewhere on the periphery of my awareness for a Read more…
It’s strange the last two weeks have seemed somewhat more leisurely in their pacing though just as much is revealed. We learn something of how being a Freakangel plays out through someone’s ethnicity — it was hinted at before in Read more…
the (r)evolution of modern expression: it is a phrase that captures so much of the spirit of mike\’s work, whether it is his art or his writing. the pieces are alive with process, with thought, with meaning — like the Read more…
To complete the trilogy of talented artists from Whitechapel that I wanted to draw people\’s attention to comes Zira Sparovec. I have had the pleasure, as have the other members of Warren Ellis\’s extended online community, to see some of Read more…
It\’s really nice to be surrounded by creative people, and Whitechapel, the community that Warren Ellis has built around his webcomic Freakangels is a real hive of creativity. I first became aware of Ian Gil through a thread that gave Read more…