Translated Accounts by James Kelman
I’m not entirely sure what to make of this. It’s a bunch of short pieces, fragments, from a handful of narrators (three or four, the back cover says, and I’ll take its word for it), about living u[…]

Day 16: Seymour
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
The ache in my shoulder was incessant, like the purgatorial ache of a bass guitar yoked around my neck. Instead however I was yoked to this perky young rap fan who had spent much of the previous nigh[…]

The Big Bang and How We Came To Know It.
The newest book by Simon Singh, simply entitled “Big Bang”, has garnered many fantastic reviews (for example, Scientific American, Toronto Globe and Mail, Guardian). I haven’t seen it yet, b[…]

One Line Reviews:
Sideways: Middle aged depressive breaks drink driving laws constantly in order to find happiness.
Turtles Can Fly: Mr Magoo Jr, played for tragedy on the border of Iraq.
A Very Long Engagement: Amnesia, trauma and shell-shock is no[…]

Fake Dancehall vs Real Dancehall: very interesting ILM thread started by Chuck Eddy. So interesting that I almost posted – but what’s the answer?
I think the difference is one of inclusivity – the ‘real’ stuff in these s[…]